March 2011 – CARS-YDSE.com

196? VW Truck

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I’m going to guess at the year of this truck. I think it’s a 1966 or so. I can not locate any production figures but, rest assured, this is a car you don’t see everyday. When I was just out of college, my girlfriends’ father had a 1962 VW bus that we sometimes drove from New Jersey to Gloucester Massachusetts in the winter time. We nearly froze to death on many of those rides but we were young.

This truck belongs to an re-upholstery business a few blocks from our house. Hopefully, they spend their time finishing the various coaches and chairs and have little time to look after the truck.

I’ve seen some other notable versions of the VW bus out there. Here are a few links.

1960 Double Cab

This is an early 1960 Double Cab, that grew up right here in Northern California. It is a very DRY D/C. Has some minor front cab floor rust, and needs a battery tray. Other than that, the Outriggers, Crossmembers, jackpoints, Inner and Outer Rockers, Inner fender wells are all Super nice. Like i said, it is a “DRY” Truck. rear floor is super nice as well.

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1965 Volkswagen Ziegler Feuerwehr Type T8F-T Fire Truck

The most noticeable of this changes or additions, is the installation of a 36hp flat-four Volkswagen engine acting as a water pump for fire extinguishing purposes. The engine rests on a special set of rails that permit the operators to literally pull-out the engine to the side of the right hand doors, for ease of operation and maintenance.

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Little Car From A Big Company

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This car was first designed and built in Italy by Iso SpA in the mid 1950’s. There were about 20,000 produced in Italy. In 1954 BMW made a deal that not only licensed them to produce the cars but also took over all of the tooling from Iso SpA. BMW later re-engineered the car and produced well over 160,000 cars from 1956-1962.

BMW Isetta

BMW made the Isetta its own. They redesigned the powerplant around a BMW one-cylinder, four-stroke, 247 cc motorcycle engine which generated 10 kW (13 hp). Although the major elements of the Italian design remained intact, BMW re-engineered much of the car, so much so that none of the parts between a BMW Isetta Moto Coupe and an Iso Isetta are interchangeable. The first BMW Isetta appeared in April 1955.
1955 BMW Isetta 250, BMW Museum, Munich, Germany.In May 1962, three years after launching the conventionally modern-looking BMW 700, BMW ceased production of Isettas. A total of 161,728 units had been built.

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This car was seen just around the corner from my house, what a rare find. If you know more about these cars or know the year, please leave a comment, I would appreciate it.

1954 Cadillac 62 Sedan

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The ’54 Cadillac was a major body style change from the 1953 and represented a physical change as well. The wheelbase was increased by 3 inches and the car sat lower on the road.

THIS IS A BIG CAR.

For several years this particular car often parked around and near Deboce Street in San Francisco. I have not seen it lately.

The car had many other features as indicated in this article.

Many appearance improvements marked the 1954 Cadillacs. They included

* a lower, sleeker body,
* a new cellular grille insert,
* inverted gull-wing front bumpers
* tapered dagmar style bumper guards.

Round, jet-style dual exhaust outlets were incorporated into the vertical bumper extensions and the rear bumper was entirely redesigned.

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