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Date: 4-27-08 03:30
From: f1reverb View user's profile Send e-mail
Subject: BMW's Beetle . . .




Date: 4-29-08 09:46
From: RIMSPOKE in NORTH CAROLINA View user's profile Send e-mail
Subject: Re: BMW's Beetle . . .

FUNNY , THE ARTICLE SAYS THAT A DISTRIBUTOR CAP COSTS $39 .
( THERE IS NO DISTRIBUTOR . IT HAS ONE COIL FOR EACH CYLINDER )

THE 600 WAS NEVER CALLED AN "ISETTA" . BMW DEVELOPED THE 600
ENTIRELY ON THEIR OWN AND WOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY ROYALTIES
TO ISO JUST TO USE THE NAME !

I HAVE DRIVEN A 600 AND EVEN OWNED ONE BRIEFLY .
THEY ARE A LOT OF FUN BUT DISTURBINGLY LARGE COMPARED TO THE ISETTA . THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL BUT THEN AS NOW , NEVER AS POPULAR AS THE TRUE ISETTA .

THERE WILL BE A BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED EXAMPLE AT THE VINTAGE
THIS YEAR !
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