Bubble car museum

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Just got back from buble car museum at Newark what a place ! £2.50 to get in staff were informative and very proactive good cup of coffee very easy to get to.There is a campsite ther as well if anyone is intrested will run a weekend trip there. veiw at http://www.bubblecarmuseum.co.uk
Paul

[kenbutterfield]

That is the email address Paul....What is the name of the place as microcars are fascinating ...and make Moking look fast and luxurious?..ken

[Tim]

Ken try this one http://www.bubblecarmuseum.co.uk/

I love bubble cars, but they are very rare in Australia, I've only ever seen a handful, and never more than one at once. If I was in the UK I'd be organising a Moke club trip to visit that museum, in their picture gallery they have lots of photos of visiting club's cars and bikes.

Tim

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Sorry ken in my haste to let everyone know i put contact address new one is as Tim has rightly corrected http://www.bubblecarmuseum.co.uk sorry i did correct my post yesterday.
Paul

[Nigel(no top)Sykes]

Bubble cars in Oz I've seen the roadkill over there and a bubble car wouldn't stand a chance

[Tim]

Nigel, I reckon that explains where they all went, wiped out by dead kangaroos! Somehow, I don't reckon too many bubble cars see the highways here. I reckon they stay in the city where the roadkill tends to be smaller and fluffier.

The old Fiat 500s were probably the most common bubble over here, and Goggomobils have become part of Australian folklore, due to a series of clever advertisements. I've seen a couple of them. A single BMW Isetta and an NSU Prinz. And thats it, after a lifetime of looking for small cars.

The post office had some 3 wheel Vespa Apes to deliver mail (before the saw the light and got Mokes) and theres the gorgeous little "Deliverette" delivery van based on a BMW motorbike in the Museum in Victoria, but I don't know if they count.


My love of little cars is what brought me to Mokes in the first place.
Tim

[Dean]

Here's Dawn French in a Bubble Car.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0UnPWDO29g
Dean

[Tim]

Nice, a Heinkel isn't it?

Tim

[Dean]

Nice, a Heinkel isn't it?

Tim

I think so, A Heinkel Trojan. I remember seeing them on the roads when I was a lot younger (before I knew what Mokes were). I seem to remember having a model of one (Dinky?).
Dean

[Tim]

I think the Trojan was a rip-off of the Isetta, but has more windows. There were several cars that are all superficially similar but badge engineered like crazy from that time.

Tim

[kenbutterfield]

Here's Dawn French in a Bubble Car.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0UnPWDO29g
Dean

This video contains content from Channel 4, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.

drat!..ken..oh and thanks Paul for the addy and starting this thread..ken