Yes, we keep some of the collection (typically those used in our annual Rally for the Lane) in an off site facility near the museum, and we rotate them out with basement cars often. Or, it was simply out for a drive, at a car show, at Jeff’s house (or one of ours).... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It’s a centrifugal clutch with 2 forward gears and no reverse. Pick it up and turn it around, like a Peel P-50.

It’s a 2001 Evo VI. (Evos didn’t come to the US until VIII). As one of my coworkers puts it, “it makes everyone who drives it look like a hero”. I totally agree. Plus, its one of the few cars we have with working AC, which is good, because, you know, Tennessee summers. (See above: Torch’s extreme sweating).

Mercedessource is excellent. Great info for older Benz owners (I have a W201). I also like Ken’s charming Washington state congenial style.

Aesthetically I like the four seat open tourer better. They are all interesting and well -engineered cars.

I was trying to look at the ad’s pictures on my phone while standing next to the black T-57, but I agree that the dashboard of ours is different. I wouldn’t think they changed the interiors between model years, so the one advertised most likely has been altered.

Ours is a 1935, so there may have been slight model year changes, but our closed-top T-57 has turn signal indicators at the top of the windshield:

This is why I like working for Jeff Lane. Even in the context of museums, his philosophy (and the staff’s) is that cars can and should be driven and enjoyed for what they truly are: modes of transport. Yes, they are also art, and historical, and mechanically interesting, and sometimes rare, but they are still cars.…

If you sit in the back, your butt WILL get wet. It also tends to lilt to one side when fully laden. The Amphicar, with its higher sill, handles chop much better. It just gets tossed around a bit more when the wake picks up.

The production version did. Ours is the prototype, and therefore it’s only a fixed windshield. I surmise that the fold down seats were to help with aerodynamics when the windshield was retracted. That’s a best guess.

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Just holla!

Would my ‘88 YJ be welcomed in Toledo? It was built at the Brampton, Ontario plant. It even has its maple leaf inspection sticker on the driver’s door. Maple syrup was used to grease all of the bearings. There were empty Molson Ice cans underneath the seats....hyuck hyuck you get the idea COMEDY.

I see what you did there. No one else has commented.

It basically stopped dead in its tracks and the rear door flung open. No damage, but it rang our bells a little.

Thoroughly fascinating to watch. Also, props to your sketching skills. However, I’ll offer a correction: 1970 US market Beetles DID have side reflectors on the outside of the taillight housing. 1971 rears simply deleted the funky bumper mounted reflectors. I just purchased a new set for my father-in-law for his ‘70. ht…

Took my driver’s license test in my Mom’s Premier. Fun fact: the turn signals not only “beeped” instead of clicked, they got faster as I slowed to a stop. The license examiner thought something was wrong with my car. I pointed out that to her that it showed that I was DEFINITELY using my turn signals. I passed and got…

Not to make folks jealous, but I got to drive our Evo VI Tommi this weekend. It’s fairly docile if you stay out of the boost, so I think it’s a great daily driver. I have yet to drive a semi-automatic “new” Evo.

Yeah, I realized that after I posted. The Biscuter’s light weight and smaller engine makes driving it easier. The Dymaxion has so many issues, design-wise, not one of least being it’s weight.

Hmmm.....good thought. Sorry for the crappy pics.