Vehicle Description
1957 BMW Isetta 300 Nut and Bolt Restoration! A Fine Piece of
Jewelry! Runs and Drives Fantastic! Teal over a Black Plaid
Interior with a Black rollback sunroof, White roof and White nose
stripe. 298cc air-cooled, single-cylinder engine with a 4-speed.
This 1957 BMW Isetta 300 received a professional, comprehensive
nut-and-bolt restoration and a modern black California license
plate reading, "G8DESGN." It rolls on four 10-inch cream-colored
steel wheels with polished BMW hubcaps and Blackwall tires. The
interior is fitted with a black leather bench seat with black and
white plaid inserts, black floor matting, a teal-colored
three-spoke steering wheel, a heater, sliding side windows and
reverse-sweep 60 MPH VDO speedometer. The body features the famous
front-opening door, which is equipped with vents and dual
windshield wipers. Fitted with chrome bumpers and overriders, a
chrome driver's sideview mirror and twin side-mounted headlights,
this Isetta presents very well. The Isothermos company, producing
small, electric heaters and coolers, was located in Bolzaneto on
the outskirts of Genoa, Italy. Renzo Rivolta, an engineer, bought
the company in 1939, renaming it Iso and moving it to Bresso after
a bombing raid destroyed the offices. With Europe in ruins at the
end of World War II, Renzo focused the company on the production of
motorbikes, specifically the Isoscooter, which competed with Vespa
and Lambretta, allowing Italians inexpensive transportation. But in
the early 1950s, Iso engineers Ermenegildo Preti and Pierluigi
Raggi designed a diminutive, egg-shaped car powered by a motorcycle
engine and called it Isetta. The concept was brilliant, filling the
void between a motorcycle and the Fiat Topolino, Italy's most
affordable car. Introduced at the Turin Auto Show in 1953, the
Isetta captured a lot of attention from both the press and public
alike, as it was unlike anything ever before seen. Truth be told,
for inexpensive, city transportation, the Isetta was remarkably
revolutionary. Iso created a licensing program for other
manufacturers to produce them in their home countries, and BMW was
by far the most influential. While the basic look remained very
much Isetta, BMW employed its own engines and largely re-engineered
the car so that it was very much a BMW and less of an Isetta. By
the time production ceased in 1962, over 160,000 had been built. We
KNOW our cars because We OWN our cars! Call today for more
information! Financing and Door to Door Delivery Available, We take
trades! Call Today! Now Accepting ALL Trades... Of Course We Prefer
Corvettes and Classics, What Do You Have?
