My first ever means of transport was a moped when I was 16. I inherited a 1971 Zundapp C50Super from my grandfather. The bike was very nice and not much used, and it even did go very well. Removing the power reducing unit in the knee exhaust tube, it could even do 70 km/h on flat roads.

I remember painting mine black since I did not like the fire engine red color of it at the time. Today my view upon this is ofcourse totally different. The color is one of the nicest touches of the moped, and I wish I could find one to buy. My bike ended up crashed by me in a the side of a Opel Ascona who did not respect the traffic rules by pulling out just in front of me. The bike was totalled, but I was almost unhurt. Only a few bruces. So all in all I was lucky.

I remember how much this small 50cc moped was used, I virtually did drive it everyday. And after 20 odd years my brother could tell me he drove my moped daily beeing 14, and I never found out ;-) I ws taking a bus to school and was home one hour later than him, and this hour he exploited fully to drive it as much as possible! :-D (Zundapp KS50 burnout video)

My first car age 18 was a Honda N600G. This was a very very tiny car and I actually had to change the steering wheel to a smaller one to be able to drive it. The car was remarkably nimble to drive with its air cooled 2 cylinder paralell twin motorbike engine. The heater/defroster was the cooling air from the engine tho, so if you took the car for a spin you would smell engine oil for the rest of that day.

The car was purchased new by my uncle, and I did buy it from him when it was 10 years old. I repainted the car from green to a blue color and replaced the busted engine before I was 18. I sold the car after just a year, but I did rediscover it 9 years later and bought it back. Me and my brother restored this car and he has it still. It is in its original green color again and actually look as new.

The Honda importer Hasco Motor imported quite a few of these in 1972, and they were all 1971 models. The car did actually sell rather well, even if the last 1971 model were sold in 1973. Mine was one registered the first time in 1973, even if it was a 1971 model. The car was very sturdy and offered a lot for the money. The only thing one had to remember was to look at the dipstick for oil from time to time. The car had no warning light for oil pressure, and if you drove it empty of oil, the engined was a gonner. Many good engines in the Honda N600 went to kingdom come due to neglect with oil changes.

The N600 was introduced in 1969. It was technologically advanced for its time, with an all alloy engine which could achieve 9000 rpm. Engine output was 36–45 hp (27–34 kW) and the N600 was capable of 81 mph (130 km/h). It delivered surprisingly peppy performance because of its light weight (around 550 kg/1100 pounds), due to compact dimensions and some plastic parts (like the boot lid). The first brakes were very weak. Rear suspension was a torsion bar and leaf springs.

The car was advertized as a _very_ compact compact car as this Honda N600 Advert shows. (I cant help it... I just love Car Ads :-D )

Click here to see a video where the N600 engine is running.

I grew up in a family with Citroen owners and from this my childhood memory is colored with fixing and driving Citroens. This was in the late seventies so it was mostly Citroen GS and Citroen CX. I come from a small town in the middle of norway with only 20.000 inhabitants, but when I look at the productions figures of the Citroen GS, and the number of them we had just in our family, and I dare say that our family alone made our town the most dense Citroen GS area in the world at that time! I believe we had at the same time 3 Citroen GS's with a total of 5 before my father "upgraded" to Citroen CX.

My memories of the little air cooled 1019 ccm boxer engine is not only fond ones. But for some reason I for years still wished I owned it. The car was a G-Special from 1976 with orange interior. The car was orange, the door covers was orange and the seats where orange. I made the dot under the exclamation mark by adding a orange carpet in the back window. It was sort of surreal inside with a bathroom scale speedometer and powerplant looking rev counter in brushed aluminium surrounded by all this orange.

The car had many quirks, it was immensly cold in the wintertime beeing aircooled. It had a tendency to completely fog itself up when you drove into deep puddles. If you took a puddle to quick the car could fog itself up completely in a split second. Resulting in no view whatsoever and a damp car for a week. But apart from this and maybe to much repair, the car offered an extremely good handling in its time. Here is a link to a video where you can see the car outperform almost any car of its era: Citroen GS on 3 wheels!

And you know what? When the same model, same year of production and same color was was offered for sale, I dif buy one again! :-D

Here is a few links with pictures of it: GS1, GS2, GS3, GS4, GS5, GS6, GS7, GS8, GS9, GS10, GS11, GS12

How does it sound? Well here is one GS wich has been modified with turbo! And have a look at this ultrafrench commercial!

The Heinkel Kabine was registered for 4 people. 2 adults in the front seat could sit with good comfort, and two very small children could sit in the back. These children could not be taller than 120 cm since the headroom under the plastic dome in the back was very very limited.

The car had two rear wheels which were very close together. This made the car sort of scary to drive on worn surface. The rear wheel pair was either on its way down from the center road ridge to the left, making the car head for the geography on the oppsite side. Or quite opposite making the car head for the cars coming towards you when the rear wheels was going to the right. Trust me, this car driving 85km/h is a very very very hairy ride.

But the handling was good ta moderate speeds, and it filled the gap for the people wanting a car not allowed or beeing able to buy one. And as all surrogates, it dissapeared when the real thing was available for the people again and they bought a proper car.

Nevertheless, it is maybe the most cute of the microcars which have been made. Want to drive one? Check here

My first real "bike" was a Cezeta 501/03 from 1959. This bike was a little underpowered to my needs with only 8HK. The small engine ment basically tight wire driving all the time but still not able to keep 80. I have always wanted a 502 since that one had the improved engine with 9,5hk with a top speed of 95 km/h

(Driving with tight wire is a typical norwegian acronym for driving with full throttle... "we drive with the gas regulator wire tightened")

And my wife did buy me a Cezeta 502 from 1961 as a birthday present when I turned 40. (How much more excellent present can one get for a birthday!?)

I have always liked these pugnosed Cezeta's. The design is so unusual that if you pass kids playing, they will stop and simply look at you. And this suits me just excellent! :-)

The more weird the more desirable: Cezeta Scooter (it has a cool sound too!)

Here is some links to the previous Cezeta: Cezeta 501a, Cezeta 501b and more pictures of the one I currently have: Cezeta 503a, Cezeta503b

As earlier written, the more weird the more fun! I have a special fondness for the minicars of the late fifties. Some of them are so cute that you even want to give them a hug!

The image to the left shows me and the last addition to the family. A 1959 Isetta 300. This Isetta has local history and I have known about it for almost 20 years. And after many many years of waiting, thinking about it each time I passed the house, I was at last allowed to buy it. And good care it will get, the hunt for spares have started, and there is plans to restore it mechanically before new paint. The little car is very complete and in a very good nick. There is some rust, and there is parts to replace, but still very complete and even almost nice inside.

Isettas offer a more comfortable ride than Heinkels. And even if they look the same and was competitors in their days, these cars are very much different. The Heinkel has a monocoque body with no frame and has the Heinkel Scooter motor, the Isetta has a small tubular frame with a BMW stationary engine mounted. Both cars are 4 stroke engines. And were both delivered with 250 and 300 ccm one cylinder. The Isetta is a tad shorter, so you can actually park it sideways with the front door opening towards the sidewalk. The Heinkel registered for 4 people was to long for that.

Isettas are usually no racers, but you can race them if you put a hayabusa engine in them: Isetta on Steroids (very very loco man driving this one I think...)

And you also find the Isettas used in Commercials, for example in this McDonald's BMW Isetta Shake Shake MC or this Milestone Isetta video

Maicoletta was the largest scooters of its day. The one I have has a 14HK 2 stroke engine making the bike capable of 115 km/h, 95km/h with side car. This speed is way to quick on the small wheels tho. But it has a nice ride and was a very desiable scooter of its day. The Maicoletta is scarce to find, but if you want a scooter for driving it is recommended. It has good german build quality even if it has a very very unusual starting device. The starter is a pendular starter where the engine rocks back and forth against top dead center. After a while you put the ignition on and the drawn in petrol from the pendular motions fires making the engine ticle over and start. It sounds like the engine just start with no apparent starter sound. It stands there wosh-whoo-whosh-whoo for a while, and all of a sudden fires up and start

Maybe starting is easier to understand when you look at this video: Maicoletta pendular start

And here is the bike experiended: Maicoletta driving

The Opel Olympia was released to the Olympic Games in Berlin 1936. From this the car has its name. The Olympia was a very modern car in 1936 with monocoque body and a over quadratic enginge which was revving very easily. The Olympia was produced until the war in 1938 in the Opel plant in Russelheim. After the war the 1938 model got a facelift and was produced until 1953 looking as my car on the picture.

After 1953 came the more modern ponton series Opel Olympia and replaced the prewar model. This particular car was bought from an old man around where I live and restored with 2.5 square meeters of sheet metal. It was 800 welding hours on the car, and way to much work. But the result ended up nicely, and the family bought the car back after it was restored. This car has a unique history since it has never been unregistered since 1951. I bought the car registered and sold it back to the family which have it registered now.

I like the design of the car with the almost overchromed front, and even if not this particular car, this model was the fist classic I did buy when I was 20 :-)

This is a 1954 ponton type Opel Olympia which replaced the prewar version in 1953/54. The Opel Olympia changed name to the more known Opel Olympia Record in 1955 and the Olympia name was phased out in favour for Opel Record in the mid fifties.

This car was very modern to drive, even if it have the same engine and gearbox as the predecessor. The rear axle and the the upgraded suspension made the two models miles apart in driving experience. The 1951 was very much prewar, and the 1954 was even feeling like a modern car. I could very often choose the Opel when I went shopping compared to the family car which at the time was a Volvo 244.

We had my oldest daughter in the front seat of this car on many trips. She was sitting in a children seat which was strapped down with the old fashioned safety belts. Children enjoy driving old cars more than modern I think. When driving the old car, there is time for ice creams and stops everywhere. Modern transport is nothing more than transport and can be very boring for a child.

Images: Back, Engine, Interior1, Interior2 and video of Starting Procedure and would you not love to drive one?

This is a Matchless G80S which I used to own. The bike was looking good, but did not go very well when I bought it. So I did a full engine restoration with new bore, piston and change of bearings and gaskets. A new clutch, dynamo and quite a few other parts (new carb, new electrics) made the bike rather good. It had a good speed, but was a little to low geared. This ment one had to use the third gear a lot uphills to maintain speed as wanted.

The bike has an excellent sound, and this was basically the best feature with it I think. I always wished the bike had more brake power and better lights.

But me beeing a tall driver and this beeing a big bike with the looks and sound made me keep it for almost 10 years.

How does it sound? Check here for a 1952 model with the same engine.

Looks handsome to drive too: (Black bike is the Matchless G80S)

The Chrysler LeBaron convertible was en excellent cruiser. It was front drive, and could be used in the winter time as well. The car was actually very warm in the winter, and could perform relatively ok on icy roads. I used the car as private transport for a couple of years, but it was traded in in favour for a PT Cruiser.

The car was not very reliable, I am sorry to say. I dont know if other LeBaron owners have experienced the same, but for me it will not be a new car of this type. It does not mean I have stopped buying Chryslers tho, I have now the second PT Cruiser in row, and I am happy with them.

The LeBaron I think was made for cruising, and for this purpose it was simply excellent. But it was very underpowered and lacked handing in order to be fun to drive.

It did not stop Celine Dion to make a commmercial with one tho ;-)

The Renault 17 TS from 1978 was a semi sporty car from Renault. I liked the looks and the modern interior of it. I bought the car in 1985 when it was 7 years old, but already then it did show spots of rust and wear. The car was a constant repair and restoration project just to keep it on the road. It looked very cool with both side windows down, and had a lot of extras, such as electrical windows and a full length rear light setup. It shared the same engine as the Renault 16 and was very underpowered. The Renault 15 and 17 had similar design, where the 15 had technology from the Renault 12, while the 17 had from the Renault 16.

And if you compare the 15 with the 17, I think the 15 was a better drive. It had much less wheight and a much more proven and quick engine from the Renault 12. The 17 was heavy and was very undermorotised.

But a good looking car with many nice details for its time: Interior, Dashboard, Front and Rear lights

But is looks good even if the looks dont live up to the handling... check this video with one.

This is the first Morgan I did own. It was a 4-4 from 1936, with chassie number 105. The car var very fun to drive and did even perform rather well for a car from 1936. But I like to drive my cars a lot, and very soon the usage of this car was more than what it could offer. So it had to go in favour for a 1955 Morgan 4 seater Drop Hear Coupe.

The car was a lovely small car, with very nice detailing and a Coventry Climax engine. The engine had overhead valves for inlet and the valves in the block for outlet.

I liked the car and did a lot of repair and restoration to it. The engine did get an overhaul and the interior an upgrade along with various mechanical repair. I remember the car beeing so small for huge me (195 cm) that I had to make a new back rest in it, which enabled me to sit back wards 7-8 cm more than with the original seat.

Beautiful car, which maybe is a bit to oldfashioned to drive as an everyday car with its mechanical brakes.

Here is a few links to more images of this car: Engine, Front, Left, Interior

This Beetle came to the collection by accident. I sold one motorbike, and used it as payment for the beetle. I have however enjoyed to drive it for two summers now. And it is actually a very fun car to drive. It starts every day and drives like a dream. I use it to work a lot and the car never fails to create smiles everywhere I go. The little car in in very good nick with only 38614 km clocked since new in 1962!

Here is a few links to more images of this car: Front, Rear, Interior

There is many rather enjoyable adverts for the Beetle, this is one of my favourites, or maybe also this one.

When there was time to consider a second car a few years back, we were thinking about getting a usable classic. My dad recommended once a Renault Dauphine since it has a very good heater and it performs well on snow. So after a little search we found this one in the south of Norway. The Dauphine was used and maintained by an elderly gentleman over the years, and was supposedly in good nick. It was a few things to repair before it was very usable tho, I had to replace the rear traverse due to rust, and replace radiator along with clutch, brake lines and parts of the interor. After this work the car was used daily for two summers.

Very frrreeench car this, with many cute litte tweaks as a switch to choose between a "city horn" and a "country horn" :-D

We have quite a few fond memories in this car my wife and me. Pretty much as in this Advert.

The car has a very unusual design and drives very well. With almost modern car capabilities: Video

Honda N1600G - 1972 - green

I inherited this car very cheaply from my uncle. It was mine before I was 18. I managed with my brother to try to drive it illegally late one night in the wintertime. And we did break the engine badly. I think the engine already was in a poor state, but our efforts trying to start it down a hill ended up in a piston rod out of the side of the engine...

The car was driveable with a new replacement engine, and I used it for almost a year. Very small car it was, but since I am 195cm, and the car is tiny, quite a few smiles were seen when I entered or got out of it ;-)

Model found in correct color and year

Citroen GS GSpecial - 1976 - Orange

This car I stumbled across on the wreck yard. It had a frontal damage, but was repairable. I bought it for just a few kr and could salvage parts as I wished from the other cars there. So one crashed GS, with front and engine parts from two other cars became a complete car. I had no money at the time, so the front was handpainted grey instead of red, brown and blue as the parts were from the donor cars :-D

I remember replacing the dashboard and rear lights to the more modern type, and also added the X2 spoliers at the back. So my car did almost look like this orange one on this picture.

Model found, same color, but as an GS X2, as I tried to make mine look like.

Here the correct model of the year model as I had. Wrong color though:

Renault 17 TS- 1978 - Grey

I crashed the Citroen in a lamp post after a little more than a year. The next car I did buy was a Renault 17 TS. I remember it as immensly cool at the time. The small model is of a 1974, which had a different front, rear and dashboard. I am looking for a Dinky Toys Renault 17 only made in yellow as a replacement. That model will be an exact match to the car I had except for the color.

Model found, but in orange and 1976 year, Some detailing is different.

Honda Prelude - 1985 - White

My first encounter with the Prelude was a workmate of my mum and his red series 2 Prelude. Maybe 4-5 years later I did buy myself one. And I loved the car, and still love it. Even if eyelid front lights are very very outdated, I still think the car is cool.

Model found, correct color, but a bit to large in scale 1:38. 1984-91 Prelude models are hard to find.

Renault 19 - 1990 - White

After getting kids, the Prelude was to small, so a bigger 4 seater family sized car was needed. The Renault 19 was cheap, modern and available at the time. Did not like it though, so it was replaced after just a few months.

Model not found, only been able to trace a scale 1:56 Renault 19 Convertible. A white 1990 coupe model has been made, but is very hard to find. I have a standing order at Modelenium which lists it in their stock.

Volvo 440 - 1989 - Maroon

The DAF heritage Volvo 440 was an ok car. Never liked the huge cast iron Volvo engine though. The car was modern, the feel was modern even if small. But the 1960-derived Volvo cast iron engine felt outdated already when new.

Model found, in incorrect color grey. The finish on this model is to good to repaint.

Volvo 240 - 1983 - Pink Brown

This car was a purchase from an old friend of the family. The car had clocked 330.000 km but was still in a good shape. And as any Volvo of the time, it used petrol as if there was no day tomorrow. I averaged 1.4L per 10km and then I handed it in to be repaired with new seats and needles.. The concumption went down to 1.2L per 10 km...

Using thousands for that repair was not really worth it ;)

Model found, slightly different color, but close.

Mazda 626 5 door - 1985 - White

The car was a bit oldfashioned when I got it. The phase 2 of these had been out for quite a bit. But it was a sturdy car, and even spacious. The car was remarkably reliable. the oilconsumption on the engines when old left a bit to be desired, but really the car was unbreakable!

Model found as red 5 door in scale 1:72. Still looking for a 1:43 but I have never seen info about one made. (Drop me an email if you know.)

Citroen CX Break - 1989 - Astral Blue

My ever most expensive purchase. I had this car for 8-9 months and it almost halved its value in that time. Never have a Citroen Break been produced with more problems than this. The car was without rear seats when I bought it. A good repair and additional seats was needed for the car to be usable as a family transporter for two small kids and prams. It had tons of space tho, I remember driving a door with frame inside it with place to spare!

Model found, in correct color 1:43. The model started out as beighe, but the finish was shite, so a repaint were an easy choice.

Honda Prelude - 1991 - White

I had the later version of these, with 4 wheel steering. It made the car very agile, but it also made it cut corners if you were not alerted. The rear steering added 200kg to the car, which did not help for acceleration. But the car were a dream to drive!

Hondas from late 80's early 90's did rust... and this car were no exception. After crashing with a deer, the car was repaired.. and a lot of rust were welded. After respray it looked very nice tho!

Model found, one red in scale 1:56 and one white in 1:38. Both are not perfect,
but the white one is a 1991 style version.

Chrysler Le Baron - 1994 - Maroon

My car imported this one from Canada 3 years before I bought it. The car was standing in a garage for 3 years, and did have signs of it. A full brake repair and undercarriage rust sealer was needed.

I drive today two Chryslers as day to day drivers with no problems. But sorry to say, the 90's Lebaron cars are very very very very bad quality cars. Paint from Chrysler was shite back then, the car is heavy and severly undermotorized. And everything on it is prone to break, which it sadly often can do.

I traded mine in for a PT Cruiser, and even if loss was big, I did it with a smile.

Model found, in scale 1:35 only.
I spent 4 years searching ebay before I stumbled across this one!

Ford Puma - 1998 - Black

The color on this photograph is due to flash a little to colored. The model appear black in the cabinet.

This car was bough in London when I was working there. A frenchman did take it to the UK, and selling it did not go so well, due to the stearing beeing on the incorrect side for england. For me it was perfect tho. The car is not heavy, had a small VTEC engine with a lot of horsepower to the size. And the first Puma were released in 1998, but this one was registered late 1997. Hence import was as cheap as could be for norwegian taxes.

I had the car quite a few years, and remember trading it in for more money than I paid for it three years earlier :-)

This car is quick tho... and the acceleration never seem to stop with speed. It is slightly feminine, but it is real fun to drive!

Model found, slightly purple black color.

Jaguar X-Type - 2001 - Red

When working in London, I was provided with a company car. And to keep the parking lot outside the office building looking good, my boss bought me a red X-type.

The best thing with the car was the Jaguar Badge on the steering wheel. Apart from this it was somewhat like a Mondeo, with leather trim.

Dont read me wrong, the car is a nice car. But the X-Type feels a bit like a normal car and not a Jag.

With enough money... I would probably buy one again, but I think it is for the badge only :-P

Model found in incorrect scale (1:58), in blue and not red though.

Chrysler PT Cruiser - 2001 - Metallic Red

I had the car for a week on test plates, and was sold completely. I bought this car even if it was way over my budget. I would trade in my grandma if I was able to in order to get it! :-D

But really, the length and size is like a Golf, and it has room for 3 kids and pram.

It could use a bigger engine (as most cars :-P) but really, the whole family was in love with this car!

Model found in correct color and year

Chrysler PT Cruiser - 2005 - Black

Lack of imagination maybe, to buy the same car again... I sort of blame the deal I got at the local Chrysler dealer, where the new one was cheap, and the trade in price on the old one was very good.

This is the classic version with 1.6 BMW Mini engine. Engine is a quick and nimble as the 2L Chrysler engine... but it has not the same torque. So when we pull campers in the summer, it often happens we need to use 3rd gear. But we have a system, driving slow till a huge trailer passes us, and then drive close to the ass of this one to benefit from the drag behind it. Then we can relax in 5th gear and not burn petrol as if there were no tomorrow.

it does not work for all trailers tho... since they spot us and take a break ;-)

Model found in correct color and year

Chrysler Neon - 1999 - Red

We needed two cars, and already had a PT-Cruiser. This 1999 red Neon was for sale, relatively cheap at the local dealer, so it was bought.

I like it. It is a wee bit old fashioned inside, and probably outdated already in looks. But it drives well and offers a honest experience with no fuzz.

Model found. Not in red, and not in scale. But it seems a 1:43 was never made.
If you know about it, please let me know!

Opel Olympia - 1953 - Black.

The first classic I have had. It was found in a terrible terrible state behind a farm house. But young optimism and energy made me buy it and try to make a car of it. The project was hopeless, and as far as I know now, some of it is used to restore another car.

The model was relatively rare, beeing 1953, since the ponton model came that year.

Model found, correct color and year.

Opel Olympia - 1951 - Original Black, repainted green.

This car was bought with licence plates on, and registered from an old man. The family was reluctant to sell, but the car needed resque. I remember welding 800+ hours on it. Totally not worth it, but I had two choices, either to throw the car away or fix it.

When I was done, the car were sold back to the family and was used by the original owners son.

This car was registered in 1951, and was always registered since.

Model found in correct color and year.

Opel Olympia - 1954 - Black

Apart from a noisy rear axle there is not much to put the finger on for this car. I bought it as a rolling restoration project, and used it a LOT.

It was so easy to drive, that I often preferred to use it compared to the day to day driver Volvo we had.

Excellent design and drive is the best way to sum it up.

Model found in green color and year. The black one is very hard to find and I backed out of an auction where the price reached €800! I have also a green one in scale 1.72

Opel Olympia Lieferwagen - 1950 - Beige

The car was litterally sawed out of a enclosed barn. Originally ment to be for parts, but was to good for that. I remember starting the engine the next day after 30 years of storage in a barn.

I had it standing outside the house for a while, until it was sold to be restored by someone else.

Model found. Not in 1:43 or metal though. But a Wiking Plastic model.

Triumph Herald 1360 - 1968 - Blue.

This model was found north in the country, and was given to me. My bro working up north sent it by boat to my town.

The project was not hopeless at all, but having already 4-5 other cars it was sold.

This was before it dawned on me that there is a limit for how many cars is practial to own.

Car was in my ownership shortly, and I have found a red model which is in correct year

Heinkel Kabine - 1959 - Red

This car was bought as a not rusted but very dismantlet project. It took me one winter to complete and it became a nice car.

It was a scary thing to drive though. With 3 wheels, the rear one was either down from the mid road ridge to the left, making the car head for the geography... or down to the right making the car head for the meeting lorry.

But driving these at max speed at 90km/h really make you feel alive! :-D

Model found in correct color and year.

Morgan 4-4 - 1936 - Blue

The model is a +4 but apart from the width of the body it is very close to the early 4-4's.

My car was equipped with a Coventry Climax engine with overhead valves for inlet, and underneath valves for exhaust.

The car was relatively modern to drive, even with wire breaks all around.

I used it more than the car had to offer, so it was sold for a more modern Morgan.

Model found. The flat rad Morgan occationally is sold expensive on ebay.

Morgan +4 4 seater DHC

The car was restored in the late 60's as a two seater. The owner I did buy the car from in Amsterdam was not aware of this, and restored the car again with the incorrect body.

I used it as is was for a few years, before I dismantled it and started to restore it as a DHC.

I am also rebuilding a 2 seater model into a 4 seater DHC model which I will upload here when I am done.

This car I bough as a 2 seater, and such a Model I have found. I am now restoring the real car into the original 4 seater DHC configuration and such a model do not exist as far as I know. Also there is a 1:72 scale Morgan +4 2 seater in my collection.

Renault Dauphine - 1961 - Azur blue

Excellent fun this rear engined Dauphine. I used the car for two years as a second car with no problems. I had to restore the rear end with new clutch and a new travers before it was good.

Very French, and very successful in my opinion.

Model found, in correct color and year.

Volkswagen Beetle - 1961 - Red

This car was a trade in for a Motorbike I sold.

The whole family loved it and we used it a lot. The only problem was space to store it having already thge Morgan and an Isetta just purchased.

It was sold to an enthusiast in south of Norway who drove the car with no problems home.

Model found in scale 1:56 and 1:43.

Isetta 300 - 1959 - Coral red

I knew about this car for 15 years and passed it almost daily thinking about it. But it was never for sale.

One day they decided to sell, and it ended up in my garage. The car was rolled in the the garage in 1979 with a broken rubber ring on the driveshaft. Apart from this the car is actually rather nice. There is a wee bit of rust on front fenders and the battery box.

Apart from this the car needs renovation only. I plan to make the car usable before a full restore. It is a little mechanical repair and renovation before it can be driven.

Model found in correct color, scale and year. The painwork is slightly different than the original, but maybe this time I will repaint the real car to match the model?

Zundapp KS 50 moped - 1971 - Red

My first Moped. I remember not liking the red color back then, and I painted it black just because of this. Today my view is different ofcourse, and I think the firetruck engine red is one of the nicest touches of the bike.

I did drive it litterally every day for two year before I got my first car.

Model found in correct scale 1:43. The model has correct color. I did repaint the bike when I was 16, so I did buy a model in black too. This model is in scale 1.8

Cezeta 501 Scooter - 1959 - Red/White repainted Blue/White

This scooter is so cool, that cool fades in its own comparisment. The pugnosed Cezeta looks so weird that kids stop playing and just look at you when driving.

I did take the Motorbike licence just because of this bike. I restored it from ground up, missing quite a few parts which I had to make myself.

The bike had the smaller engine, and had a top speed of 80km/h. This was ofcourse with no wind, and optimal conditions. Basically the scooter was to slow for normal traffic, so I sold it.

Model found in correct scale 1.43. Color is slightly to dark. A 1:72 scale scale Cezeta 501 with a PAV hanger has also been found.

Puch Roller Scooter - 1961 - Grey

The Puch Roller has the front of a hoover with the rear of a Lambretta. It was shortly in my ownership as a project before sold to someone else.

If you wonder how it look? CLICK

Maicoletta Scooter - 1958 - Maroon

I am restoring this Scooter now. It is known to do 105 km/h with its 250ccm 2stroke 14HK engine. And even 95 with sidecar.

A very German and powerful scooter. CLICK

Matcless 500ccm Bike - 1959 - Black

My Matchless 500 was a problembike from day one. This was probably due to the fact it was a TTP bike (Together Thrown Parts) which was put together from many different bikes. It looked good, and sounded awesome. But even after a full restoration with a reneved piston, cylinder and crank... it sort of never ended up right. It might be me, but I think it also was the bike a little.

I am still convinced that cars and bikes are more than the parts they are made of. So also with this one. I had it for 7 years tho, and I always liked using it.

Cezeta 503 Scooter - 1963 - Blue

I never forgot about the first Cezeta I had, and I did speak enough about it to my wife, so she bough me a 503 with the bigger 10,5 hk engine as a 40th birthday gift.

How much better birthday gifts is there to get?? :-D

The bike was in a used but runnable state. I havent started it yet, but I am wondering if a full restoration is wise to do, before restoring it... or not..

Model found in correct scale. Color is slightly to dark