1962 BMW Isetta 300 Super Plus car Size:XXL: 127 x 100cm 'Hard Times'

'Hard Times'

intended to be erected on the south side of Harrow Road

Courtyard of the White Hart Inn

09-10-1952

1962 BMW Isetta 300 Super Plus car Size:XXL: 127 x 100cm 'Hard Times'1962 BMW Isetta 300 Super Plus car. European post war austerity, combined with the Suez Crisis of 1956, led to a petrol shortage and increased the popularity of fuel efficient microcars. In 1953, the first truly successful microcar was launched; the Italian made Iso Isetta 'bubblecar', soon made under licence in Germany, France, Brazil and Britain. The British built cars were assembled under licence from German BMW and fitted with their engines.