Isetta...Rimspoke, your opinion?

[TonyHavana]

An Isetta in Cuba...http://caristas.blogspot.com/

Do you think this is a real Tropical?

Attached pic is another Isetta I used to see all the time, and a 'Vette, for good measure.

[RIMSPOKE]

THE TERM "TROPICAL" WAS USED TO DESCRIBE THE ISETTAS

THAT HAD THE TWO AIR VENTS IN THE DOOR .

THESE WERE TYPICALLY SOLD IN WARMER CLIMATES BUT COULD BE HAD

AS AN OPTION ANYWHERE THE CARS WERE SOLD .

MY STOCK ISETTA IS A "TROPICAL" MODEL BUT WHEN THEY SOLD THEM HERE ,

SOME DEALERS REFEREED TO THE VENT SETUP AS "AIR CONDITIONING" !

IT LOOKS LIKE THAT ONE DOES HAVE THE VENTS , ALONG WITH A DOZEN OTHER THINGS THAT DON'T BELONG ON IT .

LOOK AT THE SHAPE OF THE FRONT WHEEL ARCH . YOU DON'T SUPPOSE IT LEAKS ?

I HAVE SEEN PICTURES OF CUBAN ISETTAS BEFORE AND IT WAS NOT A PRETTY SIGHT .

ONE OF THEM HAD SOME SORT OF A WATER COOLED MOTOR AND THE RADIATOR WAS MOUNTED

IN FRONT OF A HUGE HOLE THEY CUT IN THE FIREWALL BEHIND THE SEAT !

I GUESS IT WORKS BUT THAT WAS A SERIOUSLY MESSED UP CAR .