Classic Car | 1961 Messerschmitt KR200 | Driving.ca

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[MiscellaneousMcC]

Having one of these amazing machines would be an absolute dream!! I’ve only recently become enamoured with micro cars and this is absolutely stunning! Driving one has now been added to my bucket list!

[simonscott]

Great film. The man clearly loves those little cars. Good for him, we need more like this in the world.

[veryfineworldmusic]

I remember the Michigan one in Flint, having seen it parked outside countless times passing through on my way ...

[BennilocoLoves]

I'm a direct decedent of the Messerschmitt family on my grandmother's side..Mixed emotions about anything that was used in a war effort..😶 But it is a cute Lil car! Thank you for posting! 💖

[zenzen]

I worked for 10 years at Manching, in Bavaria as part of a multi-national aircraft project. The site is formerly a Messerchmitt factory and it houses a small Willi Messerchmitt museum containing mainly historical aircraft but also a number of these wonderful cars :)

[ISETTA]

GOOD JOB RALPH !
WONDERFUL PRESENTATION .

[bwghall]

Had one in the early sixties, about 3 years, kickstart. I went through a herd of cows, as they walked up the road, I was lower than them and as they passed me by they do what cows do, and I came out the other end covered in cow poo. I looked like one giant turd. how that cowman Laughed. we got water from a cow trough to wash us off so we could see out again. True story.

[verygood]

I enjoyed talking to Ralph back when I was restoring a KR175 which had reverse you could engage by cable lever without shutting off the engine.

[engineermerasmus]

We used to have one and driving it feels amazing! 1982

[FeaturedGarage]

This is an amazing machine! I love the part where you have to actually run the engine backwards to move in reverse. I just discovered this channel through Oppo and I love the videos here. Subscribed for more!

[murphymoe]

love these cars this is nicer than the bmw..beautiful examples

[DL-kcfc]

The model for these vehicles was Velorex from Czechoslovakia. To this day, the first machines of this kind can still be found there.

[skyrocket]

Kool one Geeza! Well good! They remind me of 3 wheel scooters! I would love a yellow one mate! 👍😁👍

[huto]

So Beautiful and lovely. And this car works well. Today we have another time, but more than drive is now not possible

[mothmagic]

I once knew a nurse who had no idea about the reverse running engine to go backwards and at the time neither did I. One day she parked nose in to the wall of the Oxford Eye hospital where sh worked. I happened to walk past when she was leaving so I simply lifted the front end with her in it and wheeled it back like a wheelbarrow so that she could drive away.

[D]

Hello
Nice collection . Im in VICTORIA BC. Im looking for a messerschmitt KR200 you know of any for sale in canada. THANKS!!

[naajohnnorthcott]

I see your unrestored 'schmitt even has the original side windows with the moulded-in knobs. If you slam the canopy with the windows shut, there is a tendency for the sudden increase in air pressure to pop a window out and crack it. Both the ones I owned in the '60s lacked a complete set of original windows: it was cheaper to make your own replacements.

[mmeis]

First memorys of riding in a car was a Messer..i remember that a flat rear tire took dad 3 days to fix. I think he had to drop the engine for the chain drive?? Great ride in the kids seat only i fit in.

[lifescanofslovakiamusicand]

Beautiful concept of cockpit cabin :) Shame there is no presnt company making replicas of them for various engines like Peel P50 - this one is far more useable concept as modern electric or hybrid car - but even with its original engine it is simply beautiful :)

[carlgoogle]

the engine turns in Reverse to go backwards