# Identify this 3-wheeled, single-person, nose-shaped microcar! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 23, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-3-wheeled-single-person-nose-shaped-microcar/309603 "2005-06-23T22:49:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-3-wheeled-single-person-nose-shaped-microcar/309603/41 "2005-06-25T00:41:22Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > … curvier, narrower, and with a cleaner, less cluttered look. So not a [City El](http://www.cityel.de/) either, I guess… ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-3-wheeled-single-person-nose-shaped-microcar/309603/42 "2005-06-25T06:04:52Z")
Let me ask you this: Did it look something like a sectioned aircraft wing, that had been upended, with the driver seated where you’d think that the wing (if it were horizontal, instead of vertical) mated with the plane and were the rear wheels on outriggers (like the floats on a catamaran)? If so, then I’ve seen that kind of car once before, and its a pretty rare VW powered kit. ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-3-wheeled-single-person-nose-shaped-microcar/309603/43 "2005-06-25T12:07:24Z")
Quick Sparrow hijack: Since the Sparrow is generally classified as a motorcycle in most states … do you have to wear a helmet when you drive it? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-3-wheeled-single-person-nose-shaped-microcar/309603/44 "2005-06-25T12:31:05Z")
**Tuckerfan** , I guess anything’s possible, but my general impression of the microcar was that it looked symmetrical, and I’m not sure that would be possible if the chassis was crafted from a section of an airplane’s wing (which would likely taper a bit and be wider on one side than the other, right?). ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-3-wheeled-single-person-nose-shaped-microcar/309603/45 "2005-06-25T13:43:45Z")
> [@toadspittle](#): > > Quick Sparrow hijack: Since the Sparrow is generally classified as a motorcycle in most states … do you have to wear a helmet when you drive it? In CA, no. Nor do you have to have a motorcycle rating on your driver’s license to operate it. “Motorcycle” is a convenient shorthand in this case. The point is that it’s a single occupancy vehicle, which makes it entitled to use the HOV lanes and so on. I imagine other states treat it in a similar fashion. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-3-wheeled-single-person-nose-shaped-microcar/309603/46 "2005-06-25T17:05:54Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > Yes, Corbin Motors, at least the Sparrow part, was bought out by Myers Motors of Tallmadge, Ohio. Myers Motors? Is that a part of SD Myers, the Tallmadge, Ohio electrical system repair and rebuilt concern? ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-3-wheeled-single-person-nose-shaped-microcar/309603/47 "2005-06-25T17:43:56Z")
> [@Mr. Slant](#): > > Myers Motors? > Is that a part of SD Myers, the Tallmadge, Ohio electrical system repair and rebuilt concern? Apparently it is - run by Dana Myers. Here is somebody’s blog on the religous aspects. I think he’s unduly concerned, provided it doesn’t interfere with the company’s delivery of their products and services: [http://www.autoblog.com/entry/2510629173016941/](http://www.autoblog.com/entry/2510629173016941/) It appears that Mr. Myers also ran SD Myers with a “glorify Christ” agenda. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-3-wheeled-single-person-nose-shaped-microcar/309603/48 "2005-06-25T17:55:34Z")
I should clarify - probably not a part of SD Myers, per se, but run by the same guy. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-3-wheeled-single-person-nose-shaped-microcar/309603/49 "2005-06-26T02:09:33Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > **Tuckerfan** , I guess anything’s possible, but my general impression of the microcar was that it looked symmetrical, and I’m not sure that would be possible if the chassis was crafted from a section of an airplane’s wing (which would likely taper a bit and be wider on one side than the other, right?). I didn’t say it _was_ crafted, only that it looked that way, and it could still be symmetrical, if both the front and rear tapered. ---
**Author:** ![MelCthefirst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@MelCthefirst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MelCthefirst)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-3-wheeled-single-person-nose-shaped-microcar/309603/50 "2005-06-26T19:50:34Z")
What about the car that Cousin It used to drive on The Adams Family? WHat was that? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-3-wheeled-single-person-nose-shaped-microcar/309603/51 "2005-06-26T20:25:42Z")
> [@MelCthefirst](#): > > What about the car that Cousin It used to drive on The Adams Family? WHat was that? It was a Messerschmitt, probably a [KR-175](http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/messerschmitt-kr175.html). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-3-wheeled-single-person-nose-shaped-microcar/309603/52 "2005-06-26T20:36:18Z")
> [@yabob](#): > > Apparently it is - run by Dana Myers. Here is somebody’s blog on the religous aspects. I think he’s unduly concerned, provided it doesn’t interfere with the company’s delivery of their products and services: > > [http://www.autoblog.com/entry/2510629173016941/](http://www.autoblog.com/entry/2510629173016941/) > > It appears that Mr. Myers also ran SD Myers with a “glorify Christ” agenda. Runs. I applied for a job at SD Myers in 2001. They mention during their recruiting speech that they run the company based on Christian principles, and have Acts 4:12 in the lobby and on the sign out front. Nice folks. The vibe I got was that they were hard-working and generally respectable. Since I’m a certifiable agnostic, I might have not fit in if I’d gotten that job, but I was either overqualified or very close to it when I interviewed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-3-wheeled-single-person-nose-shaped-microcar/309603.md?page=2)