# What would this "car" be.... tiny two-seater in the 1970's? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310 "2015-08-29T18:38:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310/21 "2015-08-30T01:06:24Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > My dad once said that his car broke down and he was desperate for a vehicle so he was actually thinking of buying a (I can’t remember what he called it) - apparently it was a very cheap, tiny, two-seater vehicle. This would be in the early 1970’s. It wasn’t an actual car, just this tiny vehicle. [Buckboard](http://www.trombinoscar.com/minis/mcdonough6001.html)? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310/22 "2015-08-30T01:09:00Z")
Not a two seater, but the [Peel P50](https://youtu.be/dJfSS0ZXYdo) needs to be seen to be believed. (It gets interesting at [4:40](https://youtu.be/dJfSS0ZXYdo?t=4m40s).) ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310/23 "2015-08-30T01:35:06Z")
The [Peel Trident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peel_Trident) was a 2-seater…or you could use the second seat to haul home your shopping! ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310/24 "2015-08-30T01:57:47Z")
Early 70s I’m thinking one of the Volkswagen dubs like the Bradly GT or MG TD. Those could be had really cheap depending on how badly the original owner put them together and almost all were 2 seaters and not considered a “real car” by most people. Now they are collectors items in and of themselves; especially the Cords ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310/25 "2015-08-30T02:09:07Z")
Something made by [Cushman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cushman_(company)) would be my guess for a “not quite a car” that would be floating around the US in the early 70’s. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310/26 "2015-08-30T02:16:35Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > The [Peel Trident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peel_Trident) was a 2-seater…or you could use the second seat to haul home your shopping! [Babe magnet.](http://automotorpad.com/uploads/posts/2014/6/peel-trident-2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![XaMcQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f9ae1b/32.png) [@XaMcQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XaMcQ)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310/27 "2015-08-30T02:51:38Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > [Isetta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isetta) Oh, that is adorable. I would drive that in a heartbeat, if I didn’t fear being crushed like an empty aluminum can by some idiot in a Hummer or big rig. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310/28 "2015-08-30T02:59:02Z")
There was one of them in my town when I was a kid. I loved watching the fellow get out by opening the entire front of the car. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310/29 "2015-08-30T05:30:22Z")
Citroen 2CV? ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310/30 "2015-08-30T10:26:02Z")
Any idea how old the vehicle was when he was buying it ? Could be a Goggo mobile , maybe the dart version, or the Meschersmitt… The Morris Mini was still available new, could have been a ute version with no back seat. Of course the Chevrolet Vega and Ford Pinto couldn’t really take adults in the back seat, so may be considered 2 seaters. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310/31 "2015-08-30T11:17:14Z")
Dolly? ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310/32 "2015-08-30T11:40:44Z")
Pinto ? Man did they suck back int he day. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310/33 "2015-08-30T12:25:01Z")
> [@Isilder](#): > > Ford Pinto couldn’t really take adults in the back seat Drunk frat brother in the back of my Pinto. I check under hood while fuelling up. Small head gasket oil fire. Drunk asks what I’m doing. I say I’m putting the fire out. Drunk freaks and tries to get out – from the back seat of a Pinto. Doesn’t go well. Not possible for a drunk to get out of the back seat of a Pinto. Put out the fire, pay for the gas, and drive away. With the drunk in the back still freaking and trying to get out as we roll down the road. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310/34 "2015-08-30T12:43:42Z")
[Messerschmitt KR-175?](http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/messerschmitt-kr175.html) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310/35 "2015-08-30T12:54:07Z")
**Soylent Juicy** –anybody guess right? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310/36 "2015-08-30T13:17:10Z")
Well since Unsafe at Any Speed came out in '65 he could be taking about the Corvair, although it was an actual car. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310/37 "2015-08-30T14:22:40Z")
It had a full bench back seat that could be folded down. Highschool friend had one. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310/38 "2015-08-30T14:42:11Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > (I don’t want to ask him because I don’t want to dredge up unpleasant memories.) Au contraire! Crappy cars we bought or didn’t buy when we were young and poor are primary, FUN topics of conversation when guys get our age. There was this mid-60s Beetle. I had only driven a stick once before, but despite his protestations at my incompetence, it was obvious it needed a new clutch. Then there was… Ask him or have him join and start a thread about crappy cars. Far more laughs than tears. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310/39 "2015-08-30T14:48:11Z")
> [@XaMcQ](#): > > Oh, that is adorable. I would drive that in a heartbeat, if I didn’t fear being crushed like an empty aluminum can by some idiot in a Hummer or big rig. … or a shopping cart. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310/40 "2015-08-30T15:02:51Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > See [This Honda](https://www.google.com/search?q=tiny+honda+car&hl=en&gl=us&authuser=0&biw=960&bih=524&tbm=isch&imgil=NY9rohgucqA1oM%253A%253BSG3T7BMfqEAh3M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.oldcarsweekly.com%25252Fcar-of-the-week%25252F1972_honda_z600&source=iu&pf=m&fir=NY9rohgucqA1oM%253A%252CSG3T7BMfqEAh3M%252C_&usg=__eVoA6_cz1aUAnf3E9dL1p04LAE8%3D&ved=0CCcQyjdqFQoTCOTZmc3Nz8cCFYuTDQod1tUEqg&ei=y1XiVaTINounNtark9AK) My high school yearbook teacher had one of those! He was a big man - over 6 feet tall and about 300 lbs. - and he filled the entire front of it. Some of the guys on the yearbook staff would prank him by picking the car up and moving it to different areas in the parking lot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-car-be-tiny-two-seater-in-the-1970s/729310.md?page=3)