History Bantam - A small car

This might be fun, Caption this photo. HRP

 

Bigger than it looks

 

10 lbs of st*ff in a 5 lb bag.

 

He's wearin' the upholstery

 

My next car won't be a Prius!

 

You think you have it bad.

 

Got in.
Now to get out.

 

@oldpl8s has several of them. Maybe he’ll chime in.

 

Tell mom I can't make it for lunch.

 

" They said if I wash the car with cold water it won't shrink" HRP

 

On my way to the gym.

 

That's one way to lower a car!

 

We have a local guy who, over the years was big into Crosleys. Even raced a few of them. He is a six footer and I often wondered how constricted that would be. I think a Model A is too tight.

 

Below is a photo showing the difference between a stock Bantam shell and one I widened to work wirh a typical SBC radiator you’d place behind a 1932 Ford shell.

 

Put the fork away.

 

Future fuel coupe.....

 

Hop in

 

American Austin Company!

 

Vintage lubricant advertisement.

 

If I take a deep breath the doors pop open

 

Tiny little car
Man who's not thin
Puffin' apple muffin
In a baking tin

 

W C Fields



Chopped top in 1933

 

I have a Crosley and I am 6' 2". Leg room is not as bad as one would think; if you think a model A is narrow, its not. I think Laurel and Hardy used that same Austin in at least one short, or there was two with chopped tops! Is that Fatty Arbuckle in the car?

 

looks like the Bantam was the first smart car.

 

Looks like his air bag has deployed prematurely.

 

Big guy in a little suit!

 

i always thought it was odd they called them coupes and not sedans.

 

Here's my 1938 American Bantam Sedan Delivery that I owned for 30 some years. Built a new frame for it back in the early 70s and was trying to do front and rear independent suspension - it was a 70s thing. Working out in my garage and trying figure out how to narrow everything I basically was out of my league engineering wise. Pushed it over in the corner and it became a good shelf. Sold it in the late 90s to help buy my roadster. That's my young brother in law Rick with who's now 62.

Lee