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Offline Uncle Ernie

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Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« on: January 22, 2008, 08:31:22 PM »
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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2008, 08:54:39 PM »
Awesome!  I'll be taking a trip there this summer....
I put a lot of blood and sweat into a BMW Isetta a few months back at work and I fell in love with the thing.  Makes you wonder why our current modes of transportation is the way it is.... Do we really need our daily drivers to be such huge honking lead sleds? ???
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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2008, 09:01:29 PM »
That's not far from where I am.  The guy owns Double Bubble bubble gum.  Hence the bubblecar interest.
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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2008, 06:49:56 AM »
I just remembered Blue Moon in down there somewhere, too.  Visiting those 2 places would make a great day.
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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2008, 01:42:17 PM »
Awesome!  I'll be taking a trip there this summer....
I put a lot of blood and sweat into a BMW Isetta a few months back at work and I fell in love with the thing.  Makes you wonder why our current modes of transportation is the way it is.... Do we really need our daily drivers to be such huge honking lead sleds? ???
honkin lead sleds?you werent around back in the late 60`s, early 70`s were you?
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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2008, 02:00:33 PM »
Learn sumtin new everyday. Didn't know the museum was there. It's on my things to do list now. Thanks E.

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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2008, 08:56:16 PM »
we ought to do a ride from somwhere in the southeast to there. hell i could do a bbq here in columbia and do the ride before or after.

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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2008, 01:43:42 PM »
Now that's a good plan. I never turn down BBQ.

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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2008, 02:21:49 PM »
I haven't seen some of those in ages.

A neighbor up the street had a Goggomobil... the kids used to get a kick out of yanking the front wheels back and forth to watch the steering wheel spin.......

saw a Lloyd at Pick-N-Pull a coupla decades ago.... it wasn't missing much.



.......  Makes you wonder why our current modes of transportation is the way it is.... Do we really need our daily drivers to be such huge honking lead sleds? ???

Safety... Safety... Safety...

Those little toy cars do not meet modern nerfworld safety rules... megabumpers, door latches, door bars, crumple zones, automatic seat belts, air bags, douchebags.... load all that stuff on and 500cc isn't going to move the thing.
The alternators couldn't handle power windows and a stereo amp.
The engine couldn't turn a power steering pump and an a/c compressor.
These are all just as vital as the safety stuff.
Compare a '67 Mini Cooper to an '07 for proof.

Right?


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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2008, 10:10:01 PM »
If there's interest, we could also barbecue down there for those that won't be coming through Columbia.  Hard Labor Creek State Park is nearby with pavilions, bathrooms etc.  And for anyone wanting to spend the night, there are hotels close by, or the park has cabins for rent and camping spaces. 
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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2008, 08:32:22 PM »
If there's interest, we could also barbecue down there for those that won't be coming through Columbia.  Hard Labor Creek State Park is nearby with pavilions, bathrooms etc.  And for anyone wanting to spend the night, there are hotels close by, or the park has cabins for rent and camping spaces. 


this makes more sense doesnt it? lets try and get something together when the weather turns civilized

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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2008, 08:54:15 PM »
All right.  Let's hear who's interested and some proposed dates.  May 10 & 11 or 17 & 18?   
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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2008, 11:08:01 AM »
either would be ok for me

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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2008, 03:42:44 PM »
Just a bump to see if we can get it together. 

If you're able to commit, post here.  Once there's a few of us that agree on a date, and what we want to do, we can post it to the Events section. 

I'm thinking we can meet up at Hard Labor Creek State Park, have some food around noon, then ride to the museum by 1-1:30, then back the park for dinner, beer and motorcycle stories.

Here's a link to the park and next time I'm through that way, I'll check the sizes of the cabins to see what they'll accommodate, so let me know also if you would be spending the night or intend to go home in the evening.

http://gastateparks.org/net/go/parks.aspx?LocationID=35&s=0.0.1.5

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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2008, 05:59:03 PM »
i'll be spending the night

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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #15 on: January 30, 2008, 06:18:55 PM »
Blue Moon Cycles http://www.bluemooncycle.com/ab_tour.htm is in Norcross which is about an hour toward Atlanta, so we could do that later in the day and possibly stay at Stone Mountain Park for the night.  I don't think the Microcar Museum will take hours and hours, so we might have some additional time.
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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2008, 02:47:06 PM »
Bump again.
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« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2008, 05:29:00 PM »
i'm looking forward to this

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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #18 on: February 20, 2008, 12:37:10 AM »
bump

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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #19 on: February 20, 2008, 04:03:21 AM »
Also occurring on 7/12/08 is the Micro Mini Car Day at Lars Anderson museum of transportation in Boston(more acurately Brookline)

http://www.larzanderson.org/Topics/Topic.cfm?TopicName=Show%20Event&CFID=1054480&CFTOKEN=93707735&CalendarEventId=39

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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #20 on: February 20, 2008, 05:05:06 AM »
Just checked the website and you might want to look at different dates...

The Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum Inc.
2950 Eatonton Road
Madison, GA 30650

Hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
1:00pm to 4:00pm
closed the months of MAY,JUNE & JULY
also Thanksgiving week and the week before and 2 weeks after Christmas
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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #21 on: February 20, 2008, 07:28:39 PM »
april should be warm enough to do the ride.

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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #22 on: March 09, 2008, 10:36:44 PM »
thought i'd bring this back up, especially since it looks like i'm actually going to be able to ride my motorcycle regularly again.

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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #23 on: March 10, 2008, 11:04:03 AM »
I would sure love to do that, but-
until I get a job, I can't afford to do much riding.  Things are getting grim around here.
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Re: Museum for Mini-Car fans ~
« Reply #24 on: March 10, 2008, 09:53:08 PM »
My chemistry teacher in senior school back in the old country had a Heinkel bubble car. He regularly found that inexplicably it had made its way into the chem lab. Half a dozen husky students could manhandle it through the double doors into the lab.
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