Weirdly Awesome Microcars of Hungary

[pnegyesi]

Jalopnik published my article on Hungarian microcars last week.  This prompted me to do a follow-up on old Hungarian microcars on my auto history website

Here are a few examples:

Pille (Mole), 1931


Vellák, 1949-1951


Unknown, 1950s


Another unknown from the 1950s. This one was powered by a DKW motorcycle engine and its fuel tank was created out of a bucket.

[barrett]

Fantastic, the original article is great, and this follow-up is nice too. I love the deco bumpers on the Alba Regia!

[Paul Jaray]

Your 1st article is one of the first gems I discovered on the net... keep them coming!

[MG]

Well done, sir!     

[Arthur Dent]

Fantastic. The original one (published before) is one of my all time favorite articles. Thanks for sharing even more.

[pnegyesi]

Thank you

A friend from Jalopnik told me that they are re-publishing some interesting articles which were published long ago online. And he'd also plug automuseums.info
So I refreshed the original article and it became one of the most popular articles on Jalopnik this year.

BTW originally this was a 3-part article which was published in British Classic Car Mart back in 1995-1996.

Anyhow, this new version of the article got me thinking and I published some additional info on my own page.

And as I love AutoPuzzles and would like you to know more about these thingies, I put a small article here.

And then came a new twist: Economist called me, that these Hungarian microcars are cool and would I help compiling an article for the Christmas edition? I said yes and we will see what's going to happen

[pnegyesi]

http://www.economist.com/node/17722676?story_id=17722676

[woodinsight]

Excellent article.
Congratulations Pal!

[pnegyesi]

I was an advisor, the article was put together by Adam LeBor, the Budapest correspondent of The Economist. And I provided all the illustrations. It was enormous fun, they gave a new spin to this story

[woodinsight]

I realise that Pal, i have had the same situation with articles in newspapers & journals before (in a different field).
Without your input and advice the article just wouldn't have happened.

[pnegyesi]

Yes, but it was a lot of fun and I learnt a lot. So all in all, the story of Hungarian microcars reaches more and more people

[Ultra]

Nice story.  Nice contribution to the site and to the web, Pal.

[pnegyesi]

It is in Hungarian but you can see a bunch of Hungarian-made microcars and home-made cars and someone who may be familiar

http://www.rtlklub.hu/musorok/fokusz/videok/136061

BTW does any of our English/American puzzlers got some free time on his/her hand? I have a text which I'd like someone to proof-read. Thanks!

[Arunas]

It is in Hungarian but you can see a bunch of Hungarian-made microcars and home-made cars and someone who may be familiar

http://www.rtlklub.hu/musorok/fokusz/videok/136061

BTW does any of our English/American puzzlers got some free time on his/her hand? I have a text which I'd like someone to proof-read. Thanks!

Nice! Thanks for sharing!

[pnegyesi]

It seems a lot of people are interested in post-1945 Hungarian microcars and home made cars so I've created a little booklet in English which covers those. Woodinsight was kind enough to help me with proof-reading.

Cars Made in Hungary is now available as an e-book at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005LOVR02

If you'd rather like to see a PDF version please send EUR 1 or USD 1.4 via PayPal to npaul@hu.inter.net and I'll send you the download link.

[pnegyesi]

This has been rescued yesterday. It was probably built in Hatvan, a city 60 km from Budapest. It featured a BMW Isetta engine and transmission.
We're trying to track down its story