Truly. I got cold chills standing right next to the one on display at the Pima Air And Space Museum in Tucson. Getting that close to a legend is a beautiful thing.

That sounds about right. The air quality there really did suck, I mean, I spent plenty of time in other German cities like Munich and Nuremberg, and the air was fine. I noticed how much it stank in Berlin as soon as we got there.

They drink a lot of really good beer in Germany. I sure hope nobody's in the head, making room for more.

Oh, you mean Industrial LIGHT And Magic? Quite.

Normally, I'd agree with your sentiment, but when I spent a couple weeks in Berlin in 1982 with my Army outfit, the air there was foul, on both sides of the wall. Due, probably, to the herds of these and other two strokes and the crude farting diesel trucks over in East Berlin. It was no fun at all breathing that soup while running in the morning.

"Airbag? Of course it doesn't have an airbag. Just hold the kid on your lap."

I've seen that same Isetta in person, at the museum at Checkpoint Charlie. some poor guy was curled up in the rear quarter panel, like hugging the engine. The guy must not have been all that big.

I always liked the brown Pontiac Safari that we had when I was a kid. Ours was even browner than this, I remember.

Years ago, at the old Air Force Base in Wendover, on the Utah side, there was a building with a fenced lot that had a whole collection of these airport limos, in varying states of repair. I remember an International Travelall with like eight doors, a Pontiac, and a bunch of others whose descriptions escape me. It was a strange thing to see, on a semi abandoned Air Force base way out in the desert. Also, I agree the Checker Airbus is legendary. I've driven one, actually, and I've never seen a car draw as much attention and thumbs-up.

Your manners are even worse.