During college I spent many hours exploring the small town of Laramie, Wyoming. I was actually on the hunt for a good storage unit, but that’s a whole other story. As I was pulling into a storage facility on the south end of town, I spotted the most unusual of cars to be hiding in Wyoming. As I started to look closer, I discovered there wasn’t just one odd ball, but an entire field full of them! There before me was the single largest collection of BMW Isettas I had ever seen – I counted 15 in total. I didn’t have my camera with me, but I figured I would be back a few months later and I could get photos then. That was a bad choice, because when I returned all but two of the Isettas were gone. I just assumed I would never see such a sight ever again, but that was until I had a look at Dimitris K’s latest submission. This collection of BMW Isettas might not be as large as the one I witnessed in Wyoming, but there are certainly plenty of these tiny oddballs in there. The collection is located in Canada and is listed for sale here on TooToo.

I still remember the first time I saw an Isetta, it was driven by the tv character Steve Urkel on Family Matters. I was fascinated by that odd little car, mostly because of the usual swing open front end. Until I spotted the collection in Laramie, I had never actually seen an Isetta in person and they turned out to be even odder than I could have imagined. The overall shape and size is something you just have to see in person to fully appreciate.

It appears that these cars are all in need of restoration, but given the amount of parts, I’m sure a few complete cars could be built from this stash. Most of the cars are the small and popular 300 model, but the seller also has the larger 600. I can’t imagine there are many of the four seater 600s left. This one is going to need a complete restoration, but would make for an interesting project.

Part of me has always wondered what happened to all those Isettas I found, but I hope they all went to good homes and didn’t just ended up in a collection like this one. I actually wouldn’t be surprised if a few ended up in this collection. I’m not sure what will end up happening to all of these cars either, but hopefully someone will at least put some of the parts to good use! So who here would like to have this hoard of Isettas in their backyard?