Half of a Smart car......

Here's a few more of a Messerschmitt at a local car show. The guy has driven it around town. It does make you look twice.

Check you the old leather pilot's helmet on the seat.

Those are pretty cool. They were actually built from left over fighter plane parts. I understand that they had no reverser in the trans. To back them up you actually turned the ignition key to the "off position", and then one more click to the left, restarted the engine running backwards (???) I supplse you'd then have three forward and three reverse speeds. lol

Still trying to verify the reversing engine rotation thing.