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Barrett-Jackson Houston Auction Preview

ByDavid Castro|
UNCASVILLE, CT - JUNE 25: A 1956 BMW Isetta is auctioned at the Barrett-Jackson Inaugural Northeast Auction at Mohegan Sun Arena on June 25, 2016 in Uncasville, Connecticut. Organizers estimated app. 70,000 vistors attended the three day auction June 23-25 during which hundreds of collectors were sold at auction. (Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images)
UNCASVILLE, CT - JUNE 25: A 1956 BMW Isetta is auctioned at the Barrett-Jackson Inaugural Northeast Auction at Mohegan Sun Arena on June 25, 2016 in Uncasville, Connecticut. Organizers estimated app. 70,000 vistors attended the three day auction June 23-25 during which hundreds of collectors were sold at auction. (Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images)
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MUNICH, GERMANY – JUNE 19: A BMW Isetta car of 1955 is displayed in the redesigned BMW car museum after the re-opening on June 19, 2008 in Munich, Germany. The so called ‘Museum Bowl’ designed by Viennese architect Karl Schwanzer in 1973, is added by seven new different exhibition ‘houses’, presenting the company history. After the opening the BMW museum awaits about 400.000 visitors ech year. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)
MUNICH, GERMANY – JUNE 19: A BMW Isetta car of 1955 is displayed in the redesigned BMW car museum after the re-opening on June 19, 2008 in Munich, Germany. The so called ‘Museum Bowl’ designed by Viennese architect Karl Schwanzer in 1973, is added by seven new different exhibition ‘houses’, presenting the company history. After the opening the BMW museum awaits about 400.000 visitors ech year. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

1957 BMW Isetta 300

An early econobox with seating for two. The Isetta looks like what engineers from the 1950s thought the future would look like and they were a bit off from their prediction but it has a memorable style.

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The red & beige two-tone Isetta offered at the Houston auction has been completely restored and features  a two-cylinder engine paired with a four-speed manual transmission.

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