1962 BMW Isetta 300 Super Plus car Size:XXL: 127 x 100cm Mike Hawthorn with a model

Mike Hawthorn with a model car

'Scandal refuted

Found in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Guards (from tomorrow) move behind the railings at the instructions of the war office because in recent months the crush of tourists was beginning to harass the men

'Hard Times'

1962 BMW Isetta 300 Super Plus car Size:XXL: 127 x 100cm Mike Hawthorn with a model1962 BMW Isetta 300 Super Plus car. European post war austerity, combined with the Suez Crisis of 1956, led to a petrol shortage and increased the popularity of fuel efficient microcars. In 1953, the first truly successful microcar was launched; the Italian made Iso Isetta 'bubblecar', soon made under licence in Germany, France, Brazil and Britain. The British built cars were assembled under licence from German BMW and fitted with their engines.