Isetta Reviews

Having found an 1957 Isetta convertible (which sat for 27 years stored indoors!), the car needed many little (and some not so little) repairs. This book is a great help! Clearly written and very readable. It can become frustrating for me when dealing with things mechanical, and this book helps de-mystify the process. I am having a great deal of enjoyment (most of the time) getting my "little egg" back on the road, and this book is a very helpful resource!

Having recently fallen in love with this tiny bubble-car made by BMW in the late 50s and early 60s, I was surprised to find myself with one, albeit a fixer-upper, in short time. After going to a minicar and microcar meet, the other Isetta owners said: 'You must buy this book!' and 'This book is truly amazing!' I got the book and indeed they were right: this book is astounding. Mr. Jensen offers insightful step-by-step guidance with useful pointers and tips for every facet of restoring the 1958 sliding window export model of 'the rolling egg.' When I bought my Isetta, the seat and inside panels were missing. Imagine my joy when I found, in the book, templates for the panels and a design for a replacement seat. It was almost a spooky, spine-tingling, X-files kind of sensation. It this thoroughness into the restoration process that I found extremely useful. Indeed, this book is truly amazing and, if you are restoring or upkeeping an Isetta, you must own it.