1955 Velam Isetta

1955 Velam Isetta in What's New Pussycat, Movie, 1965

Class: Others, Microcar — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
dsl ◊ 2011-07-16 20:25	Why do we have some of these as VELAM and others as Velam? Just looked at our selection and they're almost all white - was it the only colour?
DynaMike ◊ 2011-07-16 21:32	I think indeed that the VELAM was only available in white, hence its nickname 'Pot de yaourt'. Since VELAM is an abbreviation of VEhicule Léger A Moteur (light vehicle with an engine) and since they themselves only used capitals on their cars and in their ads, I'd say it rather should be VELAM, not Velam.
bref ◊ 2011-07-17 23:33	DynaMike wrote I think indeed that the VELAM was only available in white, hence its nickname 'Pot de yaourt'. Since VELAM is an abbreviation of VEhicule Léger A Moteur (light vehicle with an engine) and since they themselves only used capitals on their cars and in their ads, I'd say it rather should be VELAM, not Velam. One of my friend has a medium grey one. Never repainted, with an ultra low mileage; Never seen other anyway!
dsl ◊ 2011-07-17 23:36	I like the yoghurt pot nickname.
Ingo ◊ 2011-07-18 14:57	In German the nickname "Joghurtbecher" is common, too but for annother type of vehicles: for motorbikes with plastic- or glassfibre casings.
sixcyl ◊ 2012-03-04 23:29
police car fan ◊ 2014-09-17 14:21	-- Last edit: 2014-09-17 17:11:19 (Lateef)