cute as a bugs ear used to be a saying, I think it applies here

https://www.facebook.com/groups/867119580122571/?multi_permalinks=2193830214118161

please join me in a standing ovation for the El Toro High Auto Shop class for their Mopetta replication! Thanks to the shop teacher, Casey, for sharing this with me!

Here is the latest project at El Toro High School Auto Shop. 

They were so enamored with the Egon Brustch micro car made out of moped parts in 1957 in Stuttgart Germany. Only a handful were made and are absolutely priceless so they made their own from just pictures on the internet.

They made a wood buck, bought pink foam at Home Depot, glued it together, sanded the shape, bondo on top of that sanded smooth, gel coat sprayed and sanded smooth, then a water base release agent applied, and then 4 layers of fiberglass and we made a mold out of the foam plug. 

Couldn’t find a JLO 50cc engine and 3 speed transmission so we used a Honda 80cc water cooled 6 speed power plant. 

They've built two bodies so far, and the kids want to make the second one a hybrid. They took it to cars and coffee San Clemente Sept 5th and it was a huge hit!

Painted it 2020 mustang gt grabber blue and the kids lettered it by hand.

 Ain't that the coolest?

https://www.facebook.com/SouthOCCarsAndCoffee/photos/a.939152339430597/3562681707077634/

Remember, it was only a decade ago that a shop teacher and some high school students restored a bug eye Sprite after class... and got on the Tonight Show! So don't take your eyes off the students, they are doing fun things, and making cool stuff! 

Here's an original, in probably the most famous photo of the Mopetta

here's an old photo from the 60s