Bosch Horn Refurbishment

A picture of the original Bosch horn still attached to the underside of the car. Check out that floor pan, not bad for a 50+ year old car.

Back side of the horn

Disassembling the horn

The interior of the horn looked perfect, however it didn't work. Upon closer inspection I noticed the contacts (not visible in photo) had a lot of corrosion built up. After cleaning the contacts and reassembling the horn, it worked perfect.

A few of the horn pieces after bead blasting. In addition to these two pieces, all the original hardware was bead blasted and nickel plated.

Nickel plating after bead blasting

A few shots of the finished Bosch horn

Look The Part

I may not always know exactly what I'm doing, but at least I can look like I do now.

Happy New Year!

Isetta - Chassis Restored

The chassis restoration on our white Isetta is nearing completion. I still need to do the brake lines and a few other little things. I've also been going back and nickel plating a few things that I had painted earlier in the restoration. Over the winter I plan on working on reupholstering the seat and remaking the interior panels. Also next spring I would like to do a test drive with the body off, so I'll be rigging up a temporary seat, gas tank, and battery. I'll also need to make some kind of support for the steering wheel and shifter.

Isetta Brochure - German 300