A.G. (Antonio Gomez Cruz) Microcars
Antonio Gomez Cruz, was born in Torredonjimeno, Jaen, in 1907. He was a self-taught man who followed the...
Home-Built and Homemade Cars: A–Z List
Some of the most original small cars were never mass-produced: they were built in garages and sheds by enthusiasts. This page collects home-built and homemade cars, kit specials and one-off creations from around the world.
Browse the list alphabetically and open a model page for photos, history and specifications. To explore by maker instead, use the catalog A–Z.
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A.M.P. 3-wheeler
In 1957, in Pamplona, Antonio Muñoz Perera (A.M.P.), built a unique prototype of a touring tricycle...
Abdul Majeed’s home built car
A handmade 660cc car built by Abdul Majeed, a talented welder from Rawalpindi, Pakistan. An incredible...
André Siames Electric Car
This electric microcar was made by electrician André Siames from Boulogne-sur-Seine near Paris in his back...
Ant Amphibious
The “Ant” is a wheel-known three-wheeled scooter with a cargo body from in the USSR. But there was...
Antem
The Antem microcar with open body was built by the Frenchman Jacques Antem, son of Jean Antem who was known...
Antilope Bromauto
Antilope Bromauto was made by N.G. Boos from Hilversum, Holland in 1952. In Dutch ‘Antilope’ of...
Arbet
“My car is no weird car,” wrote Jeff Gibson. “It is, by all standards, a normal car, except...
Arnau
During the Spanish Civil War, Joan Arnau Vicens, a Catalan from the province of Girona, worked as a barber in...
Autocycle by August Paul
This autocycle began as a motorcycle that gradually evolved. Back in the day, cyclist August Paul found it...
Autocykl
The Autocykl was the brainchild of watchmaker Rostislav Dyna from Czech. It was a narrow (800 mm wide) tandem...
Automite
The Automite (by Masterworks of Long Green, Maryland) was a fully-enclosed single-seater microcar with...
Azov (Азов)
For 25 years, Viktor Golovan, a resident of Berdyansk, Ukraine, has been using a home built car called...
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Badia-Ballarin
Despite the little information that exists about this curious microcar, and the fact that in the few...
Bancroft’s Powered Wheel Chair
The August 1938 issue of “Mechanix Illustrated” magazine featured an interesting article about...
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Dózsa-Farkas András 3-wheeler
In 1950, Dózsa-Farkas András (1902-1982) started the industrial design training in Academy of Applied...
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Electric Car From Kaliningrad
This funny electric car was created by engineers from Kaliningrad during the Soviet era. A two-seater car...
Endre Surányi dwarf cars
Everlasting, bohemian, versatile – Endre Surányi (1913-1996), who was a “garage master of...
Ergash Taishev’s Hommade Car
Ergash Taishev’s homemade car with an engine from a Ural motorcycle was made in the Soviet Kazakhstan...
EV roadster from the USSR
This compact electric roadster was created by schoolchildren at the turn of the 60s and 70s of the last...
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Favorit by László Vörös
As early as 1947, László Vörös made a three-wheeled family motorcycle, which ran for three years. Then he...
Ferenc Grósz 3-wheeler With Volkswagen Parts
This interesting 3-wheeler was built by Ferenc Grósz, a car mechanic from Veszprém, Hungary, in the late...
Ferenc Grósz Dwarf Car
In the late 1950s, Ferenc Grósz from Hungary and his older son, Ferenc Grósz Jr., made another small car....
Fesztival by Kálmán Szabadi
Kálmán Szabadi, who died at the age of 81 in the winter of 2010, was best known for being a shipbuilder,...
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Home built 3-wheeler by Robert E. Taylor
The homemade automobile made by the builder Robert E. Taylor of Bridgeport, Conn., is a three-wheeled motor...
Home built EVs by Eduard Rudik
73-years old Ukrainian auto designer Eduard Rudik makes budget mini-electric vehicles (he created more than...
Home built microcar by Gerber László
In 1961, Gerber László of Kispest, head of the Red Star Tractor Factory, designed and built a dwarf car...
Home Built Microcar by Juri Nesterov
In the late 1980s, Juri Nesterov of Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, completed work on a homemade microcar. He used...
Home built roadster from Siberia
This tiny home-made car was made in Siberia. It was created in 1971. According to the author, the biggest...
Home-built car from the USSR
A small home-made car, made in the USSR, appeared on sale in Russia. The unnamed car of an unknown year of...
Homemade 3-wheel car from Kazakhstan
A homemade 3-wheeled vehicle from Kazakhstan, designed and built by young technicians from the city of Sarani...
Homemade microcar by Vasily Terteki
It seems that there is no impossible for the Ukrainians on their way to a better life. An ideal population...
Homemade microcar from Poland
This car from Poland was made from parts that were available at the time. Apparently, aluminum sheet metal...
Homemade microcar from Ukraine
This cute homemade microcar was made by a resident of Ukraine. He drives it around the city daily. The...
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Imre Dongó’s city car
Imre Dongó, teacher of Bercsényi Miklós Vocational Secondary School and Grammar School in Győr, was a...
Imre Vogl home built car
After WWII the Soviets prohibited the East-European countries to produce passenger cars. In 1953 Hungary...
István Domoszlai 3-wheeler
Currently, this three-wheeled small car built in Debrecen by István Domoszlai is located in Budapest. The...
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Jeep by V.L. Taranukha
October 23, 1966, a parade-competition of home-built cars and motorcycles was held in Moscow. The parade took...
Junkcycle by V. G. Clements
Parts from a washing machine, wheelbarrow, bicycle and windmill were used by V. G. Clements of Elmwood, Neb.,...
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Katam («Катам»)
Creating an amphibian is not an easy task. It is necessary to find the perfect balance between the car and...
KG Motors T-BOX Proto
At the Tokyo Motor Show 2022, a tiny T-BOX Proto offroader was shown, created by a Youtube blogger from the...
Khutorok («Хуторок»)
In the early 90s, Gennady Kholodny, a garage craftsman-enthusiast from Russia, created a cool tiny truck...
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Lopakodo
This home built buggy was made in 1997 by an artisan from Sárospatak (Hungary) with a “skillful hand”....
Losenok («Лосёнок»)
This home-made car can be called one of the most original ever built on the components of...
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MEM-01
The designer and creator of this electric car is the engineer of the Rivne nuclear powerplant Andrei...
Minsk (“Минск”)
Soviet times were free for inquisitive minds. This interesting microcar was made by Alexander Dlotovsky, the...
Mother Earth News’s 3VG
Mother Earth News magazine published articles on a series of prototypes that it built featuring tilting...
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Nanico P50
Created by Brazilian engineer Caio Strumiello, the Nanico P50 manages to outdo its English inspiration Peel...
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Peredy Zoltán single-person car and Frog small car
Peredy Zoltán was born in 1963. His father, Árpád Peredy built all kinds of structures, from light rail...
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Rear-engined Homebuilt Microcar From The USSR
During the Soviet era, a car was more of a luxury than a means of transportation. The demand for cars clearly...
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Samy
In the mid-60s, the problem of a city car was extremely important. Practical proposals were seen so far,...
Simon Ernő home-built microcar
Ernő Simon was born in St. Petersburg in 1924. As a young assistant he worked at the Danube Aircraft Factory...
Six-wheeled home-made microcar from the USSR
This six-wheeled home-made microcar was made in the USSR in the late 70s. The engine, gearbox and front axle...
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Tallinn
Designer Magofirov’s homemade Tallinn car, built in 1961. The small two-door sedan visually copied the...
Trabant Buggy By János Kesjár jr.
In the 1960s, buggy madness spilled over to Europe. This story is about János Kesjár Jr., a well-known...
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UrbaCar
The UrbaCar, a niche, do-it-yourself (DIY) kit car design from the 1970 – the design was featured in...
Ussama Tuaba’s EV
Algerian engineer Ussama Tuaba, with the support of the state center for the development of renewable energy...
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Valga-Kvartet (Валга-Квартет)
When you start building a car, each amateur designer should firstly clearly imagine what qualities the new...
Varga Zsolt City-Car
Race engine mechanic, tuning master, designer – Zsolt Varga did a lot in his tragically short life. He...
Vellák
József Vellák from Nagykanizsa learned the locksmith’s profession in 1919 in the locksmith shop of...
Vicente Badia Tricycle
Vicente Badia, a Barcelona motorcycle racer who among other things, at the end of the 40s and in the early...
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Weijman Auto
Weijman Auto was a three-wheel automobile created by Jo Weijman in Holland during the 1950s. It was a small,...
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Yudin’s Roadster From Tashkent
The tiny home built car was made by the father and son Yudins from Tashkent. They passed over 10,000...
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“Farmer” Home-Made Mini-Truck
“Farmer” is a Soviet home-made cute mini-truck. It is based on the “Zaporozhets” car....
‘Kolobok’ Home Built Microcar
The Kolobok was created in 1985 in the USSR by Victor Gorbunov, engineer of AvtoVAZ. Victor Gorbunov worked...
‘Veterok’
“Vetorok” homemade car was built in Novotroitsk, USSR, in 1965-1966. It had a simple tubular...
3-wheeled shortened Beetle
This is a really weird homemade project created from a significantly shortened VW Beetle body. The body is...