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1473.1 | Yes, I remember them! | PLAYER::BROWNL | So what if I have | Wed Jun 19 1991 16:47 | 6 |
| I read in a Classic Car mag this month that someone has started making
them again. They've even developed a 4 wheel version! When I go back to
England in a couple of weeks, I try to remember to bring the article
back with me and give you some more info.
Laurie.
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1473.2 | | JURA::KEHILY | ... some day. | Thu Jun 20 1991 15:10 | 4 |
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You don't see many about but I guess they should be quite cheap. A friend
in England just gave one away a couple of weeks ago ... are you really sure
you want one? :-)
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1473.3 | ;-) | LNKHUB::SOKURA | Put your foot in the air.. | Thu Jun 20 1991 16:19 | 6 |
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Yeeah,I would like to get one.They are maybe not so popular in the
UK but I'm crazy enough to want one. ;-))
Jhonny
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1473.4 | Bond Bug Manufacturer | CRISPY::WHITEP | | Thu Jun 20 1991 16:21 | 12 |
| Jhonny, the address for the company that is now manufacturing Bond Bugs
is:
Mike Webster,Brook House,Braishfield ,Hampshire SO51 0QB.
They will send you an information pack if you send them two pounds.
Original models are still around but they are quite rare of course,
I would guess value to be between 500 pounds and 1500 pounds but a
really good one could be a lot more expensive .
I will let you know if I see any for sale.
Cheers,
Paul White
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1473.5 | | COMICS::WEGG | Some hard boiled eggs & some nuts. | Fri Jun 21 1991 08:53 | 9 |
| RE .0
>> ... they are quite rare here in Sweden.
Given your construction laws, I'm not surprised! In a country that
builds cars like Napoleonic forts and insists that they always have
their lights on, aren't you going to be in trouble driving a 3 wheeled
Tupperware lunchbox? :-)
Ian.
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1473.6 | Tupperware ain't so bad.... | LNKHUB::SOKURA | Put your foot in the air.. | Mon Jun 24 1991 08:17 | 15 |
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Tupperware ain't so bad,Huh?? :->
No joking I like these kind of "weird" three wheeler vehicles like
the Bond, and for example the german made Messerscmitt and Heinkel
from the 50's.(Old airplane factorys.)
The Germans had two wheels in front thow.Their engines where about
500cc.
I don't really see them as real car's rather a funny low budget-get-on
-the-road machines from a time that have past long ago.
Today in our hightech high quality high cost high of everything world,
It's time to return back to basics.
Jhonny
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1473.7 | Bug's still buzzing | CHEFS::OSBORNEC | | Mon Jun 24 1991 09:49 | 23 |
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Strange things still move ---
have just watched a Bug go round the roundabout outside my office.
In the middle of the rush hour, so being used for real work .
Yesterday, there was the annual Bond Bug Owners Club rally in the UK.
Don't know how many showed up.
I'd still rather have a Messerschmit Tiger than a Bug .. but I agree
with your sentiments. I like technical oddities. What about the
Scootacar for real weirdo-freaks ......
BTW, I'm contemplating buying a Mini-Marcos that I've been offered.
Shows there's nothing sane about my style appreciation.
Colin
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1473.8 | Ahh, Scootacar. They really were **FUN**! | CHEFS::CLEMENTSD | So much to do...so little time | Mon Jun 24 1991 11:31 | 17 |
| And I thought that I was the only person that remembered the Scootacar.
Great little vehicle.... mine was fluorescent lime green with a row of
black footprints the went over the car from front to back. The things
we do in our youth........
Had a habit of cornering on two wheels and a door handle but you soon
got used to leaning a la motorbike inside that beast. Weakest point was
the combined starter/generator unit that was bolted to the 197cc
Villiers 2-stroke. It was a 6 volt thingy with the points buried deep
inside a massive cast iron rotor. The only way to get enough sparks at
the plug was to use a 12v battery to turn the motor over and use half
the cells to drive the sparks......
I know it's a rathole, but does anybody know the whereabouts of one of
these things, I'd love to get my hand on one again.
Dick.
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1473.9 | | COMICS::WEGG | Some hard boiled eggs & some nuts. | Tue Jun 25 1991 14:24 | 8 |
| Dick,
My brother-in-law is on the committee of the Heinkle-Trojan owners club,
and is heavily into this sort of motor. He doesn't own a scootacar, but
will probably know the wearabouts of some. I'll ask him when he (and
for that matter I) get back from the South of France!
Ian.
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1473.10 | Thanks... | CHEFS::CLEMENTSD | So much to do...so little time | Tue Jun 25 1991 15:21 | 1 |
| Thanks, Ian, look forward to the info........
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1473.11 | King Kong | LNKHUB::SOKURA | Put your foot in the air.. | Thu Jun 27 1991 13:51 | 9 |
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I read a Swedish car magazine last night and found a another
for me unknown piece of machinery.
-59 King,two wheels in the front and one in back.Two doors that
open in the front end of the door.Looked like a meatloaf to me.
Any idea what this is?
Jhonny
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1473.12 | Probably not the same 'King' | TSGDEV::WAITE | Things are fine in Mt. Idy she goes on | Thu Jun 27 1991 17:53 | 2 |
| There was a King Midget made in the US for a number of years. It had 4
wheels in the normal place, a small air cooled motor bike motor in the rear.
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1473.13 | | NEWOA::SAXBY | A light bulb lasts longer? | Thu Jun 27 1991 17:54 | 5 |
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A Triking perhaps? Basically a replica of the 20s/30s Morgan 3 wheelers
powered by a modern V-Twin motorcycle engine.
Mark
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1473.14 | | UPROAR::WATSONR | I'd rather be flying my kite ! | Mon Jul 01 1991 17:40 | 5 |
| >> powered by a modern V-Twin motorcycle engine
Oh...? I thought it was a Moto-Guzzi engine !
:-)
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1473.15 | | LARVAE::MUNSON_P | | Tue Jul 02 1991 14:03 | 4 |
| I read at the weekend that you can buy the Bond Bug in a snazzy
looking kit form. The article didn't say where from.
(��)Munce.
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1473.16 | | SUBURB::THOMASH | The Devon Dumpling | Tue Jul 02 1991 14:05 | 10 |
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I've seen one of these bond-bug kits made-up.
They are 4 wheelers!!!!!!!!!
I'm sure that there'll be something about them in the kit-car magazines.
Try going into Smiths and browsing a few.
Heather
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1473.17 | At a Kit Car Show?? | MALLET::BEALE | Security is a Thumb and a Blanket... | Tue Jul 02 1991 17:34 | 5 |
| They've been at most of the kit car shows this year. If anyone is going
to Ashtead (Kent) this weekend they might get the info and post it
here. I'll see if I can get my spies to pick up the address.
Andy
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