RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted August 26, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 26, 2014 I always thought it had to be classed as a tricycle, three wheels and below a certain weight to be driven on a motorcycle licence. I don't have my old one with the groups on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted August 26, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 26, 2014 Only 3 wheels and weighing under 8 cwt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Have you seen this You tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT8xhOjYGDE of 'Environmental Dave' starting a Commer TS3 dupercharged diesel two stroke? dhig Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Came across this earlier today. I think it looks good: An interesting idea for a replica. steve 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter220950 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 It was done on Chop Shop, which was a pretty awful series, full of artificial peril, but one of the better efforts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7EPp4Mf1Nc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 (edited) Came across this earlier today. I think it looks good: An interesting idea for a replica. steve Illegal then? No tax disc displayed on the windscreen (What windscreen?). Still, it will be ok in October! Stewart edit: My mistake, there is a windscreen just visible, rather useless though? And the tax disc is displayed on it. My apologies for missing that! Edited August 26, 2014 by stewartingram Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted August 26, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 26, 2014 Illegal then? No tax disc displayed on the windscreen (What windscreen?). Still, it will be ok in October! Stewart edit: My mistake, there is a windscreen just visible, rather useless though? And the tax disc is displayed on it. My apologies for missing that! another railway modeller!! Jonathan a Meteor is a Merlin re-engineered for use in the Centurion Main Battle Tank...... Baz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted August 26, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 26, 2014 It was originally developed from 1941-43 and was used in the WW2 tanks Cromwell and Comet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Came across this earlier today. I think it looks good: An interesting idea for a replica. Actually quite redolent of Rover's experimental cars, such as the gas turbine "JET 1". I like to think that Rover themselves might have designed a body like this. Even Jools Holland looks strangely appropriate in the driving seat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatman Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Reliant Kittens used to be sold with Perspex windows to stay below the weight limit and they were 4 wheeled. Ligier Micro-Cars, same deal. Motor Tricycle was only written as such where the vehicle was a three wheeler. It is not a necessity for driving on a Motorcycle licence. Far more can be read on the Reliant Forum, which includes members who drive 4 wheelers on Motor cycle licences. Boatman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Horsetan, It is deliberate replica of JET 1. steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimbus Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Actually quite redolent of Rover's experimental cars, such as the gas turbine "JET 1". I like to think that Rover themselves might have designed a body like this. Even Jools Holland looks strangely appropriate in the driving seat. Something of the 4-seater Routemaster about it... The Nim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted August 27, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 27, 2014 Reliant Kittens used to be sold with Perspex windows to stay below the weight limit and they were 4 wheeled. Ligier Micro-Cars, same deal. Motor Tricycle was only written as such where the vehicle was a three wheeler. It is not a necessity for driving on a Motorcycle licence. Far more can be read on the Reliant Forum, which includes members who drive 4 wheelers on Motor cycle licences. Boatman Reliant Kittens did not have a weight limit, manufacture had ceased by the time that legislation had been introduced. The legislation was introduced to cover quad bikes and was not retrospective. Until recently I owned a Reliant Kitten and I don't know of any fitted with perspex windows from new. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kickstart Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Other uses for a Merlin. I thought I'd read about a chap who killed himself in a Merlin engined car, or was it a Meteor? If you google there is an Australian guy who chopped 2 cylinders from a Merlin engine to have a V twin engine for use in a bike. Possibly a tad excessive. All the best Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Or put one in a '55 Chevy.... We're a mad bunch! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 If you google there is an Australian guy who chopped 2 cylinders from a Merlin engine to have a V twin engine for use in a bike. Possibly a tad excessive. All the best Keith Which, whilst magnificently loopy and a major technical achievement, doesn't appear to have worked terribly well in practice. The gentleman in question has run regularly at the Lake Gairdner speed trials and it's notable that he no longer uses the Merlin special. I seem to remember its times were not as impressive as might have been expected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted August 28, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 28, 2014 Or put one in a '55 Chevy.... We're a mad bunch! As mad as this one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 As mad as this one This wouldn't tip at a corner, it'd do a barrel roll!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Well, that was interesting.... Went out with some family friends today. To cut a long story short, we parked in a private garage in Sydney where one of the family works. Next to where we parked was an interesting shape, red, and covered by a dust sheet. I carefully lifted the rear of the dust cover to find....a Ford Laser TX3 Turbo 4WD! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 ....a Ford Laser TX3 Turbo 4WD! Is that not a Mazda 323 underneath? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 It certainly is. Still, a very unusual car Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Is that not a Mazda 323 underneath? in the first years of group "A" rallying after the banning of group "B" the mazda 323turbo 4x4 was quiet a competative machine especialy in the hands of the likes of mikkola and mcrea snr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Car in Havana. I don't know make or model, but it fits the composition nicely. Original photograph by Miss bb. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 1, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 1, 2014 Car in Havana. I don't know make or model, but it fits the composition nicely. cuban car in havana.jpg Original photograph by Miss bb. Looks like a General Motors product, probably powered by Lada today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Just found this one from our holiday in '09, a De Tomaso Pantera in Paris, about to be loaded onto the Motor Rail wagon to return to Italy 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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