One For Classic Car Fans.....

[figbat]

It was the comparison with a Lotus 7 that made me think of the Scorpion.

 

[stoatsngroats]

Not around anymore, but was mine for a couple of years, sold following a problem with front discs, for a Mk1 Ranage Rover, which was different, but equally fun.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

No photo, I was driving and this thing passed going the other way:-
From the front it looked a bit like a Lotus 7 kind of thing. But only one rear wheel. Low, plastic bodied, black, with a vaguely Batman style of logo in yellow on the nose. It looked quite fast, reminiscent of a three-wheeled batmobile.
Any ideas?

Possibly one of these?

 

[tyred]

Saw a few old-timers today out on a jaunt
of some sort. Apologies about the crappy photos as I was taken unawares and unprepared.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

I've got a ride in a 1933 Riley 9 Lynx tourer coming up. Will post pictures! A winning bid in the local silent auction (from 2019!!)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 26th

Squires Cafe
https://www.squires-cafe.co.uk/
(between Sherburn-in-Elmet & Ledsham)
Just off the 'old' A1

I'm really embarassed that I ought to know what it is, but can't remember

 

[figbat]

Saturday 26th

Squires Cafe
https://www.squires-cafe.co.uk/
(between Sherburn-in-Elmet & Ledsham)


I'm really embarassed that I ought to know what it is, but can't remember

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I believe it is a Sunbeam Rapier.

 

[Oldhippy]

It's a proper car is what is! Ah, the days when you could tell the difference between cars and the bumper actually served a purpose.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I believe it is a Sunbeam Rapier.

Thankyou

I was thinking along the lines of a Hillman

I was wrong

 

[Ian H]

Possibly one of these?

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Difficult to be certain, but quite possibly.

 

[Ian H]

I caught a glimpse on Saturday of a Bristol 401 going past in the opposite direction.

 

[MichaelW2]

Our corner coffee shop is a bit of a classix car magnet . Yesterday was a Lotus Elan ( the original fibreglass one) but Lotus is a Local Car for Local People around here.

 

[mistyoptic]

Thankyou

I was thinking along the lines of a Hillman

I was wrong

Not really. That was the era of “badge engineering”. It was a Hillman underneath. Rootes group were as good at it as BMC

 

[figbat]

Not really. That was the era of “badge engineering”. It was a Hillman underneath. Rootes group were as good at it as BMC

The Hillman Minx and Singer Gazelle were rebadges of the Sunbeam.

 

[Smokin Joe]

The Hillman Minx and Singer Gazelle were rebadges of the Sunbeam.

Then you had the Hillman Imp and the Sunbeam Stiletto.