Thank you ! .
The one I liked best was a '57 Bond with a fibreglas roof instead of the flop top .
It was unrestored . the owner told me it has four speeds and he'd taken it up to 40 MPH in third gear then wisely chickened out .
-Nate
Bill wrote :
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> At bottom of this link; Bond .James Bond
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> http://classiccarweekly.wordpress.com/tag/mk-d/
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> From: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Nate
> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 5:58 AM
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: So. Cal. Car Show Sunday 4/14
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>
> Yep ;
>
> Little British Car .
>
> There were even TWO Bond tri wheel cars ~ these have the look of a tiny
> automobile but only two wheels in the back , in front is a 198 C.C. Villiers
> two stroke Motocycle engine mounted on a pivoting bracket thing that's
> connected to a steering wheel via a worm gear..
>
> This makes it technically a Motocycle and so co$t$ far less to register . no
> heater , no radio , no _REVERSE_ .
>
> Of course , it _does_ have a normal looking front sheet metal , two head
> lights , wildly exaggerated pontoon fenders , grille and bumper , windshield
> with wipers , two doors etc. just like a ' real ' car .
>
> Google " Reliant " to see the newer and more popular vehicles of this typ .
>
> Someone tried very hard to legally import them new in the 1970's , those I
> remember quite well , the Califonia DMV said _no_ .
>
> The Bond I liked so much was a 1957 tiny little thing .
>
> -Nate
>
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