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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> LBC? Little British Car?
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> Maybe. I don't know. Nate can tell us when he gets back on line.
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> Some really spectacular rides at the show today. From 3-wheel Morgans
> and Rileys to McClaren Can Am sleds and classic Rolls Royces. Tons of
> Sunbeams and Austins and MGs. Jay Leno showed up with one of his classics,
> but left before our wandering got us over to it. Two double decker London
> busses, rattling and clanking, but not smoking as much as one might expect.
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> Except for the busses, not much in the way of diesel iron. Not even
> in the row of Land Rovers, which get diesel engines in so much of the rest
> of the world.
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> Stayed cloudy and cool, but dry. DJ Ken laid down a constant stream
> of mostly '60s British rock. Easy on the ears, EXCEPT the southern speaker
> which was WAY too loud and honky.
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> Tom
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