3 Wheeled Wonders

by **Adrian Worman** » 30 Aug 2010 16:30

I loved these little Bond Bugs when I was a kid :oops:

, stumbled on this gathering at Woburn classic car rally a couple of weeks back, crazy lil' things eh? :lol:

by **dave-r** » 30 Aug 2010 16:40

Funny enough I liked them too as a kid when they came out (early 70s?) because they looked so futuristic (by 70s standards) and could have come straight out of a Science Fiction TV show.

In reality of course they were a pile of shite. :lol:

Actually that is probably unfair of me. Snigger. :mrgreen:

by **Adrian Worman** » 30 Aug 2010 16:52

No Dave your right, ihey were shit :lol:

I genuinely believed they were driven by the Banana Splits :oops:

by jr » 30 Aug 2010 18:03

Dave, did you pick color for your Challenger from one of those three wheel "cars"?

by **drewcrane** » 30 Aug 2010 18:15

Was there selling motto "Sure tip" :s024:

by **dave-r** » 30 Aug 2010 20:00

jr wrote:Dave, did you pick color for your Challenger from one of those three wheel "cars"?

Well obviously my ambition was to eventually own one of those 3-wheelers but I had to settle for a Challenger instead.

But maybe one day....

:lol2:

by **dave-r** » 30 Aug 2010 20:01

drewcrane wrote:Was there selling motto "Sure tip"

I am sure that must be a joke but maybe it depends on knowing what "Sure Tip" means??

by **drewcrane** » 30 Aug 2010 20:05

dave-r wrote:
drewcrane wrote:Was there selling motto "Sure tip"

I am sure that must be a joke but maybe it depends on knowing what "Sure Tip" means??

Ahhhh it is a joke i went to my tire dealer one time and asked him for a deal on tires and he said we have "sure pop specials" , so sure tip over is what i was thinking,

did i see an episode of top gear with one of those cars and one of the hosts couldent make it around a corner down a hill? is this the same car?

and man that had to be hard setteling for some yank iron with those stylish cans running around :s024:

by **dave-r** » 30 Aug 2010 20:13

No that was a different company (Reliant) making those ones on Top Gear and in reality they were not that easy to tip over. You had to be going around corners bloody hard and fast to get one rear wheel up but they almost always sat back down again when you backed off or straightened out due to their very low center of gravity.

Top Gear must have modified their car to tip over easily for comical reasons. You have to take everything on that show with a big pinch of salt. :wink:

by **Adrian Worman** » 30 Aug 2010 21:05

When I was a teenage apprentice we had to do recovery duty and one day we had to pick up a Reliant Regal ( surefire futire classic) that had rolled in the snow, it was so badly damaged that the roof was torn off in the wind on the 10 minute journey back to the workshop :lol:

and yes, Top Gear is crap

by **drewcrane** » 30 Aug 2010 21:32

Ahh so those are Woburns ? not related to the Reliant ,
We dont get to see them over here, if i did it would be epic,

and yes i have noticed Top Gear is not everyones fancy, but i get a kick out of it :s010:

by **Adrian Worman** » 30 Aug 2010 22:07

http://fwd.five.tv/fifth-gear/videos/fe ... ger-racing
Don't laugh, its proper racing, yeah right :lol:

by **drewcrane** » 30 Aug 2010 22:54

Adrian Worman wrote:http://fwd.five.tv/fifth-gear/videos/features/reliant-robin-banger-racing
Don't laugh, its proper racing, yeah right

dam it wont play over here :cry:

by **Adrian Worman** » 31 Aug 2010 9:53

Shame, it is hilarious, just get on U-Tube and type in "reliant robin racing" thats how I found it :thumbsup:

by **Gareth** » 03 Sep 2010 20:57

drewcrane wrote:Ahh so those are Woburns ? not related to the Reliant ,
We dont get to see them over here, if i did it would be epic,

and yes i have noticed Top Gear is not everyones fancy, but i get a kick out of it

Drew, these cars are called "Bond Bugs". The Bond motor company was bought by Reliant so these cars were produced by Reliant but still retained the "Bond" branding. More info here............

http://www.bondbug.com/

Woburn is the very grand stately home that hosted the classic car meeting.

:wink:

by **ianandjess** » 04 Sep 2010 9:30

anybody have any theories as to why the made such things
the morgan i get it , itt was to use a motorcycle drive train but why do it arse about?
cheers ian

by **dave-r** » 04 Sep 2010 11:19

They were very very cheap to run. Back then 60mpg was very rare with anything else resembling a car. They were also cheap to insure and the road tax fee was cheaper too.
Because they were classed as Tricycles you could even drive one without a full driving licence.

For working class families like mine it was very difficult to own a car. But you could get your wife and kids into a Reliant Regal saloon or Supervan (the panel van equivalent) and take them out to the beach or to the countryside at the weekends.

by **Adrian Worman** » 05 Sep 2010 21:49

Just remembered, one of them Bond Bugs sounded awesome, much more fruity than a sports pipe and no silencer................................so I asled
How does a tuned Hayabusa lump grab you :?:

Crazy shit eh :?:

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