'Messershmidt had 2 at the front, also Morgan. These reportedly handle better than 2 at the back, which is better for load carrying. Big drawback with these things though is it's hard to avoid potholes.
4 wheel cyclecars better? 'Shmidt was derived from an powered invalid chair.Lightwieght 3 wheel car?
Dec 11, 2003
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How about this?
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car you want is probably somewhere on the site if this isn't it.Karl
Hi guys
thanks for all the responses....
I had found this site after awhile
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and it has pretty much every 3 wheeler made....makes for interesting reading....gawd some of those are buttttt ugly :).....look up the bubble one for something really weird....and there was even one that looked ALOT like a battlestar galactica (gee, wonder when THAT was made?:)
But I didnt see the one that Im trying to remember.....it might be in the list but not have a photo....
The GM lean machine listed there looks alot like the car I am trying to remember... except the one I remember didnt lean...
Anyway...take care and thanks again
Blll
found this one which is one that i have seen before, could it be the one?
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I beleive the one I saw in Vegas was the Bede. Very similar, at any rate.
Ah, the wonderful Dymaxion car, 1933, from Buckminster Fuller: It could carry 11 people, and do 120 mph while getting 30 mpg. This was in 1933. Look it up. I'm sure that's the one. Bucky was a very good man. One of the best.
Vetter made a three wheel (two wheels up front) in the late 70's early 80's. (Same company make Slipstream Fairings for motorcycles.) I believe it was called a Probe.
Jim Bede made on based on his BD-5 kitplane. Don't know if it was really built or just "Photoshopped".
Harley (AMF) was also involved with a three wheeler but I don't know too many details on that one. I do know they flipped one at Firebird Raceway on the
1/4 mile drags. Was supposed to be a promotional event.|Vetter made a three wheel (two wheels up front) in the late 70's early 80's. |(Same company make Slipstream Fairings for motorcycles.) I believe it was |called a Probe.
That's the one I recall, and have seen locally Rex in Fort Worth
Check this out
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it appears to be a reincarnation of the Vetter vehicle
lmj
I spent about an hour recently going over a T-Rex. It reminded me a bit of a Barris Custom, or a 60s kit car. It looks good from a distance, but when you get up close you start noticing the rough spots.
What I saw could be forgivable in a kit car, but in a $40.000 exotic I expected better. Of course part of that may just be sticker shock. I still find it hard to accept that a Chevy pickup costs that kind of money, much less a thrown together trike.
It is visually stunning from a distance, and perhaps the best way to deal with this vehicle is from a distance. I wouldn't want to actually own and drive one.
Gary
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