Day 900 of 1000
With only 100 days left in our 1000 day count, my buddy Eric left a very interesting comment on my post about Elio Motors, the three wheel company. with a link to a strange three wheel car company called Twentieth Century Motor Car Company. It is stranger even than the last, drug dealing days of DeLorea Motor Company and not in a good way. The crazy thing is the two three wheel cars have a lot in common including a specification of 84 miles per gallon gas mileage and a very low price. Maybe this idea’s time has come, but the leadership of the older company see more in line with the spirit of 2014 than the spirit of 1974. It is an interesting read.
Betty Blonde #64 – 10/14/2008
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Now you’re talking about one of my passions! There are a surprising number of 3 wheel cars and concept cars over the years both in the US and Europe. Some are available as plans/kits. I started dreaming about them in high school and am still itching to design and build one. Here is a link to my blog I started to document my build – I have been forced to lay it aside for a while, but it is my top bucket-list project. http://sporttrike2x.blogspot.com/ You might find this link fascinating. http://www.3wheelers.com/history.html
Gene, this is going to be tomorrow’s blog post! Who knew all my nerd-bag buddies were into three wheelers. I am absolutely intrigued by the Elio car–partially because of the personal connection, partially because it is very cheap, but mostly because it is just cool.
Trisha
http://youtu.be/QQh56geU0X8
Hopefully just a smidgen better than the Reliant Robin!