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General Category => Invalid Carriages & other related conveyances => Topic started by: Barry on April 17, 2014, 07:54:52 PM

Title: Unidentified Three Wheeler
Post by: Barry on April 17, 2014, 07:54:52 PM

Is it an Invalid Carriage?  Any Idea?

Title: Re: Unidentified Three Wheeler
Post by: richard on April 17, 2014, 08:10:28 PM

harper i.c. is it ? definetly i.c. anyway - take it away barry  :)

Title: Re: Unidentified Three Wheeler
Post by: Daniel Rodd on April 17, 2014, 08:24:48 PM

AC all weather I.c, the first enclosed invalid carriage,total survivors, one. In the USA now too.

Title: Re: Unidentified Three Wheeler
Post by: Rob Dobie on April 17, 2014, 11:00:55 PM

A page from An Introduction To Invalid Carriages by Stuart Cyphus.

Title: Re: Unidentified Three Wheeler
Post by: Barry on April 17, 2014, 11:19:01 PM

I don't think that is it Rob. 
The one behind the tram has two headlights - looking a bit like a Messerschmitt

Title: Re: Unidentified Three Wheeler
Post by: Rob Dobie on April 17, 2014, 11:43:44 PM

Looking closer at your picture I see it has an L plate on the front as the one in Stuarts book also the '2 headlights' look like one single in the middle of the bonnet and 2 sidelights as Stuarts pic. The front bumper is the same, as is the windscreen and the cover over the rear spoked wheel.

Title: Re: Unidentified Three Wheeler
Post by: Barry on April 18, 2014, 06:34:37 AM

I agree with you Rob. Thanks for the explanation.   I can see it now.

I have posted a reply on Facebook - 'Three Wheelers' with a link to eBay and Stuarts book on sale.  Hopefully he will get a few more sales.  Great work Stuart.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/273509457813/

Title: Re: Unidentified Three Wheeler
Post by: Big Al on April 18, 2014, 11:00:46 AM

Islington area, when it was an interesting place to go and not trendy.

Title: Re: Unidentified Three Wheeler
Post by: Barry on April 18, 2014, 11:23:33 AM

Then and now

https://www.flickr.com/photos/keithjones84/9029919470/in/photostream/

How things have changed.

Title: Re: Unidentified Three Wheeler
Post by: Rob Dobie on April 18, 2014, 06:39:34 PM

Quote from: Barry on April 18, 2014, 06:34:37 AM

I agree with you Rob. Thanks for the explanation.   I can see it now.
I have posted a reply on Facebook - 'Three Wheelers' with a link to eBay and Stuarts book on sale.  Hopefully he will get a few more sales.  Great work Stuart.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/273509457813/

Stuart's 27 page booklet was self published in 2006.

Title: Re: Unidentified Three Wheeler
Post by: Barry on April 18, 2014, 07:38:58 PM

This is the book I found.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-An-Introduction-To-The-British-Invalid-Carriage-1850-1978-by-Stuart-/181383063362?pt=Non_Fiction&hash=item2a3b45e742

Title: Re: Unidentified Three Wheeler
Post by: Rob Dobie on April 19, 2014, 08:03:35 AM

Oh yes. Forgot about that edition. I think a disability museum in USA got in touch with Stuart to have the booklet professionally updated and published for them to sell.

Conceived in UK, published in USA, sold in Australia. Amazing!

Title: Re: Unidentified Three Wheeler
Post by: Big Al on April 19, 2014, 09:21:20 AM

Reflects what happens to so many of our creative initiatives. Indeed it even seems IC are more valued abroad than here despite the fact most of the rest of the world never had them! So now we not export our ideas but our heritage as well. It will end in tears before bedtime you know.