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General Category => Unusual Microcar Discussion => Topic started by: Grant Kearney on August 23, 2013, 08:23:57 PM

Title: More Gordon, but spot the difference
Post by: Grant Kearney on August 23, 2013, 08:23:57 PM

One to excite Richard and Stuart......

 (http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z184/rumcars/Car205481_zpsd5715eac.jpg)
(http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z184/rumcars/Car205482_zpsdb1176c5.jpg)
(http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z184/rumcars/Car205483_zps475bf582.jpg)

Title: Re: More Gordon, but spot the difference
Post by: richard on August 23, 2013, 09:02:22 PM

Absolutely great photo's . Stuart will love these ! so this is the direct ancestor of the Gordon then ? it must be . the only clue appears to be the tiller steering not used in the Gordon , which had normal car type controls - wheel pedals etc. this development was rejected by the ministry for having seating for two - against the brief . ministry approved invacars were to be allways single seat .
 thanks for the post grant



i apologise to those not interested in Gordons as this has turned out to be Gordon month - see separate post  :)

Title: Re: More Gordon, but spot the difference
Post by: steven mandell on August 24, 2013, 05:25:01 PM

Details on the trio of round nosed cyclops in the background?

Title: Re: More Gordon, but spot the difference
Post by: richard on August 24, 2013, 07:01:36 PM

stuarts thing - but he's very quiet at moment and doesn't appear to have been on the site for ages so .... not sure but it seems to me to be the AC ( yes as in Cobra ) model 43 invalid carriage of 1951 - not sure if any survive  but 3000 were built some with steering wheels and some with tiller steering bar .

Title: Re: More Gordon, but spot the difference
Post by: steven mandell on August 24, 2013, 10:24:11 PM

I have an AC Petite, but I hadn't seen these Gordonesque bulbous nosed cyclops before.
 
Fascinatingly devolved.

Title: Re: More Gordon, but spot the difference
Post by: Scootacar_mk1 on August 24, 2013, 11:10:39 PM

More Gordon?

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_611537-Vernon-Gordon-1955.html

Title: Re: More Gordon, but spot the difference
Post by: Rusty Chrome (Malcolm Parker) on August 25, 2013, 12:54:40 AM

Quote from: Scootacar_mk1 on August 24, 2013, 11:10:39 PM

More Gordon?

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_611537-Vernon-Gordon-1955.html

http://youtu.be/JlEm4tEodhU (http://youtu.be/JlEm4tEodhU)

Cycling proficiency video. Skip to 09:36 for the Gordon action footage!

Title: Re: More Gordon, but spot the difference
Post by: richard on August 25, 2013, 12:18:47 PM

thanks very much how on earth do you spot them !! now someone get me that registration number

As usual the bonnet is completely bashed in ! it ALWAYS is , soft thin aluminium

thats 4 out of the surviving 6 - one thing very much in common  ;)