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General Category => Sales & Auctions => Topic started by: Bob Purton on March 20, 2011, 09:18:46 am

Title: Would you feel a bit of a Charly driving one of these?
Post by: Bob Purton on March 20, 2011, 09:18:46 am

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Microcar-All-Cars-Charly-Three-Wheeler-/150578117552?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item230f27bbb0

Title: Re: Would you feel a bit of a Charly driving one of these?
Post by: blob on March 20, 2011, 09:49:29 am

Not seen one with a front spoiler before, but at least it's an improvement on their other death traps! Not sure about the 'rarer than a Peel' statement though!

Title: Re: Would you feel a bit of a Charly driving one of these?
Post by: richard on March 20, 2011, 12:00:10 pm

surely in the uk it is much rarer than a peel , isnt it?  i've never seen one before - but i havent been looking  ;) interesting that a JCB dealer has " dug up " something new  ;D

Title: Re: Would you feel a bit of a Charly driving one of these?
Post by: Bob Purton on March 20, 2011, 12:07:09 pm

I agree, It must be far far rarer than a Peel but not as aPEELing!

Title: Re: Would you feel a bit of a Charly driving one of these?
Post by: marcus on March 20, 2011, 05:43:04 pm

When it grows up in wants to be a Bond Bug. I haves seen them in books, but did not know there were any in UK. A similar Italian one is the Sulky

Title: Re: Would you feel a bit of a Charly driving one of these?
Post by: Big Al on March 21, 2011, 07:31:45 am

More of a 'Would you feel a Sulky Charlady for driving one of these' then? Perhaps not.

Title: Re: Would you feel a bit of a Charly driving one of these?
Post by: P50 on March 21, 2011, 07:37:40 pm

A very, very rare 3 wheeler, as rare as a ‘Peel’!

Er hmm,  rare does not equal desirable. 

Many will compare their spoils to a Peel.  Good luck to 'em...    Wonder what is at a bargain price today that may go stratospheric under our noses?..     

Place ya bets please..

Ariel 3? mind you that's a bike.

Title: Re: Would you feel a bit of a Charly driving one of these?
Post by: Bob Purton on March 22, 2011, 09:06:35 am

I think you may have hit the nail on the head young Perry, old moped values have doubled in just the last twelve months, talking of Ariel 3's, I was riding behind one three weeks ago on the Framlingham run and the rider was throwing the thing into corners like a speedway rider! Mind you it had been converted to Honda C50 power with a hand gear shift! I was thinking he is going to come off the thing in a minute but no. Of equal interest was Carl Squirrel who was riding a Honda PC50 moped complete with grass track style sidecar chassis, also throwing it around like a maniac!