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General Category => Unusual Microcar Discussion => Topic started by: milnes on July 15, 2014, 09:36:06 pm

Title: What car is this?
Post by: milnes on July 15, 2014, 09:36:06 pm
Anyone know what it is?

Title: Re: What car is this?
Post by: marcus on July 15, 2014, 10:08:55 pm
It seems to have the same wheel layout* as a  Scott Sociable but I have only ever seen  photos of them from the other side, so not sure if it is one! 

* two wheels in line, one outrigger, like a motorcycle and sidecar.
Title: Re: What car is this?
Post by: Rob Dobie on July 15, 2014, 10:11:53 pm
Must be a Scott Sociable. Load of pictures here.

https://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en-GB&rlz=1T4GPMD_enGB320GB320&q=Scott+Sociable&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ei=X5jFU5SmLYyw7AaS84HgBQ&ved=0CBoQsAQ
Title: Re: What car is this?
Post by: richard on July 15, 2014, 10:19:15 pm
The title "sociable" was not unique to Scott , tho was a class of vehicles being more sociable than motorcycles. As with all sets of photos on the net nothing is definitive , search for Isetta images and you will be faced with loads of images that WE know are not Isetta, for example
Title: Re: What car is this?
Post by: Peel replica, Steve Fisk on July 15, 2014, 10:33:56 pm
Are the rear wheels staggered like a sidecar or inline ? Trying to think how the passenger doesn't drop under braking when cornering
Title: Re: What car is this?
Post by: marcus on July 16, 2014, 08:13:31 am
Yup, AC started out a s a cargo carrier, hence "Auto Carrier", and their first vehicle for people was called Sociable, possibly to distinguish them from earlier cars where the passenger sat in a wicker seat in front of the driver, and other tandem arrangements. I think Sociable implied side-by side seating so that you could catch a glimpse of a lady's ankles [censored on account of gross indecency, Ed.]

Looks like the Scott's back wheels are in-line beside each other. Scott were successful motor cycle builders, but designed their Sociable as "one-up" from a m/c combination, but few sold. None of the advantages of a combi, all of the disadvantages, and the handling is reckoned to be particularly bad, so I would love to try driving one!