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General Category => Unusual Microcar Discussion => Topic started by: micro marshall on April 12, 2013, 12:47:34 PM

Title: Tanks and bubble cars
Post by: micro marshall on April 12, 2013, 12:47:34 PM

Dose any one know if there are any bubble cars with tank relations? I am talking about the big armored vehicle not a fuel tank. ??? ???

Title: Re: Tanks and bubble cars
Post by: richard on April 12, 2013, 01:18:06 PM

Well I previously listed the tankette but that only seems to have a similar name , likewise messerschmitt were I think not allowed to use the name Tiger as it belonged to Krupps and their hugely successful WWII tank. So basically nothing from me . There were very few tank mfgs so easy to research though

Title: Re: Tanks and bubble cars
Post by: Big Al on April 12, 2013, 01:21:14 PM

Voisin?

Title: Re: Tanks and bubble cars
Post by: Rusty Chrome (Malcolm Parker) on April 12, 2013, 01:51:17 PM

Reliant

Title: Re: Tanks and bubble cars
Post by: richard on April 12, 2013, 02:00:01 PM

I suppose you saw that in a vision al  :)

Title: Re: Tanks and bubble cars
Post by: richard on April 12, 2013, 04:57:36 PM

FIAT 3000 a version of a french tank developed in WWI and used partly in WWII . thats if you were to count FIAT as a micro manufacturer. you specified " bubblecar " that is a very tight description what do we count as bubble cars ? schmitt, treinkel and isetta's broadly for me .

Title: Re: Tanks and bubble cars
Post by: Rob Dobie on April 12, 2013, 05:25:14 PM

Rugged Robin was built by Bernie Reeves, a friend in Polegate, half a mile from me. I think he's still got it.  There is a video of it running in this Daily Mail article, just scroll down to it. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2156474/Reliant-Robin-owner-fed-Jeremy-Clarkson-declares-war-armed-tank-version-wheeler.html

Title: Re: Tanks and bubble cars
Post by: Stuart Cyphus on April 12, 2013, 11:21:08 PM

 One very tenus link could be that Alvis made armoured cars, Alvis ended up as part of BMC/British Leyland. BMC/British Leyland made the Mini, and the Mini killed the bubblecar.

 Also, I think I'm right in thinking Ransomes had a hand with Hornsby in making "Mother", the first incarnation of what would become the WW1 tank. Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies I think later included Atco in their empire, and Atco of course made the Atco Trainer.

 I also seem to think the Hunslet Engine Co. (They of Scootacars) may have had links with a War Department contract? It may have just been to supply locos but its possible a Hunslet engine may have been trialed in a tank of some sort....

 Stuff for going on with anyway.

Title: Re: Tanks and bubble cars
Post by: marcus on April 13, 2013, 01:27:51 PM

Interesting thread, we all know of plenty of aircraft/microcar connections, plus 1 or 2 with shipping. BSA of course had Ladybird, bicycles, motorcycles and guns; I wonder if BSA were involved with tanks in any way, quite possibly. AC and Trojan too perhaps, or at least making parts to be used to attack tanks!