after the discussion on early Bond braking i re read all my early roadtests to see what they had to say on the matter . Roadtests of the time only carried very vague criticism of any aspect of this the first postwar three wheeler , remember it was ahead of messerschmitt, heinkel, isetta and the rest .
but i did find this small paragraph in a write up of a 1,581 mile trip to Switzerland via France , in a mark A Bond , from 1950
the necessity for a front "anchor" was impressed upon me ......... i stopped just a few inches farther on than the man in front .....! A friendly mechanic solemnly sat on the kerbside in the Avenue des Ternes (Paris ) and beat out the dents .