Pleasure.  I thought I recognised the sort of "rising sun" emblem.  I 
remember reading about them when they first came out....

Rarity in microcars is a sort of given.  Probably, there are more solus 
examples of microcar production than any other sort of vehicle because 
they were often made by the archetypal crazed inventor in their garden 
shed in very low numbers.  This one is doubly so because, unlike most 
micros that used pre-existing engines, this uses one that is also rather 
unusual.  The belt drive is of the double pulley, one expanding one 
contracting, variable transmission type developed by Daf and, 
eventually, Ford.

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> Thanks Mike. You nailed it. It's obvioulsy a Peel Trident. Quite rare too 
> based on the article you cited, which puts total production at approximately 
> 45 cars. (Using the word "car" rather loosely. It's really a dovered 
> motorcycle.)  I wonder what one of these is worth? Probably not much, but 
> it's certainly a nice conversation piece.
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
>>Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Mon, 21 Aug 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>A few pics from the cruise:
>>>>http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=633960
>>>>Most with the *istD and the DA 50-200 (the workhorse lens). Night
>>>>pics with the FA 50/1.4. The shot of my family is with the Panasonic
>>>>point and shoot.
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks for sharing Paul. I liked the Ford Coupe and the Chevy very 
>>>much. I am not sure that the bubble car is Messerschmitt either, the 
>>>logo does not look right. Isetta maybe?
>>>
>>>Kostas
>>>
>>
>>http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/peel-trident.html
>>
>>Although, given the location and event, maybe this Isetta would be a 
>>better idea.
>>http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/whattadrag.html
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