John Forbes wrote: > I'm not sure it is long gone, Godfrey. There is an old industrial > building across the bridge on the other side of the harbour from the town > that has been used for boat-building and various other things in recent > years. If the building you can see in the film is actually the factory, > then it's still there. > > Interesting slice of history. The old fishing village of Peel is not the > place you would expect to find making cars. Though cars might be rather a > big word for them. > > John
IIRC, government funding was involved. Which may explain a number of things. > > On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:43:29 +0100, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >>Excellent! Gives new depth to that area of Peel ... the factory is >>long gone now, I will look for remains when I'm there in a couple of >>weeks. :-) >> >>Godfrey >> >>On Aug 22, 2006, at 11:06 AM, mike wilson wrote: >> >> >>>For those who haven't seen one in motion: >>>http://www.microcarmuseum.com/video/index.html >>>Fourth image down, in their home environment. The P50, their >>>progenitor, is in the third one down. >>> >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>> >>>>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]> >>>> >>>>>http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/peel-trident.html >> >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
