figbat
Slippery scientist
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- South Oxfordshire, UK
It was the comparison with a Lotus 7 that made me think of the Scorpion.
No photo, I was driving and this thing passed going the other way:-
From the front it looked a bit like a Lotus 7 kind of thing. But only one rear wheel. Low, plastic bodied, black, with a vaguely Batman style of logo in yellow on the nose. It looked quite fast, reminiscent of a three-wheeled batmobile.
Any ideas?
I believe it is a Sunbeam Rapier.Saturday 26th
Squires Cafe
https://www.squires-cafe.co.uk/
(between Sherburn-in-Elmet & Ledsham)
I'm really embarassed that I ought to know what it is, but can't remember
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ThankyouI believe it is a Sunbeam Rapier.
Difficult to be certain, but quite possibly.
Not really. That was the era of “badge engineering”. It was a Hillman underneath. Rootes group were as good at it as BMCThankyou
I was thinking along the lines of a Hillman
I was wrong
The Hillman Minx and Singer Gazelle were rebadges of the Sunbeam.Not really. That was the era of “badge engineering”. It was a Hillman underneath. Rootes group were as good at it as BMC
Then you had the Hillman Imp and the Sunbeam Stiletto.The Hillman Minx and Singer Gazelle were rebadges of the Sunbeam.