Vintage "disabled" hand tricycle

[wafter]

For sale on FB.

IMO could be a really good way of getting in some upper-body exercise on the way to the shops - if I had the space and it was closer I think I'd be sorely tempted!

 

[Cycleops]

Not to mention parking it anywhere you like and being nowhere on the nickability scale.

 

[midlife]

is that a carbide lamp on the front ?

 

[wafter]

Not to mention parking it anywhere you like and being nowhere on the nickability scale.

Yeah; plus I'd love to see some scally trying to get away from you on it - bet you'd struggle to exceed walking pace

is that a carbide lamp on the front ?

Very possibly - mentions the lamps in the ad..

 

[Reynard]

I mean looking at the upholstery, that's got to be pre-war, surely?

 

[Gillstay]

Probably post war as they are disabled.

 

[Reynard]

Probably post war as they are disabled.

Ah, but which war?

That upholstery looks 20s / 30s to me.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Not to mention parking it anywhere you like and being nowhere on the nickability scale.

Oh I don’t know. Transport home from pub…

 

[Gillstay]

The great War. What a name to give it. Awful.

 

[Reynard]

The great War. What a name to give it. Awful.

Agreed.

I have a set of books from WW2 titled "The Second Great War"

 

[Dogtrousers]

Does it have brakes? I assume so but I can't see them. A hub brake up front?

It's in beautiful nick for its age. The ad says 1955

 

[V-CC]

It is very similar to the attached Harding Cambridge model from a 1950s catalogue.

The lamps are oil, not carbide, similar to the Miller Lumo attached. The lamps are earlier, possibly 1930s, but they were produced for many years earlier in that form.

 

[All uphill]

Ah, but which war?

That upholstery looks 20s / 30s to me.

My first thought seeing that was that I remember some WW1 veterans on those things when I was at primary school - about 1960 to 65.

 

[wafter]

Cheers guys - appreciate the additional information.. it's certainly an interesting item!