Tag: three-wheeler
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Elio Alternative? Litestar Pulse
The Litestar (later called the Pulse) was built from 1984 to 1990 in Owosso, Michigan by the creatively named Owosso Motor Company. If you can’t stand waiting for your Elio another minute, this might be for you! After all, this offers a small engine and tandem seating. Power comes from an 1100 cc Honda Goldwing…
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Beyond the Typical Fiero Custom
This uses some Fiero bits, but is a mostly custom three-wheeler with a mid-mounted GM 350. What’s not to love? The seller claims this was built as a daily driver, but it wasn’t. It went 2,500 miles on the Hot Rod Power Tour in 2010 and now has 4,000 miles. Hmm. Regardless, if this thing…
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The Best Vinyl-Bodied Car Ever?
Yes, the Velorex is technically a car and, yes, the body is made of vinyl stretched over a frame made of steel tubing. These cool little cars were made in Czechoslovakia from the 1940s through 1960s, before production shifted to an actual four-wheeled car (one of which we have never seen for sale). These cool…
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A Jeremy Clarkson Tribute Car?
The art in the first image is what grabbed our attention, but any Reliant Robin is a worth Oddimobile. As a bonus, this ad also contains irony. It appears that this shop recently took their two Robins to the Concours d’Lemons and the Little Car Show, so they’ve been getting out. The Clarkson graphic is…
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Because the Reliant Robin was So Good…
…it was replaced by the remarkably similar Reliant Rialto! Today’s feature is the Rialto Saloon (sedan), as opposed to the Estate (wagon) version. The seller claims to have found this in his barn and driven it weekly for some amount of time. That being said, it’s been sitting for five years or so. $200 might…
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Most Dangerous Vehicle Ever:Chopped Reliant Robin with no Rollover Protection
What could be the most dangerous car ever? How about a Reliant Robin with absolutely no rollover protection? Yes, some genius chopped the top of this rollover-prone three-wheeler and added no roll bar. The seller claims this was ‘professionally chopped’, if there is such a thing, and that the windshield frame is reinforced. We’re not…
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HMV Freeway!
We find the HMV Freeway to be among the most interesting microcars – so much so that we have featured two before (in 2013 and 2014). We call this a ‘second wave’ microcar. The first wave came in the late 1940s through the early 1960s and sprung up as affordable transportation in war-torn Europe. The…
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Homemade Trike with Lots of Acronyms
Supposedly, this ad comes from a wife selling her husband’s electric vehicle dream. There is mention of possible production, but it seems the company never got off the ground. The relatively short ad manages to name drop the SEMA, NASCAR and DOT acronyms. The worst thing about this sale is that at least some of…
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Mitsubishi Three-Wheeled Truck
Mitsubishi made several variants of the three-wheeled truck in its early days. The seller claims this is a 1960 model, which would be near the end of the run. This could be a variant of the Mizushima, but there were other names for these. Frankly, it’s hard to find one that looks just like this, but…
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Never Heard of It: Solyto Break Camping
Yep, here’s another French oddball, this time in the form of a three-wheeler with a rudimentary canvas top. Notably, this car sold at Auctions America’s California 2014 Auction in July for $7,425. So, the buyer is looking for a quick flip, as no work is evident. Even more interesting is that this car is a…