Remember Some Of The Funny Old Vehicles?

[old tup 30]

Back in the mists of time well 50s and 60s there used to be some funny looking vehicles running around.One I remember as a kid was the 3 wheeler Scammall lorry we used to call em cuckoo wagons,don,t ask me why,they were certainly funny looking does anyone remember them?.Then in the 60s what about the Issetta bubble car with the door opening at the front,the Messershmitt which looked like an aeroplane cockpit with the passenger behind the driver and of course the Bond Bug you could buy in any colour as long as it was orange and black.Just a few of the weird and wonderful contraptions you don,t see any more,can anyone add to the collection of wonderful vehicles from times back?.

[Gazza58 10]

Loved the bubble cars,messershmitt and the heinkel,worth a small fortune now.So are the bond bugs,yes 99% were orange but do remember seeing a horrible lime green one once.

[Bypassblade 10]

Loved the bubble cars,messershmitt and the heinkel,worth a small fortune now.So are the bond bugs,yes 99% were orange but do remember seeing a horrible lime green one once.

 

I remember both cars I also seem to remember seeing the green bond bug, long time ago:)

[fatrajah 10]

There were Morgan 3-wheelers with what looked a V-twin motorbike engine at the front. The layout was 1 wheel at the back & 2 at the front; the wheels were of the motorbike type.

[handypandy 14]

When we were kids, my dad had one of these. There was enough room in the back for my brother and I as nippers. My poor mom always said that she spent more time pushing it than she did riding in it.

[bullerboY 10]

The three wheelers were called Scammel Scarabs and had a automatic coupling for the trailers,the majority in Sheffield ran out of the Wicker goods station.

[hillsbro 32]

Here are a few links - let's have a good old reminisce...

 

The Scammell Scarab and the Bond 'Bug', and bubble cars Messerschmitt, Heinkel, Isetta and Berkeley.

 

Any green Bond Bugs must have been resprays as they were all orange when they left the showroom (Europa Cars in Middlewood Road sold them). Not all the "experts" in the motoring press liked them - as one noted "It scurries down the road like a demented wedge of Leicester cheese"..

 

In the world of odd two-wheel vehicles, is anyone old enough (like me) to remember the Cyclemaster? It was basically a powered wheel with a 32 cc engine that you fitted to your bike. In the 1950s my dad used to get some odd looks when he cycled into a filling station and asked for a pint of petrol..

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Edited October 20, 2012 by hillsbro
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[PeterR 10]

The three wheelers were called Scammel Scarabs and had a automatic coupling for the trailers,the majority in Sheffield ran out of the Wicker goods station.

 

I worked at Firth Browns steelworks on Saville Street/Carlisle Street during the 1950/60s and Scammel Scarabs were used to transport steel between workshops at that time.

[old tup 30]

Ever since the early 60s I drove diesel engined lorries as a part of my job starting off with ex-army Bedfords with balloon tyres,now these were death traps in the rain,the wheels would lock up at 30mph when you braked,very scary and then the noise from the engine horrendous!.Next Ford Thames 4D 3tonners a lot better handling but noisy screaming engines onto BMC 3tonners still with severe noise in the cabs also.Ending up in the 21st century driving 48ton Volvo,Daf,Scania artics,you could not but be amazed at the difference from the old lorries to nowadays.They are luxurious quiet,comfortable air suspension seats,adjustable steering wheel,automatic gearboxes,night heaters I used to find driving the artics of today was as comfortable as my car which is a Merc thats how far diesel lorries of today have evolved in my opinion anyway!

Edited October 22, 2012 by old tup

[tasha_78_1 10]

My uncle had a 3 wheel blue invalid carriage, he called it his "chara" and used to give us rides in it

[diksey 17]

Ever since the early 60s I drove diesel engined lorries as a part of my job starting off with ex-army Bedfords with balloon tyres,now these were death traps in the rain,the wheels wood lock up at 30mph when you braked,very scary and then the noise from the engine horrendous!.Next Ford Thames 4D 3tonners a lot better handling but noisy screaming engines onto BMC 3tonners still with severe noise in the cabs also.Ending up in the 21st century driving 48ton Volvo,Daf,Scania artics,you could not but be amazed at the difference from the old lorries to nowadays.They are luxurious quiet,comfortable air suspension seats,adjustable steering wheel,automatic gearboxes,night heaters I used to find driving the artics of today was as comfortable as my car which is a Merc thats how far diesel lorries of today have evolved in my opinion anyway!

 

One of the first lorries I drove in the late sixties was a Mickey Mouse Foden, so called because of the indicator lenses on either side of the cab, they were stuck out like a pair of ears. You had to almost stand on the clutch pedal to press it down, it was that heavy. wear you out before you wore it out. dont think it had power steering either. Then went on to an Atkinson, not much better, noisy engine even with about three layers of carpet on the cover. Then was given an almost new E R F. The difference was amazing, air assisted clutch, range change gear box and much quieter you could actually hear the radio. This was late seventies, but like you say theyve come on in leaps and bounds since then.

[bullerboY 10]

Ever since the early 60s I drove diesel engined lorries as a part of my job starting off with ex-army Bedfords with balloon tyres,now these were death traps in the rain,the wheels wood lock up at 30mph when you braked,very scary and then the noise from the engine horrendous!.Next Ford Thames 4D 3tonners a lot better handling but noisy screaming engines onto BMC 3tonners still with severe noise in the cabs also.Ending up in the 21st century driving 48ton Volvo,Daf,Scania artics,you could not but be amazed at the difference from the old lorries to nowadays.They are luxurious quiet,comfortable air suspension seats,adjustable steering wheel,automatic gearboxes,night heaters I used to find driving the artics of today was as comfortable as my car which is a Merc thats how far diesel lorries of today have evolved in my opinion anyway!

do you remember when it was cold that you had to start them with the old paraffin rag trick.Hell you were a proper driver in those days no power steering or synchro boxes then or heaters,