Years back this meant Motorbility , now I believe the list of potential car choices is virtually unlimited including many excellent tugs.
How times have changed!
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There was an old bloke with one in our local when I was a mere lad, and at the end of a session he would give his mate a lift home in it, I think they only came in that Egg shell blue, colour.
The Invacar! Blast from the past. Remember them well, growing up there was a charming gentleman on our estate who had one, gave him mobility and independence. Great convept and did a good job. They were withdrawn and then banned from public roads I think though early this century for safety reasons.
They aren't banned from public roads - all those owned by the government were scrapped but a few remain in private hands and can be used on UK public roads.
.... back in the day when you could park up at the edge of many football pitches up and down the country watching the game in a cosy warm environment... Now some stadiums its near impossible to get in for some disabled members of our community.....
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Mobility Invacar | Three Wheeled Invalid Carriage
It sounds pretty strange when you say it now, but back in the 1940’s the National Health Service of the United Kingdom built and maintained a huge fleet of vehicles for people with a disability.
www.motaclarity.co.uk
"......... It became illegal to drive an Invacar on UK roads on the 31 March 2003, and as they were all leased to drivers the government was able to recall the vast majority of them and they were all scrapped, along with the vehicles stockpiled in government warehouses.
Today very few Invacar models have survived. Those that have can be found in motoring museums or are privately owned"
.Mobility Invacar | Three Wheeled Invalid Carriage
It sounds pretty strange when you say it now, but back in the 1940’s the National Health Service of the United Kingdom built and maintained a huge fleet of vehicles for people with a disability.
"......... It became illegal to drive an Invacar on UK roads on the 31 March 2003, and as they were all leased to drivers the government was able to recall the vast majority of them and they were all scrapped, along with the vehicles stockpiled in government warehouses.
Today very few Invacar models have survived. Those that have can be found in motoring museums or are privately owned"
AC Invacar Model 70 review: ‘Terrifying but exhilarating’ | Martin Love
The ice-blue three-wheel invalid carriage that was such a feature of the 1970s rides again in a heroic adventure, says Martin Love
"Ian’s Invacar was effectively banned from the road in 2003, but somehow his was part of a group of 15 that escaped the scrapman’s grab and now the former invalid carriage is insured, taxed and undergoing testing – so far this has revealed a huge oil leak and a serious carburettor fault. Ian hasn’t managed 17 miles in yet, let alone 170!"
Probably illegal as an invalid carriage but not as a motorcycle.
Parksy
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What, with 'very little crash protection and instability' according to the review?
You must be kidding!
As a youngster I saw a poor chap crash one. They were an absolute death trap and should never have been built in the first place! BB , I’ m not sure disabled people thought they were great. There again the Trabant served a Nation🤪
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Mel
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My grandfather who was very disabled by Rheumatoid Arthritis had one. Trouble was he couldn’t drive, ( I don’t think You needed a driving licence for one?) Anyway, I have a vivid childhood memory of my Father running down a Treorchy back lane, alongside it, yelling frantic instructions at my Grandfather who rapidly veered into a hedge. Don’t think it left the garage after that.
mel
mel
Didn't you also have various bubble cars like the BMW Isetta plus of course the Messerschmidt KR200. I think these came about due to an oil shortage at the time probably a Suez crisis in the '50's.
They were designed/built to help Italy and Germany rebuild after WW2, using trades/skills from the aircraft industry
Isettas we're also manufactured in Brighton Sussex.......
https://www.britainbycar.co.uk/brighton/208-isetta
https://www.britainbycar.co.uk/brighton/208-isetta
The Heinkel was made under licence by Trojan cars at Croydon Surrey. Lovely cars powered by a feisty Sachs 198 engine. Brother had one. It had a reverse gear!
Reverse gear avoided the embarrassment of parking front on to a wall and not being able to get out!
Not no more. The choice is now fairly limited and most larger cars and 4x4's are not in the scheme after serious rabble rousing by the Daily Hate
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