I Present You With The 1963 Peel P50.....

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  1. Metalman

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    I want one....:D
    Talk about negative camber....
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJfSS0ZXYdo]Jeremy drives the smallest car in the world at the BBC - Top Gear - autos - YouTube[/ame]

    http://www.peelengineering.co.uk/
     
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    Holy carp that thing is cool...however I don't think I would fit... :(
     
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    Absolutely classic Top Gear... LMAO! :lol:
     
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    You guys should head to the Lane Motor Museum. They have one of those & the sports model. The Trident! :D Along with all kinds of other wonderful oddities.
     
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    ^^^Where's that located?
     
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    #7 Firebro17, Mar 22, 2012
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    Cool thanks. We're planning a trip back there in the Fall. I'll hav'ta work it into our plans. :Thumbsup:
     
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    Hey Chuck you wanna race my Reliant Robin? :wink:

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQh56geU0X8]Rolling a Reliant Robin - Top Gear - BBC - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    Actually, the Lane Museum is in Nashville, Tenn - not Knoxville.

    I did The Rally for the Lane last Sept - I got to drive a '58 Tatra 603 on the over 100 mile rally thru the Tenn backroads, down to the Jack Daniels distillery and back. Really a fun event, I recommend it highly!

    Each year on 2 different weekends they take 20 cars out of the museum and let people drive them on a rally! Can you imagine? You do have to donate for the priveledge, but in my case I got to drive a car I never would have (and probably never will again) on a long beautiful trip thru the countryside.

    They have a video of Jeff Lane driving the Peel Trident up and down the main road in front of the museum on their website - it went better than the Peel 50 does!

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAVUwPEVFqA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAVUwPEVFqA[/ame]
     
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    What a torque monster....:D
     
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    Thanks for the real location Dave. There is a reason I was not a rally navigator & I let Babs read the maps while in motion. :crazy:
     
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    Well, I had an advantage.....i've been there! :wink:

    BTW, Jeff Lane is straight up one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet, and a real carnut!

    I highly recommend to anyone to go visit the Lane Motor Museum, it's a fun and wonderful place!
     
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    I've been there too. Just forgot where the heck it was.... :eek:
     

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