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Seen in Southport.
There are plenty of electric cars on the road nowadays and the Sinclair C5 was a bold early attempt at something or other. This fella is clearly driving (or is it riding) on the pavement but it always seemed like a bizarre and lethal concept for actual road use. Strange as it may seem, I always think that LOTS of power is safe - i.e. the ability to accelerate out of danger and (not many agree with this) on a motorcycle it's possible to manoeuvre out of the way quickly and jump off the vehicle if need be, whereas it's possible to get trapped in a car. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying motorcycles are super safe (as I should know!).
In a nutshell the chance of me piloting one of these things down a public highway is somewhere close to zero (erm...with hindsight, it is actually zero). Sir Clive was a genius, but this is / was a stupid concept.
Part of my "Three Wheels On My Wagon" Flickr album - dedicated to things that have less than four wheels - but more than two :-)
The Wikipedia page makes interesting reading…but not in a good way.
Light painting with the Concentrate by Threeworlds C5 LED Light Unit, using the Rainbow Fast Alternating preset. Connected via Light Painting Brushes Universal Connector to a Denis Smith made lightflute CH120m. f/6.3, 5secs, ISO400. Post processed from RAW exposure in Adobe Lightroom 6.
1994 Mitsubishi GTO Twin Turbo.
Registered as L386 MJB in June 2005 (also previously registered IIW 56).
Corvette C5 @ American Car Show St. Margrethen, Switzerland
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RAF Fairford, 9 July 2016.
ZH883 is a Hercules C5. I was happy to catch it with its special tail.
The RAF will retire her entire Hercules fleet on 23 June 2023.
Car: Sinclair C5.
Year of manufacture: 1985.
Date of first registration in the UK: Not applicable.
Place of registration: Not applicable.
Date of last MOT: Not applicable.
Mileage at last MOT: Not applicable.
Date of last change of keeper: Not known.
Date taken: 10th July 2016.
Location: Queen Square, Bristol, UK.