Tri-car

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The Tri-Car Company was an American automobile manufacturer based in Wheatland, Pennsylvania only in 1955 .

The Tri-Car was a two-door cabin scooter with three seats and a fiberglass body. The front wheels were steerable and the single rear wheel was powered by a two-cylinder in-line Lycoming engine. The engine developed 30 bhp (22 kW) at 3000 min −1 . Unlike the Isetta , for example , the tri-car had two side doors that were hinged at the back. The whole vehicle was 2972 ​​mm long.

The retail price was US $ 995.

literature

  • John Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publications, Iola 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X . (English)
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1609. (English)