Saw a neat old trike on my drive home today.
I turned around and went back to take a look at it. Nobody was home, but as I was getting ready to leave, the owner pulled up.
The cycle belonged to a friend of his, he traded it for some truck parts.
The Trike was originally an old VW Bug. The owner, "Joe" said his friend got 80 MPG out of it when it was running.
Joe is an amputee, missing a leg. The trike has a left hand stick shift from the original Bug for changing gears - I think the clutch is still hooked up to the motorcycle handlebar. Not sure how a person uses the handle clutch and stick shift at the same time!
Looks like it should be a great cycle for him when it is all cleaned up and running again.
I told him what I was up to with my electric cycle and Electric Metro conversion. Turns out this guy has a forklift (gas NOT electric) and several diesel engines in his garage. He has been ecomodding his old diesel pickup for years!!!!
Couple other photos of it
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