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Old 01-25-2008, 07:35 PM   #57 (permalink)
Peter7307
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Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
One of the very few (sorta) successful three wheelers was the British Morgan, built during the Great Depression The car had an air-cooled 45 degree V-twin mounted exposed in front axle.

That V-twin engine actually drove the rear wheel through a drive shaft. The Morgan was actually fairly successful because the engine was forward of the yaw axis and tended to resist the three-wheelers tendency to ground loop.
The three wheeled Morgan was built well before and after the great depression of the 1930's and the main reason for the commercial success was related to taxation and low fuel consumption.
Having 3 wheels they were classified as a motorcycle and avoided the higher tax on vehicles having four and more wheels.
They also seated comfortably two and three at a squeeze and had reasonable weather protection.

Three wheeled Morgans are known as TriMogs by their owners.

Cheers. Pete.
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