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When your son was test riding recumbents here about a year ago he let
me test drive his Sparrow. I took it out to the business park at Bay Farm Island and got it up to an indicated 55 mph. Driving around town in Alameda it got about as many looks as I do riding my trikes so I was used to that aspect. The Sparrow had a very velomobile like feel to it. For a motor vehicle though the one person capacity and very limited cargo capacity and range seemed impractical. I've driven a couple other electric vehicles that had much higher cargo and passenger capacities and seemed more like real cars. I'm glad your son was able to sell his interest in the Sparrow, hopefully before having to make an expensive investment in replacement batteries. Zach Kaplan Carol Cohen wrote in message ... I must admit my own wacko son sold his half ownership of his Corbin Sparrow last year. Not that there was anything wrong with driving a single-person purple cartoon around the Bay area. C.C. From: "Joshua Goldberg" Organization: Bell Sympatico Newsgroups: alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 08:47:16 -0400 Subject: and sponsored by..... I thought Corbin Motors was a father & son operation, with the father retaining the original (upolstery) business as a seperate entity. If I was the father and my son came to me and said...Gee Dad I have this really good idea, how about I design a Clown Car and slap a Harley Davidson engine in it and for another model I fill it with 12 12V batteries and slap an electric motor in it. As the father I would most certainly seperate my upolstery business from my wacko son. ------------------------ "John Riley" wrote in message ... (Sorry about the blank post. I hit the wrong key.) I think maybe Corbin _motors_ went broke, but I think the seat business is seperate. Burley's still have corbin seat bases. John Riley -- -------------------------- Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com |
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![]() "PreciousBbird" wrote in message ... Carol Cohen wrote: I must admit my own wacko son sold his half ownership of his Corbin Sparrow last year. Not that there was anything wrong with driving a single-person purple cartoon around the Bay area. Hmmm - I like purple... I would like to see a pic of the monstrosity. It's not much of a monster, but here's a photo of one that's in the world renowned micro car museum. http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/corbin-sparrow.html skip |
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![]() "PreciousBbird" wrote in message ... Carol Cohen wrote: I must admit my own wacko son sold his half ownership of his Corbin Sparrow last year. Not that there was anything wrong with driving a single-person purple cartoon around the Bay area. Hmmm - I like purple... I would like to see a pic of the monstrosity. It's not much of a monster, but here's a photo of one that's in the world renowned micro car museum. http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/corbin-sparrow.html skip |
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![]() "skip" wrote in message news ![]() "PreciousBbird" wrote in message ... Carol Cohen wrote: I must admit my own wacko son sold his half ownership of his Corbin Sparrow last year. Not that there was anything wrong with driving a single-person purple cartoon around the Bay area. Hmmm - I like purple... I would like to see a pic of the monstrosity. It's not much of a monster, but here's a photo of one that's in the world renowned micro car museum. http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/corbin-sparrow.html skip While you are at the micro car museum be sure to check out the 1953 Velo Car. http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/velo-velocar.html |
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![]() "skip" wrote in message news ![]() "PreciousBbird" wrote in message ... Carol Cohen wrote: I must admit my own wacko son sold his half ownership of his Corbin Sparrow last year. Not that there was anything wrong with driving a single-person purple cartoon around the Bay area. Hmmm - I like purple... I would like to see a pic of the monstrosity. It's not much of a monster, but here's a photo of one that's in the world renowned micro car museum. http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/corbin-sparrow.html skip While you are at the micro car museum be sure to check out the 1953 Velo Car. http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/velo-velocar.html |
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Skip, Who are you trying to kid??? That is a tadpole trike with full fairing.
"skip" wrote in message ... It's not much of a monster, but here's a photo of one that's in the world renowned micro car museum. http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/corbin-sparrow.html skip |
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Skip, Who are you trying to kid??? That is a tadpole trike with full fairing.
"skip" wrote in message ... It's not much of a monster, but here's a photo of one that's in the world renowned micro car museum. http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/corbin-sparrow.html skip |
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![]() "Christopher Jordan" wrote in message om... "skip" wrote in message ... It's not much of a monster, but here's a photo of one that's in the world renowned micro car museum. http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/corbin-sparrow.html skip What a hoot! I missed that museum on previous searches. Thanks Skip! A truly enjoyable visit for me. That was more complete than www.3-wheelers.com A to Z tour, I believe. Another really cool site. I *love* the Lomax 223 especially in BRG (British Racing Green). skip |
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![]() "Christopher Jordan" wrote in message om... "skip" wrote in message ... It's not much of a monster, but here's a photo of one that's in the world renowned micro car museum. http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/corbin-sparrow.html skip What a hoot! I missed that museum on previous searches. Thanks Skip! A truly enjoyable visit for me. That was more complete than www.3-wheelers.com A to Z tour, I believe. Another really cool site. I *love* the Lomax 223 especially in BRG (British Racing Green). skip |
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