The Berkeley and its owner in Portland, OR, were regulars for several years at
the Labor Day Weekend All-British Field Meet. Not a rocket, but nimble and
very narrow - it hardly turned going thru the autoslalom gates. I doubt it had
a Ford V-8 though, Chuck. If you dropped a big V-8 in one of those little
things, the wheels and body panels would shoot off the car like an old Laurel &
Hardy movie.
Dick Sanders
Seattle
In a message dated Wed, 27 Feb 2002 6:25:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, Victor
Hughes <hughes@scides.canberra.edu.au> writes:
> That must have been a pretty radical conversion. The 1958 Berkeley had a 328
>cc 2
> stroke Excelsior motorcycle engine with chain drive to the front wheels.
>
> http://www.pearsies.btinternet.co.uk/page4.htm
>
> Pretty little car, and quite rare (fewer than 1100 made) so it would be nice
>to see
> it restored. The Berkeley was a designed by Laurie Bond, a Brit with a thing
>for
> front drive minicars. There were other Bond minicars, including 3 wheelers
>like the
> Equipe and Bug.
>
> http://www.motorbase.com/search/show-manufacturer-ads.ihtml?mid=15
> http://www.doorstep.co.uk/bond/bug1.html
>
>
> Vic
>
>
> chuck nicodemus wrote:
>
> > A few years ago a chap here in the Portland area had one (and probably
>still has)
> > of these . Roll bars and (I think) a big ford engine in it. He was racing
>it here
> > at PIR. Did corners very well and still had the RHD.
> > my 2.875 p
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