My memory says that the Maxton Rollerskate was powered by a rotary.
But like always, I could be wrong. I have not heard about those for a
couple of years.
Gary Kramar
'89 F440 FM
On Tue, 06 Jul 1999 07:17:58 -0700, you wrote:
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>Peter:
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>There's a company in Cadda-Waddoe somewheres called "Maxton" that makes a car
>called the "Roller Skate" (or at least they used to!) which uses a Yamaha
>motorcycle engine. It's an open roadster, tube framed, verrrrrrry lightweight.
>The car looks vaguely like a Lotus 11 from days of yore. Then, don't fergit
>the
>"Legends" race cars, which use the same kind of engine.
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>Key here is that BOTH of these "cars" are LIGHT, to the point of being not even
>"real cars"... Perhaps the M/C engine isn't up to the task of dragging around
>an entire car, even one as light as the Metro or the Sprint or whatever.
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>Could be a "fun" project, however. U upto sumpin?
>
>JD Kemp &
>"Lucretia MacEvil" #13 MGB
>TLS #54
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