March 10, 2018

PEEL TRIDENT

Happy weekend, Spy Vibers! If the open road is calling, try peeling out in this space-age Peel Trident! These three-wheelers were manufactured by the Peel Engineering Company on the Isle of Man between 1965-1966, and sported an upgrade to their earlier Peel 50 models- the Trident now apparently had room for TWO on its 31-inch seat (two seats optional). Those were days! These beauties had a flip-top (I think George Jetson would have approved), and the three-speed manual drive got you around town at 4.2 hp. Apparently one could also get a detachable shopping basket as an extra option. Okay, that's just cute. I'm already picking out names. Learn more at Peel Engineering. I especially love this photo because "Peel" and "1965" can only lead to greatness. Thanks to Agent Söderlund for getting this on my radar. Hire a Peel! In other news, my episodes on Cocktail Nation radio have started up for the new year. This month I introduce Gerry Anderson's Mod masterpiece, UFO. Enjoy!


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