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Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22780 Location: UK

Bit different isn't it

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120301186546

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dclf1947 · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:23 pm Post subject:

The wheels are interesting.

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Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22780 Location: UK

They look like they could have been sourced from the aircraft industry, and modified as required. It only sold for £575, doesn't seem much to me

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RotaryBri · Joined: 20 Dec 2007 Posts: 465 Location: Warwick

You are right about the wheels, they are from an aircraft - a Spitfire to be precise. That's a Supermarine and not a Triumph!!!

The founder of this firm was Sam Alper, hence the Company name. This changed to Sprite and then became Caravans International who eventually were the biggest in Europe and had factories in the UK, Germany, Italy, Sweden and South Africa. They included Sprite, Eccles, Fairholme, Wilk, CI Savsjo and some that I have forgotten now.