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clan chieftain



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 6:34 pm    Post subject: Mobility Motors. Reply with quote

My grand daughter is severely disabled and my daughter has a mobility motor. I was not aware that you have a choice of cars depending how much deposit you can put down. When did the Government introduce the Mobility scheme.
I remember back in the 60s the wee blue 3 wheeled invalid cars.They will be classics now. Havent seen one in years.
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Penman



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Location: Swindon, Wilts.

PostPosted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 6:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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On 31 March 2003 Invacars were banned from British roads because of safety concerns. The veteran vehicle could not meet modern-day government regulations, which required approval under the Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval Scheme as part of a standard set by the European Union. There were still around 200 Invacars in Britain before the 2003 recall and scrapping programme. Hundreds of stockpiled Invacars in government warehouses were scrapped along with all their spare parts. A few examples survive in the hands of private owners and museums in Britain and abroad.

Because they were leased, technically they should ALL have been handed back in, so that is why there are only a few "rogues" left out there and they can't be driven anyway.
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clan chieftain



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 6:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wasn't aware of that. I wondered where they went.
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Keith D



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 3:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Invacar! That's a blast from the past! I worked for a short while at Invacar back in the dark ages when they built Greeves motorcycles in Thundersley, Essex. Bert Greeves owned the company.

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badhuis



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Keith D wrote:
I worked for a short while at Invacar back in the dark ages when they built Greeves motorcycles in Thundersley, Essex. Bert Greeves owned the company.

They sure made nice bikes back then. Cast frame and interesting front fork suspension.
This one is on Ebay right now http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GREEVES-EAST-COASTER-1965-249cc-EX-FACTORY-WORKS-MACHINE-OLD-NEW-LOG-BOOKS-/321713449558?hash=item4ae79daa56


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Churchill Johnson



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 9:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I remember watching one of the blue 3 wheeler's which pulled out of a turning in Rayleigh high street in the day's when it was two way it hit a car side on bounced off came back and hit it again i stood open mouthed, but not much damage done to either car. i have a good friend who had polio which has left him disabled and he has a few story's to tell of these.
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