Engineering:Peel Manxcar

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Peel Manxcar
Overview
ManufacturerPeel Engineering Company
Body and chassis
ClassMicrocar
Saloon
RelatedPeel P50, Peel Trident, Peel Viking Sport
Powertrain
EngineAnzani 250 cc
Dimensions
Wheelbase170 cm (66.9 in)
Length228 cm (89.8 in)
Width130 cm (51.2 in)
Height130 cm (51.2 in)
Chronology
PredecessorPeel P1000
SuccessorPeel P50

The Peel Manxcar was a prototype 2+2 seater saloon car designed by Cyril Cannell and Henry Kissack and manufactured in 1955 by the Manx Peel Engineering Company. The projected purchase price of the assembled Manxcar was "....ten shillings short of £300, including purchase tax."[1] Initially renamed from "Peel Manxman"[2] because of the Excelsior (Coventry) motorbike of the same name, the Manxcar never entered standard production.[3]

References

  1. Isle of Man Examiner page 6 Friday 20 January 1955 "Manxcar Makes it debut."
  2. Motor Cycling page 434 "A 'Build-it-yourself' 3 wheeler." 26 January 1956
  3. P50 Peel's Engineering's Extraordinary Legacy: The Story of the World's Smallest Production Car Manxcar pages 25-27 Barry Edwards (2014) Lily Publications ISBN:1907945768

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