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Car Hobby or Hobbit’s Car?

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Car Hobby or Hobbit’s Car?


1Frodo and Sam would have enjoyed this one—the smallest car in the world! It could seat one hobbit, er, human and one ring, er, shopping bag.

The Peel P50 was built by Peel Engineering Company in 1963-64 on the Isle of Man. It measured four feet and five inches long, three feet and three inches wide, and three feet and ten inches high. It had three wheels of five inches in diameter, fitted with Avon Kart tires. Its chassis was of welded tubular steel construction, with a body of glass reinforced plastic. It used a 49cc Zweirad Union two-stroke moped engine, with a gearbox having three forward speeds. And if reverse mode was needed, one had just to come out of the car and pull the chromed handle at the back of the car. See, you could lift—and ye, drive—the Peel P50. Believe it or not! ;P

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