without thought

Back to the future

I haven’t posted in a while so I thought I’d try and come up with something good. I discovered this when I was researching material for my MA studies. It turns out that the king of the british three wheel cars (the Robin Reliant) first started life in Nottingham, England under the famous Raleigh Cycles. But this little baby (see picture) is a step above all of that. It’s a Tryon Viper; not a Deloreann spin off. Sadly there were too few of them ever made; five to be exact. You can see it in action on YouTube as the owner of this particular example talks us through the various controls and explains some of his own personal additions such as the mounted camera on the back that feeds through to a monitor on the dash (nice touch). Needles to say I want one. It’s so visionary, like someone dared to actualise a bold vision of the future but was subsequently hushed. Everyone should own a vehicle like this; at least once.