Friday night Quiz..

[Duratec John]

From the same people who brought you the RS200 shells.

Yes and No " The company was taken over by the Reliant Motor Co Ltd of Tamworth, Staffs in February 1969 who eventually closed the Preston factory in August 1970, transferring the spare parts business for the Bond Minicar, 875 saloon, 875 Ranger van and Equipe models to a firm called Bob Joyner & Son in Oldbury in the English Midlands. Reliant nevertheless continued to use the Bond name until 1974 on Bond Bug models made at their own Tamworth plant."

[Duratec John]

From the same people who brought you the RS200 shells.

Yes and No " The company was taken over by the Reliant Motor Co Ltd in February 1969 who eventually closed the Preston factory in August 1970, transferring the spare parts business for the Bond Minicar, 875 saloon, 875 Ranger van and Equipe models to a firm called Bob Joyner & Son in Oldbury. Reliant nevertheless continued to use the Bond name until 1974 on Bond Bug models made at their own Tamworth plant."

[TugsW]

Woohoo

Really nice car can see why you like it and your bro bought it. Has it still got the Mk1 "tuck a rear under wheel suspension" too or can that be modified to the later Mk2 type?

Bond Bugs were well ahead of their time too, I bet they are one car that you can drive around in and be laughing your head off for the entire journey ! Renault seem to still exploring the idea with the Twizy.

Sad to think at some point Britain had a car industry that had ago at coming up with answers to problems we are suffering now with congestion and emissions.

[kas750]

Its the later type I believe as I don't think the early model had a boot.

[RS2000EXPRESS]

From the same stable !

The Bond Bug was probably the only 3 wheeler car that got away with being very cool in it's time, it was certainly not laughed at like the rest of them and I think it still looks good today. It certainly looks better than some of these stupid eco cars that are running about now!

Yes I remember the Bond Equipe very well. It was easily built onto the standard Herald chassis.

Tim