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1995 Buckland B3. Registration number POP 77M. Chassis number 9 of 12 built. Engine number TBC.
Sold with the V5C (states Reliant tricycle), keys, large history folder, tonneau cover.
The Buckland B3 was designed by Dick Buckland in 1985 using a Ford Crossflow engine, it was an innovative take on the classic Morgan F-Type; only 12 were ever built. The chassis is channel sections made from Zintec steel using a 1300cc crossflow mated to a Ford type 9 gearbox. Power is delivered to the rear wheel via a differential and chain drive, ensuring a unique and engaging driving experience.
POP was used by the Penguin Speed Shop of Flintshire as their test/demonstrator car in 1995 and has appeared in many magazine articles, including Complete Kit Car in 2011, were it was the subject of a comparison with a Blackjack Zero, a MEV trike and a Triking.
It was built by Bob Raikes with Dick Buckland in 1992, completed in 1994 and on the road in 1995, he used it until 1997. It then went to Grant Cratchley, who toured France and Ireland in it, before Penguin Speed Shop bought it; our vendor bought it from them in 2013 and has used it competitively most years since. It has been used at sprints and hillclimbs at places such as Loton Park and Curborough. He has now had a change of life style and wants it to go to an enthusiast who will race it. There is a very active club to circuit race these cars and they are just at home on the road (as our Sandra comes to work on sunny days in one!).
It should be noted that, in common with many kit cars, the V5C states it is a 1980 Reliant Robin Tricycle.
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