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buzz_uk OP t1_jcvcq1p wrote
Reply to comment by Glitz-1958 in TIL: The British Ministry of Pensions distributed Invacars free to disabled people from 1948 until the 1970s. The Invacar was that vehicle. by buzz_uk
The plastic pig around us was almost exclusively reserved for true reliant robin :)
buzz_uk OP t1_jcvcluw wrote
Reply to comment by PeeetUK in TIL: The British Ministry of Pensions distributed Invacars free to disabled people from 1948 until the 1970s. The Invacar was that vehicle. by buzz_uk
Whilst Greaves no longer make motor cycles the family still have an engineering works in the same building where the Invacars were made, and if you ask nicely they still have new old stock spare parts :)
buzz_uk OP t1_jcva2jg wrote
Reply to comment by PeeetUK in TIL: The British Ministry of Pensions distributed Invacars free to disabled people from 1948 until the 1970s. The Invacar was that vehicle. by buzz_uk
Yes indeed around 9000 were built by AC with the remaining once built by Greaves motorcycles
buzz_uk OP t1_jcv9ymt wrote
Reply to comment by ElectroFlannelGore in TIL: The British Ministry of Pensions distributed Invacars free to disabled people from 1948 until the 1970s. The Invacar was that vehicle. by buzz_uk
I spotted that after I pressed post :( my inner pedant is crying.
buzz_uk OP t1_jcv6hmm wrote
Reply to comment by Both-Brilliant-3433 in TIL: The British Ministry of Pensions distributed Invacars free to disabled people from 1948 until the 1970s. The Invacar was that vehicle. by buzz_uk
Having seen some of these up close I think it was basic requirements safety that was the end of them :), they did have some funky features such as to get in you could actually slide the seat towards the door once seated you could slide it back into the central position. They were driven almost exclusively with hand controls, a throttle like a motorbike, handle bars for steering and most amusingly you pushed down on the handle bars to brake.
buzz_uk OP t1_jcuyzat wrote
Reply to TIL: The British Ministry of Pensions distributed Invacars free to disabled people from 1948 until the 1970s. The Invacar was that vehicle. by buzz_uk
Though all 18000 examples were officially recalled and scrapped in the 1970s there are a number of examples which are in the British roads today as “historic” vehicles in private ownership.
buzz_uk t1_iztmaqb wrote
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I have socks over 10 years old :) never posted them though
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Do this.
buzz_uk OP t1_jcvl8z1 wrote
Reply to comment by robotunes in TIL: The British Ministry of Pensions distributed Invacars free to disabled people from 1948 until the 1970s. The Invacar was that vehicle. by buzz_uk
HubNut is fantastic
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