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Old Sep 21, 2013 | 03:39 PM
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Default Re: What was your first car?

Originally Posted by darbs
Mine was an AC Petite three wheeler. All aluminium body painted apple green, 385 cc Villiers engine with chain driven gearbox. Bench seat for two, suicide doors. £100.00 in 1966.
Interesting, did it have a reverse gear? or did it have the system for adjusting the ignition timing and then starting the engine backwards (yes a two stroke will run both ways) in order to reverse the car?

I'm sure some of the Villiers engined vehicles had this strange set up.
 
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