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The Peel P50's diminutive size and width means that it can quite easily fit through doorways and enter buildings, as demonstrated by Jeremy Clarkson where, during a 2007 episode of Top Gear, he drove a blue P50 through the BBC's Television Centre. He later proceeded to create the P45, a 1 seater car smaller than the original P50 model.
Over the course of its history, Peel Engineering developed the Peel Manxcar concept vehicle, the Peel P-1000 4-wheeled microcar, the Peel P50 and the Peel Trident 3-wheeled microcars, in addition to the Peel Viking Sport and prototype GRP Minis for BMC. [7] [8] These models constitute the only automobiles manufactured on the Isle of Man.
This category is a list of vehicles manufactured by the Peel Engineering Company based in the town of Peel on the west coast of the Isle of Man. Pages in category "Peel vehicles" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Trident with its three-pronged Trident badge, exhibiting how the shell opened to permit entry, unlike the P50 which had a side-door. The Peel Trident is the second three-wheeled microcar built by the Peel Engineering Company on the Isle of Man. An all-new design from its one-seat counterpart the Peel P50, the Trident has two seats.
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Peel P50 The Peel Manxcar was a prototype 2+2 seater saloon car designed by Cyril Cannell and Henry Kissack and manufactured in 1955 by the Manx Peel Engineering Company . The projected purchase price of the assembled Manxcar was ".... ten shillings short of £300, including purchase tax ."
The Peel Viking Sport was a Mini-based car made by the Peel Engineering Company on the Isle of Man between 1966 and 1970. The 2+2 debuted at the 1966 Racing Car Show. Using moulded replicas of cut-down Mini doors, the glassfibre, monocoque, fastback styled bodyshell sold for 230 GBP [1] and accepted standard Mini front and rear subframes on a square tube chassis.
The Peel P50 shell is about £1,400 and the Trident shell with dome and screen is £2,200. I can supply lights, trim, badges, upholstery etc at extra cost. No fancy build manuals, sorry. Complete drive away replica cars (both Peel P50 and Trident) are just under £10,000 in any colour. Tinted domes and special engine options are extra.