Tamplin Cycle Car

Not an outdoor day today. Praise there are museums to compensate. View the slimmest car I ever saw, maximum only 70 cm or 2,2 ft wide, it reminded me of the car in the end of the 'comedy capers' films.

This is one of the few remaining Tamplins, a car make from Staines in England. The car is a proper cycle-car, with its narrow wheels, straight mudguards and staggered, tandem seating arrangement. It was designed by Captain Sir John Carden, who had built his first car in 1913. This model has a front-mounted 1,000cc, V-twin JAP engine, reinforced fibreboard bodywork, a simple belt drive and rather flimsy, independent front-wheel suspension.

??In 1919 Carden sold the production rights to this car, to one of his dealers, E. A. Tamplin, who immediately linked his name to the car. Tamplins remained in production until 1925, though it is said that the cars were manufactured to order until 1927.
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