Sinclair C5's on the Felixstowe Run 2023 | ft. Gas Turbine C5

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  • @mockbattles
    @mockbattles 4 месяца назад +9

    When I first visited Britain in 1985 I saw lots of these around London. I thought they were the most futuristic looking vehicles.

  • @mickd6942
    @mickd6942 5 месяцев назад +6

    Gas turbine C5 sounds awesome when it’s not moving .

  • @keithb6717
    @keithb6717 Месяц назад +2

    What does the turbine do? Turn the wheels via a transmission? Charge the battery? Perhaps I missed that part.

  • @TheOriginalCoda
    @TheOriginalCoda 5 месяцев назад +4

    I saw a C5 on the road in Tewkesbury last week. I hadn’t seen one for nearly 40 years, and one appears in my home town.

  • @donovandelaney3171
    @donovandelaney3171 Месяц назад +2

    And you want to explain why you don't see any Sinclair C5 bikes in the US?

    • @RetroWorkshop
      @RetroWorkshop  Месяц назад +2

      The C5 was a massive commercial flop.

    • @drifter402
      @drifter402 7 дней назад

      They were rubbish

  • @MoreFunMakingIt
    @MoreFunMakingIt 5 месяцев назад +4

    Fantastic stuff! That gas turbine is nuts! A brave man sits right on top of a motor doing 100k rpm 😆

  • @mej6519
    @mej6519 2 месяца назад

    just a thought about the gas turbine c5, could you recongfigure the gas turbine to charge the batteries?

  • @babayaga2977
    @babayaga2977 2 месяца назад +1

    Looks like a wheelchair event in the special olympics.

    • @RetroWorkshop
      @RetroWorkshop  2 месяца назад +1

      Whenever I pass a mobility scooter, I do see a lineage. 😆

  • @donovandelaney3171
    @donovandelaney3171 Месяц назад +1

    Why is it making that stupid sound?

  • @MrBrtmee
    @MrBrtmee 2 месяца назад +7

    Hmm red on a traffic light means? Typical cyclist disgusting behaviour, especially as there was a pedestrian on the crossing. Should be reported and charged.

    • @RetroWorkshop
      @RetroWorkshop  2 месяца назад +1

      Yes very naughty. I stopped at the light though!

    • @Cranky301
      @Cranky301 Месяц назад

      Oooooh!

    • @shadowman1222
      @shadowman1222 Месяц назад +1

      Oh nooooo the outrage!!! Lmao

    • @user-re6yo7tj5s
      @user-re6yo7tj5s Месяц назад

      Why the blinkered prejudice against cyclists? When it's just as prevalent among motorists.I cycle,ride and drive and see it regularly along with blocked box junctions and roundabouts etc. not to mention the numbers of drivers texting,eating,drinking,doing make up,reading,watching TV,internet,RUclips,shaving,on the phone,brushing hair,sorting their kids out etc, Let those without sin..................

    • @RetroWorkshop
      @RetroWorkshop  Месяц назад

      Very well said. Also the brakes on the C5 are rubbish and the poor fellow may have been attempting to stop.

  • @thedaddie
    @thedaddie 5 месяцев назад +4

    I would love to see a build video on the turbine c5

    • @RetroWorkshop
      @RetroWorkshop  5 месяцев назад +2

      I don't think there is a build video, but Ian has some videos of the machine on his RUclips channel www.youtube.com/@iandavidson99/videos

    • @thedaddie
      @thedaddie 5 месяцев назад

      @@RetroWorkshop yeah I looked

    • @thedaddie
      @thedaddie 5 месяцев назад

      @@RetroWorkshop I would love e to retro mod a c5

    • @Al-os2cg
      @Al-os2cg 2 месяца назад

      Brilliant, Being a Sir Clive fan, I thought the C5 was a great idea and as we see now, well ahead of the times.

  • @jasperedwards2713
    @jasperedwards2713 2 месяца назад +1

    whats next milkfloat racing

  • @Boemel
    @Boemel 26 дней назад

    I try and meat up in Sassenheim every summer, its the belgian/holland get together of c5's.

  • @ptonpc
    @ptonpc 2 месяца назад +1

    Good to see so many still on the go :)

  • @chris101gray3
    @chris101gray3 Месяц назад

    What are those things? They look like childs pedal cars

  • @p.t.9394
    @p.t.9394 2 месяца назад

    SP 10 n SP 12, the British flag is upside down 😂😂😂

  • @mrironlunglungzielungzietv6697
    @mrironlunglungzielungzietv6697 Месяц назад

    I remember seeing these when I was a kid

  • @rozzbozzgames
    @rozzbozzgames 5 месяцев назад +2

    Running a red at 3:20 🚸?!

    • @42markk42
      @42markk42 4 месяца назад +3

      At least 4 of them ran a red there, and the last of the group was lucky not to have hit the lady crossing the road ! Poor show :(

  • @julesmarwell8023
    @julesmarwell8023 26 дней назад

    reminds me of a top hatters party. Glad to see you POMS having fun. Greetings from the antipodes Thank You

    • @RetroWorkshop
      @RetroWorkshop  3 часа назад

      Hello down under! You need to tell your fellow countryman Dave from EeVBlog to get on and sort his C5 out!

  • @billyfutch1473
    @billyfutch1473 Месяц назад

    Looks like a bunch of soap box derby cars! lol

    • @RetroWorkshop
      @RetroWorkshop  Месяц назад

      There is a local chap here in MK who has one he has converted to a soapbox racer. "C5oapbox".

  • @LukeironlegLindsay
    @LukeironlegLindsay 5 месяцев назад

    Love the lotus c5 also my dad and 2 others helped restore ayrton sennas c5 don't know what happened to it but it was the real one

  • @davidgrainger5994
    @davidgrainger5994 2 месяца назад +2

    Greetings from a C5 owner in Canada. Mine is red with purple flames.

    • @RetroWorkshop
      @RetroWorkshop  2 месяца назад +1

      Sounds very cool. Always nice to see them with custom paint jobs.

  • @eugenegilleno9344
    @eugenegilleno9344 2 месяца назад

    I’ve had one, lots of fun, but not so in traffic. 🥴

  • @NorthernGrit
    @NorthernGrit Месяц назад

    Cycle lane?

  • @InfiniteLoop
    @InfiniteLoop 2 месяца назад

    I never quite understood why Sir Clive put the steering where it is, it just seems a more traditional steering position on the "Dash" would have been better, perhaps make it more accepted.

    • @RetroWorkshop
      @RetroWorkshop  2 месяца назад

      The handle bars are under the knees. This seems strange at first but new riders immediately get on with it and report it to be a natural position for the handle bars

  • @Maxgameboyphotography
    @Maxgameboyphotography 5 месяцев назад

    Great fun vid, any idea where the fuel tank was on the C5 turbine and how much fuel it held?

    • @RetroWorkshop
      @RetroWorkshop  5 месяцев назад

      No idea I'm afraid!

    • @hujiproductions8457
      @hujiproductions8457 4 месяца назад

      Great to see about all the C5s, we did a video on the event at the prom and featured them all parked up in that delta formation, huge turnout. Great to see the more Sinclair stuff from. The past, I started out my computing life on a ZX80....

  • @3D_Printing
    @3D_Printing 2 месяца назад

    9:34 Where's the wings🏎

  • @berndhillert3585
    @berndhillert3585 4 месяца назад

    Very cool!

  • @markwilliams5654
    @markwilliams5654 2 месяца назад +1

    Hang on it's illegal to use on the road then drove it on the road

    • @RetroWorkshop
      @RetroWorkshop  2 месяца назад +3

      I couldn’t comment on the legality but it was being risen responsibly!

    • @bokhans
      @bokhans 2 месяца назад

      🤦‍♂️🤡

  • @markwilliams5654
    @markwilliams5654 2 месяца назад

    Is it legal to use a jet engine on the public highway for thrust

    • @RetroWorkshop
      @RetroWorkshop  2 месяца назад +2

      Don’t call it a jet engine he will get very upset. It is a gas turbine.