Bond Minicar Model G
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- Many many hours of work went into this little 1966 Bond Minicar. It arrived with us in a very poor state. The inner structure has rotted away and the outer panels had 50 years or wear and tear. Its was great fun to see this car finally move under it's own power after all the work we put in. Certainly a driving experience I'll never forget!
I had one and loved it- wish I still had it. These videos do not need music- we want to hear the car.
Lawrie Bond was an interesting character,and had some clever ideas.
The real reason why people bought these cars back in the day was because you could drive them on a motorcycle licence, my dad had one, god bless him, as a child I was super embarrassed to be seen in it, but would love to own one now for the nostalgia value.
My dad di eventually pass his driving test in the late 70s……in wait for it a fork lift truck which then allowed him to drive any car …..so scary
Take me back to my childhood, I couldn’t afford one then and probably couldn’t afford that gem now.
Gorgeous little car and very comprehensive rebuild, I have the saloon with the reverse slopped rear window, alas its now in poor shape, its interesting that the 250 twin badge is on the boot lid and not the right hand wing just below the taillights, looks like a dealer plate has taken that spot, still a lovely little car.
On a slightly negative note why do people who drive these for programs get so stupid about them, treating them as some kind of joke, they were serious transport in their day, as a young man I was the only one with transport in my social group and often had a car full (4 but 5 was just possible!!), Yes they are fun to drive but why be disparaging and silly in your comments.
Yes an otherwise very interesting video apart from them taking the piss out of the car on the drive out of the shop, seemingly no respect at all.
Wow - great restoration, I love it! 💖
A lovely restoration of this little three wheeler. Certainly one of the strangest British cars ever made, but a cheap solution for family motoring. I can remember seeing these on the roads in the early 60's in Kent as a kid, but they were never common.
Excellent restoration-all credit to you guys. Had a couple of Bonds in my youth - didn't know they produced a twin-cylinder version.
I owned one of these. The engine was a Villiers 4T, normally used in 250 cc twin sports bikes, which gave the car brilliant acceleration, and a top speed of 70 mph. It was fitted with straight through exhausts, which drowned out conversation when accelerating hard. The heat from the engine stripped the paint off the underside of the bonnet, but the top was unaffected. The car was also available with a 200 cc single, which was more sedate. Deadly in strong winds. We stopped one time in a high pass in the Lake district in a strong wind, and we did not dare to get out because it felt like it would blow away without our weight in it.
@@Replevideo they did a 250cc single just before the twin, I always thought that the Villiers 350 twin would have been nice upgrade, not for any increase in speed but for the pulling power on hills, mine never faltered even on the steepest hills but we would be down to around 5mph much to the amusement or not of other road users.
There were a few of these on the rural Kent roads in the 60s, but they were odd things and stood out from normal cars. I have a very clear memory of one with a family in it, a roof rack packed with luggage and camping gear, puttering south along the A259 near Dymchurch around 1962. Upon reflection now, I'm amazed it had enough power to move all that load with just a 250cc engine.
Unless it was new it would have had a 200cc single so an even more amazing effort for it, small and slow it may have been but it gave that family the freedom to travel and independence.
This model was fitted with the 250cc Villiers 4T engine. I have the same engine without the Dinastart fitted in my 1964 Greeves Essex Twin motorcycle.
Impressive turning circle. Even for a car that small.
Mine had a soft top with two side facing rear seats made of canvas I think it was a 1955 model.I had it when I was 17 in 1960.
brilliant really nice video Thank You
Isn't that the weird car that has an engine that is connected to the 1 front wheel
We owned 'Basil' as he was known for about 13 years and he was in virtually original condition when we got him, no re-sprays etc and was great, unfortunately when we sold him he was then neglected which was a real shame, so it's lovely to see him up and about again ... I'd be interested to know why you changed the colour?
Thanks for the kind words Melanie; it's good to hear from a former owner of 'Basil' as he's still known. As our pictorial history of the restoration shows Basil was seriously corroded & needed extensive work. He is now resplendent in Shark Blue which was available as a colour on these models; this was the wish of his owner so that is what we did. He enjoys a pampered life now & will be well looked after that's for sure.
~ I loved mine .. cos it meant I stayed dry going to school and back :)))) plus I could give a lift to a few "select" females. Winter was bad tho ... only cab heater was an air scoop type thing around the exhaust - and it stunk! It had a reverse dyna-start (don't tell Plod) and would go like f... backwards. Made it into 3rd
a few times but with the weight coming off the front wheel it was toooooooo tricky for a lil sixteen yr old to keep in a straight line. Those Were the days. :))
I had the same thrills in a Mark F, albeit in the 70s. Reg was 7912 MK and always known as Bertie Bond. Those were indeed the days!
The Bond didn't have reverse gear, that would have made it unavailable to you as a non car license holder, instead it had a means by which it could be propelled backwards which wasn't covered by the legislation, no one had thought about running the engine backwards, I ran mine in the very early eighties on a full motorcycle license, good times and happy memories.
Very nice job!
hi nice bond. looks like that it started its life in doncaster
I smell a trabant!!!!
Owned cwc 72 re registered to ajb573a. Ran it reliably for 6 or so years. Commuting ect. You could have a Lamborghini pull upnext to you and they wouldn't get a second glance. He he .V12. Is nothing next to the noise of a poorly silenced 250
2 stroke single
Much better video when the sound is muted.
Did they have a reverse gear
What size engine did they have ?
250cc twin cylinder. It says on the back right at the end of the video.
@@Nooziterp1 thanks for that I realised retrospectively
@@jonburnley3378 the first twenty five had 125cc engines, thereafter until the early sixties they had a 200cc single, this was increased to a 250 single for a year or so until the model G which had the 250cc twin, the ultimate version also having not only electric start but reversing electric start so you could drive backwards, it is a peculiarity of a two stroke engine that it will run in both directions, so by stopping and restarting you had a four speed reverse, not a good idea to use more than second gear going backwards, only the reverse electric start worked on mine so I had to kick start it with a forward motion - very strange, but you become good at it !!.
@@CrusaderSports250 thanks for that !