Unusual cabriolet spotted

[200Plus Club]

Saw a yellow one of these last night, in South Yorkshire, without cheating can anyone identify it?
Never seen one before and he was rolling along very nicely. I stuck his reg number into the dvla database to find out what it Was!

[Johnspex]

[quote=200Plus Club]Saw a yellow one of these last night, in South Yorkshire, without cheating can anyone identify it?
Never seen one before and he was rolling along very nicely. I stuck his reg number into the dvla database to find out what it Was!
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It's a Bond. Not sure of the model. Equipe? Triumph Herald/Vitesse based.

[200Plus Club]

Very well sussed sir! 2 litre Bond equippe according to dvla. Roof down and very tidy.

[miniman]

That is an exceptionally horrible thing.

[200Plus Club]

miniman said:

That is an exceptionally horrible thing.

At first I thought it was an amphibious type vehicle as it was glassfibre based and very smooth/sloping rear. I've been to a lot of classic shows in my time and never seen one. I assume it's the same " Bond" who later made the bug glassfibre 3 wheeler?

[Pericoloso]

Yes ,same company ,they also made 3 wheeled cars much earlier than the orange Bug, and some other 4 wheelers too.

It got amalgamated into Reliant in the end I believe.

[52classic]

These are mostly Triumph Vitesse parts which in this case includes the hood from the Vitesse convertible. Usually seen as a 'fastback' body style.

There is also an earlier, Herald based 4 cyl model.

[Pistom]

miniman said:

That is an exceptionally horrible thing.

If you think that's horrible, you'll hate the earlier 4 cylinder model even more.

Not sure if you mean it just looks horrible or is simply horrible altogether.

I like them because they are odd. Never had the balls to own one but wouldn't mind adding one to my collection if the right car came along.

[forsure]

52classic said:

These are mostly Triumph Vitesse parts which in this case includes the hood from the Vitesse convertible. Usually seen as a 'fastback' body style.

Some Triumph 2000 (Mk1) trim: headlight units and chrome air intake on bonnet.

[GT6 Jonsey]

I ran around in a GT2+2 for a few years and thought it was quite a pretty little car in its own way, the later GT4s wasn’t so nice but still
a cool obscurity from the triumph derived manufacturers

[Pistom]

Pretty, cool, obscure, unusual. Yes, these are all words I’d use for all these Bonds.

I know people who think e types are horrible.

I guess we can’t all have the same tastes.

[aeropilot]

miniman said:

That is an exceptionally horrible thing.

When I was a kid, the next door neighbour bought one of these brand new, was a G reg IIRC...... although the coupe version, and was a yukky mustard colour, so looked exactly the same as this one

[200Plus Club]

That's the colour I saw last week 9n the convertible

[Skyedriver]

miniman said:

That is an exceptionally horrible thing.

Why, there are a few really well used design styles there, twin lights to the fastback rear which is almost Trident/Clipper like.

[apusmelba]

Here is my Equipe convertible which i have owned for 34 years, it is a mk2 triumph vitesse chassis and running gear with Grp bonnet and rear body . triumph vitesse steel bulkhead with modified windscreen surround and steel doors with reprofiled doorskins. it drives and sounds just like a mk2 vitesse and was even supported by standard triumph dealers. There are only 50 2 litres listed on the DVLA as Taxed or sorn . Laurie Bond was involved with the design of many vehicles throughout the 1950's and 1960's from 500cc and Formula Junior Race cars to Berkeley 3 and 4 wheelers, Bond minicar 3 wheelers, the Opperman Unicar and Stirling plus scooters and motorbikes. Its well worth looking his career up.

[200Plus Club]

apusmelba said:

Here is my Equipe convertible which i have owned for 34 years, it is a mk2 triumph vitesse chassis and running gear with Grp bonnet and rear body . triumph vitesse steel bulkhead with modified windscreen surround and steel doors with reprofiled doorskins. it drives and sounds just like a mk2 vitesse and was even supported by standard triumph dealers. There are only 50 2 litres listed on the DVLA as Taxed or sorn . Laurie Bond was involved with the design of many vehicles throughout the 1950's and 1960's from 500cc and Formula Junior Race cars to Berkeley 3 and 4 wheelers, Bond minicar 3 wheelers, the Opperman Unicar and Stirling plus scooters and motorbikes. Its well worth looking his career up.

That's the type I followed. 2 litre Taxed tested etc according to dvla.