Correction. Sorry, I of course got the Robin mixed up with the Bond, of which the least said the better. The Robin was actually rear-wheel driven via a diff and had an uprated 750cc unit fitted quite early on. While Americans were cruisin' the fifties in splendidly finned giant V8's, us eccentric Brits toodled round in this front-drive, front-steer barking lunacy, reversed [I kid you not] by by running the engine backwards! To start it, you actually got INTO the engine bay to access the kick starter!
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197cc of 2 stroke lawn-mower engine provided the grunt direct to the front wheel - and the first ones had only
122cc!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_CarsNeedless to say they rolled over with ease.
