I have a number of pictures of that part of town but none of them include anything that looks like that building. No matter, I hang out in Peel for a bit of the time whenever I'm on the Island ...
http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW2/large/37b.jpg © 2002 by Godfrey DiGiorgi Hasselblad 903SWC, Kodak TMax 100, HC-110 1:31 [EMAIL PROTECTED] so I'll poke around when I get there next month! :-) Godfrey On Aug 22, 2006, at 3:47 PM, mike wilson wrote: > John Forbes wrote: > >> I'm not sure it is long gone, Godfrey. There is an old industrial >> building across the bridge on the other side of the harbour from >> the town >> that has been used for boat-building and various other things in >> recent >> years. If the building you can see in the film is actually the >> factory, >> then it's still there. >> >> Interesting slice of history. The old fishing village of Peel is >> not the >> place you would expect to find making cars. Though cars might be >> rather a >> big word for them. >> >> John > > IIRC, government funding was involved. Which may explain a number of > things. > >> >> On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:43:29 +0100, Godfrey DiGiorgi >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> >>> Excellent! Gives new depth to that area of Peel ... the factory is >>> long gone now, I will look for remains when I'm there in a couple of >>> weeks. :-) >>> >>> Godfrey >>> >>> On Aug 22, 2006, at 11:06 AM, mike wilson wrote: >>> >>> >>>> For those who haven't seen one in motion: >>>> http://www.microcarmuseum.com/video/index.html >>>> Fourth image down, in their home environment. The P50, their >>>> progenitor, is in the third one down. >>>> >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Thanks Mike. You nailed it. It's obvioulsy a Peel Trident. Quite >>>>> rare too based on the article you cited, which puts total >>>>> production at approximately 45 cars. (Using the word "car" rather >>>>> loosely. It's really a dovered motorcycle.) I wonder what one of >>>>> these is worth? Probably not much, but it's certainly a nice >>>>> conversation piece. >>>>> -------------- Original message ---------------------- >>>>> From: mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> >>>>>> http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/peel-trident.html >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
