1984 Bamby
Offered by Historics at Brooklands | November 26, 2016
Photo – Historics at Brooklands
You have to think that Bamby Cars Ltd of Hull, England, was so named because they wanted the association with a certain cute cartoon deer that everyone is familiar with to correspond with this small, cute microcar. Of course, Alan Evans, the designer and builder of this car, had to spell it a little differently or face the wrath of one of the meanest squad of corporate lawyers known to man.
This car uses a 50cc single-cylinder engine from Yamaha, a fiberglass body and a single gullwing door that allows the lone passenger to climb aboard. Produced in 1984 only, the Bamby is sufficiently rare, with only about 25 produced.
Somehow, this auction has managed to wrangle two of these cars for this sale. This one has covered 2,600 miles since new and is being sold at no reserve. Click here for more info and here for more from this sale.
Update: Sold $5,006.
the naming of Bamby Cars Ltd had absolutely nothing to do with Disneys cute dear, in fact as the car was small my first choice of name was Bambino ie baby , this needed to sound more English so the name was anglesized to BAMBY
Well, you can’t argue with the man himself! Thanks for the clarity. I guess my statement was more a dig at Disney than any kind of truthful history. Sorry that didn’t come across.
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