Sinclair C5 Project BIG Nose

So not keen on the transformer badge on the back so that is the first thing to go.



Looks better already, apparently the polypropylene body cleans up with Cif bathroom cleaner so it will get a good rub down when I get chance.



Still got the key even though there's no ignition, I can lock the pointless boot though so no one steals my ZX Spectrum 😂


Here's a picture of the internals, the guy who I bought it from said he bought it from a guy who worked for McLaren. Now a good mate of mine works for McLaren and I am sure they don't fit cooling fans with jubilee clips! 😂😂😂
However the none standard motor appears to be a Vickers Polymotor not the usual Hoover washing machine motor that they had as new. The model number is 9919 121 which seems to be off a paper collator, I need to do a bit of research into this but if it's correct it's quite an expensive motor.



Fits in the house for ease of charging too as long as I don't need to get to the front door!! 😆

Wonder how much oomph you could pack in there

I have a hankering for one of these. Going totally against my petrol head intuition, but I reckon a proper brushless motor set up, with lipo batteries, and that will see more than the national, motorway speed limit...😂

Keen to watch this progress

I reckon with the batteries out it should just about fit on the roof rack of the Allegro 👍🏻

Probably look more MadMax than Transformers though. 😆

The polymotor is the original motor, they came from Italy. A C5 never ever had a hoover washing machine motor! That's a myth

Road legal, no tax, mot or insurance needed. They were designed to fit a change in the laws for bicycles at the time. Hence the size and top speed

The chassis and gearbox design was refined by Lotus, and Hoover did the assembly. The plastic body was the biggest bit of injection molding in the world at the time.

In the original C5 launch magazine, there are adverts for all the companies involved.