My 1976 Invacar Model 70 and general invacar ramblings

theres still 1 there?

there where a bunch found and saved a few years ago there  five 70s, a 67 & a electric tippen

if there is 1 there if you could get me details that would be awesome!

(I know there is a Model 70 in a bush somewhere else in wales that I plan to go drive to and investigate when I have REV on the road )

do you think you could go have a detailed look for me at some point?

or see if you can find it on Google maps?

is this the place? off J19 IIRC



I was told all the Invacars from here where saved a good few years ago now

but if there is still 1 left there ill have to mount some sort of rescue mission I guess

Good point, no it was a model 70

so not much has been going on with REV my Invacar Model 70 sadly hence why this thread has been dormant, as she is stored outside currently, the winter weather has put a halt to pretty much any sort of recommissioning work sadly

however I'm hoping that by May I will have her on the road  

but I'm posting now as I'm pleased to report a familiar looking trailer to some on this forum, forum.retro-rides.org/thread/210525/retro-trailers

has joined the "fleet"   for those who don't know what this is, this is a trailer that start life out as an AC Model 64 invalid vehicle, that someone at some point sadly chopped up into a trailer, and eventually it found its way onto ebay, where I just had to grab it and save it from the scrap heap 

no idea what I'm going to do with it!, but I just wanted to make sure it was not scrapped!




for those wondering the trailer would of originally started out as one of these, the Model 64 was the electric version of the Model 57, and was produced specific only the request of the MoH hence why its just known as the Model 64 and does have any sort of "marketing" name (NB the plate on the car in the picture is not the correct number plate for the car)



(sadly only 3 Model 64's are known to survive, not including the trailer)

Oh very cool

are they Dunlop LP 591 12 inch wheels or Dunlop LP 1161 10 inch wheels?

the Dunlop LP 591 12 inch wheels where used on almost all 1957 Ministry specification invalid vehicles (Tippen Delta's being a notable exception they somehow got away with using 16 inch wheels until the mid 60s!)

and the Model 70 until January 1975 for AC Model 70's and July 1975 for Invacar Model 70's

where starting with GPL351N and JAR185N the Model 70 switched to 10 inch wheels which where fitted until the end of Model 70 production


I do happen to somewhat be looking for some Dunlop LP 1161 wheels especially if they have tyres that hold air

but its nothing urgent and I'm not sure how the logistics of it all would work out, as I'm about 100 miles away from my Model 70 as of current!

(I had plans in place to get work done to her this april in fact, but sadly those had to be canceled)

she is taxed and insured now at least!


as a side note it would be interesting to know if anyone knows if Dunlop LP 591 wheels where ever used on any other vehicles?

I know the Dunlop LP 1161 wheels where your normal 24Mm offset (and the offset is important because if you get that wrong then the front wheel is no longer in the center line of the car!) Mini rims,

but I'm not sure where the Dunlop LP 591 wheels came from sadly or if they where made specifically for the 1957 Ministry invalid vehicle specifications (which was one of the ministries first attempts to try and standardise parts across all the invalid vehicles it was buying)