Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!pyramid!ut-sally!seismo!rlgvax!hadron!klr From: klr@hadron.UUCP (Kurt L. Reisler) Newsgroups: net.auto,net.auto.tech Subject: Re: Unusual car spotted in Texas (diamond wheel layout) Message-ID: <262@hadron.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Feb-86 23:30:14 EST Article-I.D.: hadron.262 Posted: Thu Feb 13 23:30:14 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 16-Feb-86 09:13:16 EST References: <147@bu-cs.UUCP> <996@unmvax.UUCP> <248@hadron.UUCP> <512@eneevax.UUCP> Reply-To: klr@hadron.UUCP (Kurt L. Reisler) Organization: Hadron, Inc., Fairfax, VA Lines: 69 Xref: linus net.auto:8505 net.auto.tech:794 In article <512@eneevax.UUCP> hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu) writes: >In article <248@hadron.UUCP> klr@hadron.UUCP (Kurt L. Reisler) writes: >> >> That was a PROBE, and it comes in Kowasaki and Honda engine >> flavors. Saw 2 at the DC car show a few weeks ago. My son >> snarfed some material on it. Will post when I find it. >> >> Kurt > >Sorry for not responding sooner, but I was thrown off by the `diamond-wheel' >subject line. So, I just now re-read the original article. > >You said it looks like a BD-5 aircraft? Well, I'm afraid I don't know what >a BD-5 looks like, but by an incredible coincidence (?) BD manufactured such >a car (basically a seated motorcycle with outriggers) some three or four years >ago. I know; there were TWO of them pottering around DC for some time. I >got a close-up look at one of them way back when, as it was parked in front >of the Smithsonian `Castle'. But you said it has a flip-up cockpit bubble? >Hmmm...the BD ground vehicle's cockpit bubble slid forwards... > >Around that time, there was a review of it done in Popular Science...I'll >try to find the issue date. > Well my original response was not that far off. The following is from the technical spec sheet on the PULSE (not PROBE), that my son picked up at the DC Auto Show a few weeks ago. They had 2 of them there. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1985 Technical Data: PULSE GCRV Body Impact resistant fiberglass Seats Two passenger (1 adjustable front, 1 rear) with seatbelts Frame Steel tubing Windshield Saftey Glass with wiper Canopy Tinted glass with lock and adjustable positions Engine Motorcycle engine Transmission Manual, 6 speed [ does that mean reverse? - klr ] Brakes Disc, front and rear Tires Radial Instruments Speedometer, turn signal indicators, high and low beam indicator, fuel gauge, volt meter and tachometer. Also Built-in rollbar, twin headlights (high and low beam), turn signals front ans rear, taillight, brake light, illuminated license plate housing [it's under glass - klr], horn, and 2 mirrors. Dimensions Length 194", Width 76", Height 54", Wheel Base 123" Fuel Economy 70+ Miles per gallon Empty Weight 1050 pounds Options Deluxe interiors, Super-Soundproofing [sic], AM/FM cassette stereo with CB, radar [huh?], clock, heater, defogger, reverse gear [as an option?], tow-bar, trailer hitch and much more ! Cost [NOT ON THIS NETWORK! Call the number that follows - klr] Engines Yamaha 400cc YICS HONDA 500cc V4 Manufactured by the OMCC Owosso Motor Car Company 301-757-5374 (Richard Kline) All standard disclaimers apply. This is not an ad or an endorsement. This is just a detailed answer to a question. - klr Oh yes, it looks more like a rocket on wheels than a BD5j Kurt Reisler