Auntie Rose's AC Invacar - a photo on Flickriver

            My aunt proudly trying out her new AC Invacar (Steyr-Puch 500 powered) in 1975...
These  were a strict single-seater, supplied by the British government to the disabled........ affectionately (?) known as 'spaz chariots'  by the  youth of the day  and rendered obsolete in the late '80s by the 'Motability' scheme, which gave government grants for converted automatic Metros and suchlike which were perceived to have less social stigma.
Not long into her motoring career, she was stopped by the police for taking my Grandmother out shopping,  squeezed in beside the single seat.    The coppers were surprised to find a nun and her mother, and let her off with a lecture (but made gran walk!!) 
and yes... it's the same AC of Cobra fame!
   

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Bowdon (show map)

Taken on: October 16, 2007

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