The Thundersley Invacar Type 57 was the single-seat invalid carriage that AC Cars built after the Second World War under a large government contract. It had a fibreglass body and a Villiers two-stroke engine, and it was a vehicle for disabled drivers. AC kept building these invalid carriages until 1976, and the work was an important source of revenue for a company whose sports cars sold in small numbers. The same period saw AC restart car production in 1947 with the 2-Litre, add the three-wheeled Petite microcar and the Bag Boy golf cart, and begin the Ace in 1953. The Invacar is therefore the bread and butter behind the better known AC sports cars, a small utilitarian machine built in the same Thames Ditton works.
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After the war, AC secured a large contract with the government to produce the fibreglass-bodied, single seat, Thundersley Invacar Type 57 invalid carriages with Villiers 2-stroke engines.
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These continued to be made until 1976 and were an important source of revenue to the company.
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The invalid carriages continued to be built until 1976 and were an important source of revenue for the company.
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with Villiers 2-stroke engines
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After the war, AC secured a large contract with the government to produce the fibreglass-bodied, single seat, Thundersley Invacar Type 57 invalid carriages with Villiers 2-stroke engines.
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is a British specialist automobile manufacturer and one of the oldest independent car makers founded in Britain.
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After the war, AC secured a large contract with the government to produce the fibreglass-bodied, single seat, Thundersley Invacar Type 57 invalid carriages with Villiers 2-stroke engines.
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After the war, AC secured a large contract with the government to produce the fibreglass-bodied, single seat, Thundersley Invacar Type 57 invalid carriages with Villiers 2-stroke engines.
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