Clive Sinclair is largely famous for a line of groundbreaking and affordable personal computers packing as much as 48K of code crunching RAM. Sinclair also attempted to segue his success in computers into a personal transportation device known as the C5. Sales tanked, as the trike had about as much horsepower as a Timex-Sinclair. The crew over at jetpower.co.uk have remedied this lack of boost by installing a jet engine in place of the anemic 12-volt pedal-electric hybrid powerplant.
[Thanks to Retro Thing for the tip]
Jet Powered Sinclair C5 Still Can't Outrun a Reliant Robin [retrothing.com]; Buildup Details; VIDEOS! [jetpower.co.uk]
Related:
Twenty Years of the Sinclair C5 Electric Car [Internal]
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