Antique & Classic Cars Blog

A couple posts down is a story on the Liberator Trike, which builder Mark Kallhoff assembles in Canby, Minnesota. Its market is disabled riders. The trike is designed for stability as well as access and overcomes a weakness of the early VW-powered trikes, which Kallhoff described as light in the front end. Some internet searches confirm that this was a problem.

Better confirmation came from a ride up Park Avenue in Minneapolis, where I happened to see a vintage trike with VW power. Its long chopper fork was elevated and the front wheel set into the back of an ’80s Dodge hatchback, which was towing the old trike. I rode my motorcycle right beside it for a close look and sure enough, the entire engine sat behind the rear axle. Whoa! No wonder the woman discussing the history of this similar vintage trike referred to it as the “widow maker.”

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