One of the first mass-produced cars for disabled drivers has gone on display in the Coventry Transport Museum.
An example of the now iconic Invacar, which were only produced in the vivid sky blue colour, was presented to the Millennium Place venue by the charity Disabled Motoring UK last week.
The three-wheeler, manufactured by AC and Thundersley, became synonymous with disabled drivers in the 50s before they were made the subject of a government scrappage scheme in 2003 after failing modern regulations.
Clive Skelhon, from the transport museum, said: “It is very important to us to have a car like this in our collection as the Invacar plays an important part in our automotive history.
"Only a very small number survived the scrappage scheme and we feel very lucky to have it.”
Disabled Motoring UK chiefs expressed their plan to donate the car following the museum’s exhibition Transport for Disabled People last October.
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:51 pm