Shortly after production began, however, design flaws became apparent. Although the car was big and heavy, it used a relatively small Austin A55 1.5 litre engine, which limited performance. The A55 also provided the transmission and suspension. Another problem was that the rear wheels were shrouded by body panels and a rear wheel could not be removed (for puncture repair for example) without dropping its axle..... Production of up to 10,000 cars a year was talked about but as few as ten complete cars were produced during the six months before production ceased. After the factory closed, the unused parts were dumped into the local lake, Lough Muckno.
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Category: Regionalism, Success & Failure, 1950s, 1960s, Europe, Cars
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Category: Slavery, Bondage and Indenture, Comics, Fetishes, 1950s
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, Television, 1950s
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Category: Fads, Fashion, 1950s
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Category: Accidents, Air Travel and Airlines, 1950s
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Category: Religion, Science, 1950s
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Category: Comics, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1950s
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Category: Animals, Government, Money, 1950s
In 1957 Dr. Bernard Wheatley - an African American physician from the Virgin Islands - made a pilgrimage to Kalalau Valley. Distraught after the death of his wife and son in a car accident, he kept questioning the meaning of life and other ontological problems until the answers finally came. In a remarkable religious conversion-like revelation he realized that life is eternal. He abandoned his medical practice, sold all his worldly possessions and sought a quiet, secluded place where he could earnestly seek truth without distraction. He arrived on the remote Island of Kauai and after seeing Kalalau from a ridge-top lookout in Kokee, he knew that he had found his home.... He passed on December 3, 1991 at the age of 72. His ashes were spread in Kalalau.
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Category: Death, Religion, Hermits, 1950s, 1960s, South Pacific
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Category: Clowns, Sexuality, Comics, 1950s
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