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Alexander ‘Sandy’ Fraser, who was a Morgan three-wheeler fanatic, led to a project to produce a three-wheel production car that was fast, light, safe and could be used on a daily basis resulting in a nostalgically styled, but astonishingly rapid three wheeled sports car inspired by the like of pre- war Morgan. Named the AF Spider, the AF representing Alexander Fraser, it claimed 0-60 in less than six seconds; thus outpacing a Porsche 911. Production cars were fibreglass, but this unique prototype was hand constructed in marine ply and aluminium and slightly longer as its glorious ‘deco’ style boat tail accentuates. The Spider was constructed in hardwood with mahogany faced marine ply and aluminium. Mechanically, the cars were largely BMC based. Motoring journals were very impressed with the Spider in 1971. Motor devoted a three-page road test to the AF while Autocar concluded “the most stable and delightful three-wheeler we have ever driven.” Despite its extreme rarity, the AF Spider is acknowledged in Georgano’s Encyclopaedia of Motor Manufacturers. In total around seven Spiders and five Grand Prix’s models were made between 1969 and 1980. These Spiders are extremely fast with the Grand Prix model able to reach 140mph!
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the look is strange but it's a nice job 
Lille - North Of France
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Nice to see how others accomplished the 3 wheel vehicle. That looks like it might be a mini cooper engine and front drive, am I correct?
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Another classic Mini based three wheeler. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/re7zp9l.jpg)
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We went to a local monthly meet up, lots of bikes, quite a few cars and one other three wheeler. Something very different and only 8 remain (of the 12 that were ever made) ![[Linked Image]](http://tm-img.com/images/2023/07/05/IMG_6537.jpeg) Recognise a classic Mini A Series engine and 'box although the clutch actuator arm is strangely bent ?
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Nice to see how others accomplished the 3 wheel vehicle. That looks like it might be a mini cooper engine and front drive, am I correct? I would have to see a close up of the cylinder head to prove it was an S spec engine 
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From chatting all I can remember was that it has an 850 mini engine.
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Sorry, can't seem to open these, but one. And that one required a password to open. Can someone download them onto the forum please? Thanks in advance, Dan
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OKAY, that's very weird... I couldn't open them by clicking on them, but when I quoted the thread, they all popped up... Sorry for the request now...  Dan
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