Need Help ID'ing Three Wheeler
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Need Help ID'ing Three Wheeler
Hello everyone! I hope this is the appropriate forum mods, my apologies if it isn't. I am accepting delivery of a restored adult trike tomorrow that I bought for my mother. The restorer states he does about one of these a month and believes it to be of vintage age, but doesn't know what brand/model. It has a 3 speed Sturmey/Archer as well as a differential. Can anyone help me identify it? Much appreciated!!
Since I cannot post urls, search craigslist Tampa for "ADULT 3 SPEED TRIKE - RECONDITIONED ADULT 3 WHEELER - $250 (Lecanto)"
Since I cannot post urls, search craigslist Tampa for "ADULT 3 SPEED TRIKE - RECONDITIONED ADULT 3 WHEELER - $250 (Lecanto)"
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Link assist. https://ocala.craigslist.org/bik/5955997877.html
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That's the one!! She arrives tomorrow!
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Trailmate is/was one of the largest manufacturers of adult trikes, with a variety of frame styles for different applications. Yours looks like something they might have produced in the '70s and '80s but which may no longer be in production. That distinctive double downtube with the little kick at the bottom of the upper tube is the best identifier. You might try contacting the company and send them pics for help with the ID. If they did not make it they might be able to tell you who did. Good luck!
If the seller does a lot of these, as his ad suggests, I'm surprised he does not provide the brand info. Seems like something his buyers might be interested in knowing.
Here's another by the same guy. He evidently stocked up on red paint.
If the seller does a lot of these, as his ad suggests, I'm surprised he does not provide the brand info. Seems like something his buyers might be interested in knowing.
Here's another by the same guy. He evidently stocked up on red paint.
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Columbia!
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Magenta!
Beat you to it.
Beat you to it.
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Thanks!! So Columbia is the manufacturer then, yes? Mystery solved!!
And yes, she loves it!!
And yes, she loves it!!