In early 2014, a very rare Ranger Cub 4 appeared up for sale. Well, the body for such a car - see here. A second four-wheeler Cub has now come up on the same well-known sales website and I believe it could well be the car that made it to the 1975 Speed Show in London. Where the earlier Cub 4 was black - like the one seen in promotional photographs; this one is red in colour, which matches with the picture I have of the 1975 Ranger stand. The car is is for sale in Telford, Shropshire and the seller states the following (bad grammar warning): "Ranger kit car mini based kit car logbook says mini pick up date of reg is 5/2/1968. Had this car in px of another car. It's not running I no nothing about the car. needs lots off work . I have the v5 (log book). Must be paid for and picked up with in five days. Cash on collection." Definitely not the best advertisement, but certainly a rare treat? I believe just four bodies were made...
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That's a Ranger Cub for sure. But not as we know it (if we do at all)…
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...As this one comes with the pick up rear and four rather then three wheels
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Rear is largely similar to the Ranger Pick Up including a dropping tailgate
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Not sure what happened to the car's nose, but it won't be rust. It was registered NEG 241F
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London Speed Show 1975. The same car? Behind the black Cub three-wheeler is a Cub 4
Picture Jeroen Booij archive
This black one, registered 524 NOA was used for all the publicity pictures
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