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	Berkeley


	Berkeley were Caravan makers in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire (UK) and in 1956 they introduced

their first 4-wheeled sports car that was designed by Laurie Bond. In 1959 a 3-wheeled version was announced as the Berkeley T60. The T60 was powered by an Excelsior Talisman 328cc twin-cylinder engine and had a streamlined glass-fibre body that also incorporated an aluminium-alloy chassis that was bonded into the body. The primary drive of the car was through a multi-plate wet clutch where as the secondary drive was by chain to a differential and then through Hardy Spicer universal joints and half shafts to the front wheels.




	A 1960 Berkeley T60 (My thanks to Roger Grainger for this photograph of his vehicle)

The T60 came in two forms as a Hard top or a Soft top and as a standard or Deluxe model, the Deluxe featuring extra dashboard instruments and a spare wheel. The vehicle had a bench type seat at the front of the vehicle for both front occupants and an occasional seat for two children in the rear. A T60/4 version was also introduced in September 1960 that had four separate seats. Due to financial problems Berkeley's were only manufactured until December 12th 1960 when the company then ceased trading.


	Click the Article (left) for the Road Test of the Berkeley T60 in the 1959 Motor Cycle Magazine.


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	Berkeley: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~msabat/berks/index.html Berkeley Cars: http://www.pearsy.co.uk/ Berkeley T60: http://www.sentex.net/~dewood/berkeley/index.html .