Hello C5 friends.
10 years ago I sold my Red Arrow Sinclair C5.
In the years between i had many vehicles, but only 2 of them where electric: A Spijkstaal-truck and a electric Solex (e-Solex).
A few days ago I found my old C5 back, it was standing in a garden of a woman that lives 100 meters from my home!!! I fell in love with the machine again, so I offered the woman €70,- and she was allright with that price! :0)
Today I connected a batterie and it was riding again! Even the front and back lights are working.
After 50 meters the right wheel cover jumped off, and when I squeeze the rear brake, the machine stops very quick. Too quick, i think... The right wheel blocks complete if I hit the brake...
The pod is not working and after a few minutes the C5 makes a beeping sound and stops, till I dis-connect the batterie for a few seconds. Ten years ago the machine had that same problem...
However I liked the little test-ride very much.
The coming week I am planning to work on the C5 brake and other things. Put some oil in the brake-cables and de-rust some parts. In generally the machine still looks quite ok, I think.
When I bought the machine 11 years ago, the guy told me that the machine was used by the Red Arrow stunt team (Jet aircrafts) to drive to their planes... Can that be true, or is it just a story? I can't find anything on the internet about it. Maybe somebody here knows...
Greetings from Bart van Etten, Arnhem, Holland.
(I hope I can find out how I can post a picture of my c5...)