Fuji Cabin

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Fuji Cabin
1955 Fujicabin 01.jpg
Overview
Production 1957–58
Body and chassis
Body style Two-seater coupé
Layout 2 front wheels, 1 rear wheel
Powertrain
Engine 2-stroke 121.7 cc

The Fuji Cabin is a three-wheeled microcar produced by Fuji Toshuda Motors of Tokyo, Japan, from 1957 until 1958. [1] It was introduced at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1955. [2] The car has two front wheels and one rear. Its two-seater body, with a distinctive single headlamp, is constructed of fibreglass. [1]

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Contents

The Cabin is powered by an air-cooled single-cylinder 2-stroke 121.7 cc (7.43 cu in) Gasuden engine, producing 5.5 bhp (4.1 kW) and giving the car a top speed of 37 mph (60 km/h).

Despite being one of the most successful cars of its type in Japan's post-Second World War automobile market, only 85 units were built, [1] partly because of the relatively poor quality of its fibreglass body and partly because of its relatively high price. [2]

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References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Rees (2013), p. 77
  2. 1 2 "1955 Fuji Cabin", The Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum , retrieved 28 January 2018

Bibliography

  • Rees, Chris (2013), "Fuji Cabin", Three-Wheelers A–Z: The Definitive Encyclopaedia of Three-Wheeled Vehicles from 1940 to Date, Quiller Print, ISBN   978-0-9926651-0-4  
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