Who remembers the Shamrock?
09/03/2012
In the late 1950s, two businessmen - James F. Conway and William K. Curtis - decided to build an automobile in Ireland for the American market. The basis of the open passenger car, which was called the Shamrock ( cloverleaf), was a "box frame". A plastic body was placed on top. The drive unit, suspension parts and other mechanical components were taken from the Austin A55. £ 635 or USD 1,780 was set as the selling price.
Although very specially shaped, the design was not convincing. It was too heavy and had significant design flaws. For example, a rear wheel could only be changed if the axle was removed. Not a good basis for the targeted production of 10,000 units.
Just eightare said to have been built, four of which are even said to still exist - not a bad survival rate. A brief description of the vehicle can be found in the Zwischengas archive .
