Friday, January 22, 2010

BADSLEY (ZA) 1979-1985

BADSLEY (ZA) 1979-1985

Bill Badsley was a South African? who made his creations, and during mid 80s he tried to sell some in the UK but was unsuccessful

The Only Reference I have is one of these cars that was over in the UK and artcle gives a driving impression of car ; tech specs and Profile of man and manufacturer

Car in question is called a Bullett

See:
PROFILE & Bullet 3 Wheeler
Sports Car World Quartely (Aus) 1982 JAN-MAR Pages 6-10 Vol 42 Issue 3
Written by Bill Buys

2 comments:

Unknown said...

The Beaulieu encyclopedia says he relocated to Ventura, California in 1983, with Yamaha motorcycle-powered cars, then added or switched to electric go-cart and boat production...and here he is:
http://badsey.com/

Also see Popular Science 1983 http://books.google.com/books?id=kawCnk4051wC&pg=PA78&lpg=PA78#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Unknown said...

Ah--"Badsey" is undoubtedly the correct spelling, by the way. There can't be two South Africans building cars of the same name.