The Frisky

Raymond Flower designed Frisky saloon and coups in 1957. This was a generally good design which featured a narrow-track pair of wheels at the back and normally spaced front wheels, enclosed by a fibreglass body. An open version, the Frisky Sport, also appeared and all were powered by a 325cc Villiers twin. The bodies were built, by the way, in the nearby Guy lorry factory. The design featured a cheap form of MacPherson strut suspension but this did not work out as well as it might have and contributed to a somewhat notchy ride.

The Family Three appeared in 1959, being a three-wheeler version but none were big sellers.

A Frisky Sport prototype sports car of striking appearance might have been good but was not proceeded with. However, it popped-up in Australia where it was known as the Ligntburn Zeta and used the 500cc twin Messerschmitt Tiger engine.


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