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The Tiny HMV FreeWay Promised Up To 100 MPG And Highway Speeds With A Lawnmower Engine By Mercedes Streeter July 18, 2022 2:36 pm 71 Comments ADVERTISEMENT The 1970s brought a major change in how cars were built. A fuel crisis and a rough economy began pushing out land yachts powered by thirsty V8s.
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1982 HMV Freeway Heading To Auction
This 1981 HMV Freeway for Sale Is a Three-Wheeled Relic of the Oil Crisis This 700 lb early-'80s tricycle oddity is largely based on a snowmobile and is purported to get 60 mpg out of a.
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Labeled the Freeway and produced by High Mileage Vehicles Inc., this helmet shaped vehicle boasted a whopping 12-horsepower, 16-horsepower if ordered as a "sport" model, and reportedly got 84-mpg. The mini-car's, or enclosed motorcycle if you will, engine was sourced from Tecumseh and was paired with a CVT transmission.
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$3,500 Elyria, Ohio Year - Make HMV Freeway Model - Category Trikes Length - Posted Over 1 Month There is a story floating around the web of someone who bought a Freeway new, drove it and had it crushed so it would never have a chance to be driven again.
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There was no reverse gear. However, the 700-pound Freeway was easy to push backward. You Can't Fight City Hall Actress Karen Burch piloting a Peel P50 in London, circa 1962. HM Vehicles was not alone in offering a high-mileage single-seater.
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Bid for the chance to own a 1980 HMV FreeWay Electric Three-Wheeler Project at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #76,636.
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HMV's 68-55 radio is a variant of a design that first appeared in the late '60s, and immediately started gracing upmarket motel rooms and well-to-do family kitchens. The model ran for the next few years, with this version rolling off the line in 1974. It was made to. $195. SHIPPING OFFERED.
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H-M Vehicles out of Burnsville, Minnesota got into making the HMV (High Mileage Vehicle) Freeway, a small, three-wheeled fuel-efficient vehicle, several years after the gas crunch in the U.S. They were made for just a few years, from 1979 to 1982, according to most sources.
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Reliving the Oil Crisis with a 1981 HMV Freeway A ThreeWheeled Relic
No Reserve: 41-Years-Owned 1980 HMV FreeWay Project for sale on BaT Auctions - sold for $2,701 on October 24, 2023 (Lot #125,134) | Bring a Trailer New to BaT? Learn how it works. 41-Years-Owned 1980 HMV FreeWay Project No Reserve Sold for $2,701 on 10/24/23 61 Comments View Result Era 1980s Origin American Category Projects BaT Essentials
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Quick Description: All original Restored 1981 HMV Freeway Convertible. Designed by David Edmonson. Three wheeled micro car manufactured in Burnsville Minnesota U.S.A. from 1979 to 1982. Single seat and powered by a 16 HP gasoline engine. The engine is mounted behind the driver's seat. No reverse gear. Standard fuel tank capacity of 3 US gallons.
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HMV = High-Mileage Vehicles and they made the Freeway, sometimes seen as Free-Way or FreeWay (I know, too many variations), between 1979 and 1982 in Burnsville, Minnesota. I was just getting out of high school in that era and the last thing I wanted was something like this three-wheel microcar, I wanted a muscle car as much as everyone else did.
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Hand-build production began in Burnsville, Minnesota in 1979, after much-needed investment capital came in, but by 1981 - after producing a total of 700 units - HMV filed for bankruptcy. D & A Vehicles of St. Cloud Minnesota acquired the rights to the FreeWay in 1983 and built between 15 and 17 copies of a two seater version, dubbed 'The.
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This 1981 HMV Freeway for Sale Is a ThreeWheeled Relic of the Oil
Learn how it works. 1980 HM Vehicles Free-Way Bid to $5,650 on 12/5/18 158 Comments View Result Era 1980s Origin American BaT Essentials Seller: PBClassics Location: West Palm Beach, Florida 33409 Listing Details Chassis: 1350G80 18k Miles Shown 27.6ci Single-Cylinder CVT Transmission One of ~700 Built Red Fiberglass Body Single Seat
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Learn how it works. 1981 HMV FreeWay No Reserve Sold for $11,361 on 3/8/23 189 Comments View Result Era 1980s Origin American Category Motorcycles BaT Essentials Seller: Cmc1725 Location: Phoenix, Arizona 85027 Listing Details Chassis: HMV4470G81 6k Miles Shown 453cc Four-Stroke Single Continuously Variable Transmission Yellow Paint
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Certainly ranking as one of the most unusual vehicles of all time, at least among microcars, this 1982 HMV Freeway came along at a time when car companies and random inventors were trying to come up with something fuel-efficient after the gas crisis.