Happy St. Valentine's Day! Treat your chérie to a drive...

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What can be better than spending a day with the loves of your life—human and motorised? Take your special someone out in your favourite vehicle on a little tour and you'll surely sense the spirit of love in the air, intermingled with the glorious petroleum spirit. Steer yourselves towards a nice café or restaurant for a little treat and that same loving feeling will be reciprocated, if the drive itself hasn't already done the trick. That's our simple formula for St. Valentine's Day, and we guarantee success.

The gentleman here seems to be taking the idea one step further, going so far as to hand over control of his dashing three-wheeler to his beloved, or perhaps it's the young lady's car and he's the one being romanced?

The picture comes from David Bartlett, who writes: “Does anybody have any idea what this is? My grandparents are sitting inside. Our family's claim to fame is that the relatives on my mother's side opened the first motor dealership on the Isle of Wight. Is this plausible? Any information will be gratefully received.”

Our first thought was it could be an AC Sociable, but they didn’t have the prominent radiator grille of this one. Who recognises it?

Words: Jeroen Booij; picture: David Bartlett
 

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