A New Corbin Merlin Roadster Using The Can Am Spyder As The Donor Vehicle?

While this isn't a true micro car (unless one thinks a car can have three wheels and some micro cars have just three wheels so perhaps it is?) - modern or older, it is interesting. It is a shame that Corbin (they still make seats) did not put the Merlin Roadster - or even the coupe version - into production.

Here is the roadster. There seem to be only a few examples for the roadster that was made.

Here is the coupe. I don't know if this went any further than a prototype. They show one but t might have just been a prototype / mock up that didn't run. 

Corbin Concepts.

There are some neat concepts at this site (sometimes it loads and sometimes it doesn't). 

Perhaps one could build a new one using the Can Am Spyder as a donor vehicle. It seems the layout is very similar; with two wheels in front, one in back and the engine in front (I believe) powering the back wheel. 

one can barely see it but it is a line drawing of the Can Am Spyder.

Perhaps a company could create something like the Merlin using the parts - transmission and engine and other parts - from the Can Am Spyder? Perhaps one could stretch it to fit where one can sit down or have more than one person sitting next to each other? 

It is a short post but with hopes of actually overlaying the Merlin roadster over the the line drawing of the Can Am Spider. 

This blog is just me thinking of a 'what if' scenario. It is something I like to do as 'mental exercise'. It gives one a chance to keep ones mind active and do some creative thinking / creativity. If one does not have to worry about actually creating something, one can be quite creative. It is a lot of fun. It is like being an ideas person. 

Corbin has other designs they had designed at this site. 

Thomas Lee Mullins

My Art at Cafe Press.

updated on 02/06/2020.