A WORLD record breaking car, which was made in Bolton, is being brought back to life 70 years on - to help raise cash for Bolton Hospice.

Motor enthusiasts are constructing a replica of the MEB three-wheeled car.

And the part-built replica will be the star attraction at a fund-raising exhibition celebrating the history of transport in Bolton.

The MEB - Maurice Edwards Bolton - three-wheeled car was reported to have have set new world speed records of 83 miles per hour in Montlery in France in 1928.

Now a group of car fanatics are painstakingly recreating a full scale replica of the innovative vehicle.

Maurice Edwards was a motor engineer who pioneered the dsitinctive design of his three-wheeled car in Bolton in the 1920s.

In the replica tyres are due to be supplied by Thistlethwaites and the bodywork has been put together by Jim Marland of Proteus Cars in Little Lever.

The precision made chassis for the car has been produced by Bolton engineering company Edbro.

Staff from Coleman Milne have agreed to professionally spray-paint the finished replica car in workshops at Bolton College Horwich campus.

The project co-ordinator is Norman Fletcher, who is a senior lecturer and consultant at Bolton College.

The MEB will be the centre-piece of the exhibition illustrating auto-motive progress through the ages.

Enthusiast Dennis O'Connor said: "The partly completed replica MEB will, when finished, be capable of being driven, and as such, will be a tribute to the remarkable inventive talents of Boltonian Maurice Edwards."

As well as a series of photographs showing transport in Bolton through the last 100 years compiled by Mr O'Connor, visitors will also be able to watch demonstrations of the latest hi-tech equipment in the college motor vehicle workshops.

It is being held at the Horwich campus of Bolton College on March 18. The event, sponsored by Fort James, runs from 6-8.30pm. Tombolas, raffles and other fund-raising activities will be run on the night.

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