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I am saddened to hear the news that Bob Keyes passed away on 24th July 2006. With 30 years of experience in the aerospace and defence business, Bob has been well known for his 3-wheelers since creating his first Trivette in 1974.
Although Bob and I emailed, sadly I never got to meet him. The once chance I did was when my girlfriend took me on a suprise holiday to New York for my 40th birthday. Excited, I emailed Bob hoping that we might be able to meet up over there but sadly he had changed email addresses due to junk mail and so only found my email by chance a few weeks after my visit. I did get to meet Bob’s son a few years ago though when he was visiting the UK and we enjoyed a couple of beers in a pub in Stratford-upon-Avon,
The one thing that Bob created that always struck me with awe was his 220bhp 3-wheeled Vigillante. Here was a vehicle that banished any notion what so ever that 3-wheelers were slow and indeed he described it as “The Worlds Quickest Street-Legal Exotic”. With a 0 - 60mph time of just 3 seconds abd a top speed of over 200mph, the Vigillante would eat a McLaren F1 for breakfast.
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