The Cambro was a very basic British three wheeled, single seat cyclecar

Cyclecar

Cyclecars were small, generally inexpensive cars manufactured mainly between 1910 and the late 1920s.-General description:Cyclecars were propelled by single cylinder, V-twin or more rarely four cylinder engines, often air cooled. Sometimes these had been originally used in motorcycles and other...

 made in 1920 and 1921 by the Central Aircraft Company of Northolt

Northolt

Northolt is a town in the London Borough of Ealing, England. The town has London Underground and Network Rail stations and is on the A40 road...

, Middlesex

Middlesex

Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...

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The car was designed by magazine editor F.J. Camm

Frederick James Camm

Frederick James Camm was an English technical author and magazine editor. He founded several radio and electronics titles, some of which are still in circulation....

 and G.A. Broomfield and powered by a Johnson 192 cc, flat twin, two-stroke, air-cooled driving the single rear wheel by a chain. The engine was more commonly found in outboard motors and mopeds. There was no reverse but a free wheel mechanism was fitted to help manoeuvring the machine by hand.

The Cambro was advertised at the cheapest car in the world, costing only 79 guineas (GBP83). The number made is not known.

Depiction in films

The Cambro is associated with several movies, including "The little Cambro that could", the story about a Cambro brought to life, and made a life for itself in America.