Strightly to the Pros...
Looks to me like an Opperman.
This was the easy part...even if Opperman is not mentioned in my source, from the pictures of this car this was obviously realised from one of this kit cars...but this one has a name and a particularity....
Normally the Oppermann Unicars hood wasn't to open.... Did you blacken the front plate or is it an intake? That would indicate the builder mounted the engine at the front..
I blacken the plate and the car's name on the logo...
This model was the Model "T" Unicar, designed by Laurie Bond and built between 1956 and 1959.The other model was the Stirling,but I don´t believe that´s the car.
This car has a different name on the logo and a different particularity.
Opperman's cars were also sold as kit-cars, so the builder of this car used that body-kit for this one.
Sterling?
Not Sterling...
Some facts:
1- Opperman's car were also sold in kit form.
2- This one is very likely an Unicar T., even if it is not reported in my source.
3- This car has a name on the logo (that I blurried away) that is not Opperman, Unicar or Sterling.
4. This car has got a 'special feature', not so extraordinary, but not in the Opperman style.
I'm looking for the name of this car, and this special feature.
Quote from: Allemano on June 15, 2009, 04:02:16 AM
Normally the Oppermann Unicars hood wasn't to open...
Is it electric?
That "detail" was a trunk in the front?
A 3-letter name.
EKR? :lmao:
Not EKR (that stands for?)
2 of this letters may be found following the info you already have....
ERV? For Electric R... Vehicle? ??? ::)
Not ERV, but there is an 'E' there.
TEL?
Yes!
Tell me it's not just a guess! ;D
It wasn't a guess (it would have been very lucky), the car is featured in Practical Classics Magazine.
Built in Folkestone Kent in 1959, I'm not sure if the car had a model name.
Are there the same pictures?
The article I have is a bit vague on the car, does your one refer to Opperman?
There's not much written in Practical Classics about this car, one very small photo (different to yours) and no reference to Opperman.
I have found it on the internet too, on a photography website, six good photos (again different) but not much information about it.
Quote from: neilshouse on November 08, 2009, 08:18:04 AM
There's not much written in Practical Classics about this car, one very small photo (different to yours) and no reference to Opperman.
I have found it on the internet too, on a photography website, six good photos (again different) but not much information about it.
Is it possible to have the link? Even via PM.
If the source is ..sensible.. don't worry, I'll try to find it.
A car for her?
For one point, please respond and identify this car.
up
Frisky?
1953 Waggonbau Bautzen Microcar?
Neither Frisky nor Waggonbau Bautzen
Opperman Unicar ?
Although it might look like the Opperman Unicar (and it seems to use the same bodywork), this is a different car, not just one carrying a different name.
up again
Stirling?
No
It's not the T.E.L. Electric Car (again!) is it?
Well, it is. I couldn't find it by searching this site.
Tell me what T.E.L. stands for and the point is yours.
Locked for you!
Quote from: Wendax on June 07, 2012, 01:17:02 PM
Well, it is. I couldn't find it by searching this site.
Tell me what T.E.L. stands for and the point is yours.
Locked for you!
Thanks but I'm afraid I don't know. Something like Thompson Electric Ltd probably!
I don't really deserve a point anyway as it's a re-post (but they didn't know what T.E.L. stood for then either...):
www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=8405.0
You are almost there: it is Txxxxxxx Electric Ltd.
I'd suggest I'll award a point to whoever finds the company name. After that we should merge these two puzzles.
One more try for you, after which I will unlock if wrong.
Unfortunately I haven't found any mention of the full name anywhere.
I can tell you the car was registered 32 EKR, which was a Kent issue from February 1959 (Folkestone is, of course, in Kent).
I can tell you the name of the lady in your puzzle car picture (Pamela Taylor) who was 23 when the picture was taken.
But other than that there seems to be nothing out there.
I'll have a guess at Taylor Electric Ltd., simply on the off-chance that there was a family connection with the girl in the photo - I think her father-in-law was Fred Taylor, who worked for an electrical company named Gilbert in Folkestone who did actually make some small electrical commercial vehicles.
If I'm wrong then you'll have to open it up.
You certainly know more about that car than I do. :D
The company's name was: T _ a _ _ _ o _ Electric Ltd.
Open for all.
Teardrop electric?
No :'(
Tra _ _ _ o _ Electric Ltd.
Transfor Electric Ltd.?
Transcom electric?
No
Tra_ _ _ on Electric Ltd.
Transton Electric?
No
Tra_ t _ on Electric Ltd.
Traction Electric?
:applause:
One point for you.
Thanks for the point (and the assistance...!)
Fully charged in only 90 minutes eh? That's better than they can manage 53 years on..
And I see they optimistically say "the car sells"; how many would that be then? 1? or was it 2?!
I'll have to merge this with the original puzzle now.