Solved - NEH 2400: Home-built car by Ernest & Arthur Everson, New Zealand - 1937

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Otto Puzzell

#50
May 22, 2016, 06:56:46 AM
Quote from: Craig Gillingham on January 26, 2013, 06:16:00 AM
Is it from the Southern Hemisphere?

How did these pics from the Camping photo thread end up here?  :o
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pnegyesi

#51
May 22, 2016, 07:06:23 AM
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on May 22, 2016, 06:56:46 AM
Quote from: Craig Gillingham on January 26, 2013, 06:16:00 AM
Is it from the Southern Hemisphere?

How did these pics from the Camping photo thread end up here?  :o

When we recovered the site, such accidents occurred. We tried to weed it out, well, some are still lurking around

galrot

#52
May 22, 2016, 03:59:01 PM
It looks identical, but isn't this one supposed to have been built in Australia?

Edit: Of course, there is a New England in Australia too!  :-[

Paul Jaray

#53
May 22, 2016, 04:01:45 PM
It is the same and was built in New England (New South Wales), Australia.

Carnut

#54
May 23, 2016, 04:41:34 AM Last Edit: May 23, 2016, 04:50:01 AM by Carnut
And what's more PJ is right, it's a re-post...
It has only come to light as Otto was questioning something in the thread yesterday so it came as something of a surprise to read that original puzzle.

I've never heard of a New England in NSW, but that doesn't mean to say it doesn't exist..
Odd though, as this car was NOT built in Australia (nor in New England in the USA!)
What's more the builder's name was not Elverson but something very close..

So, rather than merge this, as the original puzzle doesn't give the right answers I'll leave this in place for someone to post the right answers (PJ's answer is partly correct in that it's powered by a rear-mounted motorcycle engine, but as I said it wasn't built in New England nor was the builder's name Elverson...)  The article in Motor Age seems to misleading..

Who can solve this one now?  Once it is solved it will have to be merged as it is the same car but the information will all have to be changed in the original puzzle to show the right answers...

The year 1937 is right, by the way.
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Paul Jaray

#55
May 23, 2016, 05:07:20 AM Last Edit: May 23, 2016, 05:19:22 AM by Paul Jaray
Is the name Emerson? I guess the place can be found from the license plate...New Zealand?

Carnut

#56
May 23, 2016, 05:42:47 AM
Quote from: Paul Jaray on May 23, 2016, 05:07:20 AM
Is the name Emerson? I guess the place can be found from the license plate...New Zealand?

New Zealand is right (personally I think someone at Motor Age mistook New Zealand for New England... Perhaps he couldn't read his own notes...!)
E*erson (* isn't an M) was the builder.
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Paul Jaray

#57
May 23, 2016, 06:11:37 AM
It has to be Everson then...Cliff Everson's father perhaps  ;D?

Carnut

#58
May 23, 2016, 06:18:32 AM
Quote from: Paul Jaray on May 23, 2016, 06:11:37 AM
It has to be Everson then...Cliff Everson's father perhaps  ;D?

Yes, that's right, Cliff Everson's Dad and his Uncle (his Dad's brother), though I was rather hoping for their names or at least initials.
Would you like to see if you can find them?
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Paul Jaray

#59
May 23, 2016, 06:29:41 AM
Wow...that was more a joke than a guess!
I'll check my books and try to find them. I only know one of them starts with C.
I'll get back to this.

Carnut

#60
May 23, 2016, 07:37:28 AM
Quote from: Paul Jaray on May 23, 2016, 06:29:41 AM
Wow...that was more a joke than a guess!
I'll check my books and try to find them. I only know one of them starts with C.
I'll get back to this.

Good joke then!
Yes, his uncle's initial was C., but that's all that is known about him.
His father's name is known however, so just concentrate on that..
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Paul Jaray

#61
May 23, 2016, 07:43:57 AM
Cliff joined his father Ern at his Everson's Welding Works in Auckland in the early 50s and they built some specials called Cherub. Still nothing on his uncle and their activity in the 30s.

Carnut

#62
May 23, 2016, 09:52:35 AM
Quote from: Paul Jaray on May 23, 2016, 07:43:57 AM
Cliff joined his father Ern at his Everson's Welding Works in Auckland in the early 50s and they built some specials called Cherub. Still nothing on his uncle and their activity in the 30s.

Well, that's enough for the point as that's what I was looking for.
Information about him is a bit sparse but there is a little out there.
I'll merge the puzzles now and change the relevant information in the title.
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Carnut

#63
May 23, 2016, 10:12:15 AM
Here's the original picture of my NEH 4600 with the caption underneath it.
You'll see this is Cliff's uncle rather than his father.
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Paul Jaray

#64
May 23, 2016, 03:24:52 PM
QuoteBetween 1935 and 1937 the Everson brothers (Ernest and Arthur) designed and built a small two-seater motor car, named the Everson Cherub. It had a streamlined design, tubular steel chassis, independent suspension, rear mounted 2.5 horsepowered two-stroke single-cylinder engine, three-speed gearbox,and twin exhausts. The car was just over four feet high and weighted about 800 lbs. Its top speed was over 50 mph, with a cruising speed of 30-35 mph and fuel consumption of about 70 mpg.[10] A least two more one-off models were made by the brothers.



Carnut

#65
May 24, 2016, 04:04:38 AM
2.5 bhp, eh?  Performance must have been electrifying!
So Ernest's brother was Arthur; I wonder how he became Mr C. Everson...!
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