Solved - MJW #165 - Murrill 3XE

[woodinsight]

Make and model for a point please

[woodinsight]

Should be easy for an Expert

[woodinsight]

Not so easy for the experts - so up to the pros now

[Otto Puzzell]

From Wisconsin?

[woodinsight]

Not Wisconsin

[Otto Puzzell]

US?

[jotage21]

Murray?

[woodinsight]

It is from the US of A

[woodinsight]

Murray?

You are quite close with the name.
I'll lock it for you for 24h as it's not quite correct and I also need the model name.

[jotage21]

Murrill 3xe

[woodinsight]

That's it jotage21 - well done.

The car was built by Murrill Motors Co., Sacramento CA in the late 1970s/early 1980s.
It was a working prototype and the type designation 3XE stood for Electrical, Economical, Ecological.
One 6hp GE dc motor drove the rear wheels to a top speed of 50mph (80kph). Range was 90 miles (144km).

I presume this was the only car completed and I haven't seen any further photos of it.

[Arunas]

Nice puzzle! I didn't know this manufacturer!

[Allemano]

That's it jotage21 - well done.

The car was built by Murrill Motors Co., Sacramento CA in the late 1970s/early 1980s.
It was a working prototype and the type designation 3XE stood for Electrical, Economical, Ecological.
One 6hp GE dc motor drove the rear wheels to a top speed of 50mph (80kph). Range was 90 miles (144km).

I presume this was the only car completed and I haven't seen any further photos of it.

80 kph with a 6 HP engine sounds too optimistic to me...

[Arunas]

...even considering the extreme lightweight technologies available at that time...

[woodinsight]

My source states that they were hoping to achieve 65 mph (105 kph)!
Curb weight was 1,100 lbs (500 kg)
Length 108 in (274 cm), height 48 in (122cm)
The maximum power was not stated.