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Title: Solved - MJW #165 - Murrill 3XE
Post by: woodinsight on December 26, 2010, 01:16:01 PM
Make and model for a point please
Title: Re: MJW #165
Post by: woodinsight on December 30, 2010, 06:15:06 PM
Should be easy for an Expert
Title: Re: MJW #165
Post by: woodinsight on January 03, 2011, 04:56:31 AM
Not so easy for the experts - so up to the pros now
Title: Re: MJW #165
Post by: Otto Puzzell on January 03, 2011, 05:06:37 AM
From Wisconsin?
Title: Re: MJW #165
Post by: woodinsight on January 03, 2011, 07:44:36 AM
Not Wisconsin
Title: Re: MJW #165
Post by: Otto Puzzell on January 03, 2011, 09:47:28 AM
US?
Title: Re: MJW #165
Post by: jotage21 on January 03, 2011, 10:25:50 AM
Murray?
Title: Re: MJW #165
Post by: woodinsight on January 03, 2011, 01:40:45 PM
It is from the US of A
Title: Re: MJW #165
Post by: woodinsight on January 03, 2011, 01:42:59 PM
Quote from: jotage21 on January 03, 2011, 10:25:50 AM
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.
Title: Re: MJW #165
Post by: jotage21 on January 03, 2011, 07:19:42 PM
Murrill 3xe
Title: Re: MJW #165
Post by: woodinsight on January 04, 2011, 04:01:41 AM
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.
Title: Re: MJW #165
Post by: Arunas on January 04, 2011, 04:04:16 AM
Nice puzzle! I didn't know this manufacturer! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Solved - MJW #165 - Murrill 3XE
Post by: Allemano on January 04, 2011, 04:11:41 AM
Quote from: woodinsight on January 04, 2011, 04:01:41 AM
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...
Title: Re: Solved - MJW #165 - Murrill 3XE
Post by: Arunas on January 04, 2011, 04:13:30 AM
...even considering the extreme lightweight technologies available at that time... :D
Title: Re: Solved - MJW #165 - Murrill 3XE
Post by: woodinsight on January 04, 2011, 04:21:08 AM
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.