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Title: CH #031 - Solved - LeTorneau Tournatow
Post by: ChanceHuncha on January 22, 2018, 03:45:48 PM: Hey Everyone! Here’s another really special one that I thought I should share. Here’s What I Need.

- Name
- Builder
- Location
- What Is It The First To Feature?

Other Bits Of Info Are Accepted. Good Luck!
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: ChanceHuncha on February 02, 2018, 02:55:19 PM: U p !
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: gilescooperuk on February 04, 2018, 01:33:47 PM: Looks like it is electric motor driven so I guess the engine is just powering a generator.

As it is right hand drive British?
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: ChanceHuncha on February 04, 2018, 02:38:44 PM: You’ve got the Electric Motor part right! But i’m afraid it isn’t British.
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: richard cuyler on February 05, 2018, 05:44:42 PM: Is this 1940s USA?
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: ChanceHuncha on February 05, 2018, 11:53:42 PM: Close! You’re off by a decade.
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: richard cuyler on February 06, 2018, 07:00:10 AM: 1950s?
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: ChanceHuncha on February 06, 2018, 08:56:42 AM: Yes!
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: morphly on February 06, 2018, 02:00:09 PM: was it designed to work underground?
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: ChanceHuncha on February 06, 2018, 03:31:42 PM: Dont think so no...
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: richard cuyler on February 11, 2018, 10:33:41 AM: Was it perhaps a tug to wrangle aeroplanes into specific places on an airport?
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: ChanceHuncha on February 11, 2018, 07:28:51 PM: It just may be. With the limited sources I have, the most I know is that it was used for Air Force personnel.
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: richard cuyler on February 14, 2018, 01:11:33 PM: I'm finding this particularly difficult to find. Was is made by some huge manufacturer like General Electric?
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: ChanceHuncha on February 14, 2018, 09:17:25 PM: No... This Ones Slightly More Obscure
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: morphly on February 17, 2018, 03:16:15 AM: was it used on a flight deck ship?
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: ChanceHuncha on February 18, 2018, 11:51:52 AM: Not a bad idea! Considering where this car came from however, it really doesn’t seem to fit well.
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: richard cuyler on February 28, 2018, 11:44:25 AM: As Larry confidently demonstrated the vehicle, the crowd didn't seem convinced that a a ride-on lawnmower, electric or not, needed to be quite so large. :o
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: ChanceHuncha on March 01, 2018, 07:44:32 PM: Quote from: richard cuyler on February 28, 2018, 11:44:25 AM
As Larry confidently demonstrated the vehicle, the crowd didn't seem convinced that a a ride-on lawnmower, electric or not, needed to be quite so large. :o
:lmao:
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: ChanceHuncha on March 12, 2018, 02:41:33 PM: Time to go to the best of the best. Do your magic.
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: oko94 on March 12, 2018, 04:30:09 PM: Is the manufacturer known for other vehicles ?
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: ChanceHuncha on March 12, 2018, 05:09:03 PM: Yes.
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: Wendax on March 12, 2018, 05:15:09 PM: It looks like a combination of wheelhub motors and an internal combustion engine. Is it some kind of hybrid powered?
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: oko94 on March 12, 2018, 05:19:11 PM: Is the manufacturer known for tractors ?
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Post by: ChanceHuncha on March 12, 2018, 06:22:16 PM: No.
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: oko94 on March 12, 2018, 06:29:36 PM: Oshkosh ?
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: Wendax on March 12, 2018, 06:36:24 PM: Quote from: Wendax on March 12, 2018, 05:15:09 PM
It looks like a combination of wheelhub motors and an internal combustion engine. Is it some kind of hybrid powered?
?
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: ChanceHuncha on March 12, 2018, 11:54:00 PM: Quote from: Wendax on March 12, 2018, 05:15:09 PM
It looks like a combination of wheelhub motors and an internal combustion engine. Is it some kind of hybrid powered?
You’re on the right track!
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: ChanceHuncha on March 12, 2018, 11:55:13 PM: Quote from: oko94 on March 12, 2018, 06:29:36 PM
Oshkosh ?
Nope.
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: oko94 on March 13, 2018, 01:32:03 AM: Is the manufacturer still active ?
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: Wendax on March 13, 2018, 04:22:46 AM: Anything to do with LeTourneau?
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: ChanceHuncha on March 13, 2018, 06:51:50 AM: Quote from: oko94 on March 13, 2018, 01:32:03 AM
Is the manufacturer still active ?
by the looks of it no. Their last model was in ‘84
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: ChanceHuncha on March 13, 2018, 06:52:31 AM: Quote from: Wendax on March 13, 2018, 04:22:46 AM
Anything to do with LeTourneau?
Yes! Locked for you to find the answer!
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: oko94 on March 17, 2018, 06:09:40 PM: Still locked ? I've found the answer.
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: Wendax on March 17, 2018, 06:42:39 PM: Ooops, I forgot about this one. Just give me an hour.
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: Wendax on March 17, 2018, 06:49:26 PM: It looks to me like the LeTourneau Air Tow, built by R.G.LeTourneau, Longview, Texas. It was a four-wheel driven and four-wheel steered diesel-electric tractor with dual direction drive control panels.
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: ChanceHuncha on March 17, 2018, 07:56:48 PM: Not quite there yet... Dig a little deeper!
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: oko94 on March 18, 2018, 04:11:04 AM: :popcorn:
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: Wendax on March 18, 2018, 04:40:12 AM: So you are probably looking for the 1950 Letourneau Tournatow:
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: ChanceHuncha on March 18, 2018, 10:23:18 AM: Yes! That would be it! But i still need the Builder, Location, and where it was first featured...
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: Wendax on March 18, 2018, 11:21:06 AM: Builder: R.G. (Robert Gilmour) LeTourneau (as stated before)
Location: Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago on November 17, 1950
It was his first vehicle using the diesel-electric-drive system called Electric Wheel.
Title: Re: CH #031
Post by: ChanceHuncha on March 19, 2018, 06:49:38 PM: Thats it! The point Goes To You!