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Whaddyacallit #185 - Solved! 1941 S.T.E.L.A. Electrique
« on: October 11, 2008, 04:58:34 AM »
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Re: Whaddyacallit #185
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2008, 05:21:30 AM »
Hi, it's a S.T.E.L.A. (Service de la Traction Electrique Légère et Agricole) from 1941.
It was exhibited at the Retromobile 2005 in Paris. In the background partly blocked some Wimille cars.

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Re: Whaddyacallit #185
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2008, 05:38:49 AM »
So soon...
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Re: Whaddyacallit #185 - Solved! 1941 S.T.E.L.A. Electrique
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2008, 05:48:49 AM »
The B+W pic would have been much more difficult to solve. The Wimilles gave it away... 8)





1337....
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Re: Whaddyacallit #185 - Solved! 1941 S.T.E.L.A. Electrique
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2008, 05:51:27 AM »
Normally one can see this STELA in the Musée Malartre in Rochetaillée, in the outskirts of Lyon. Vaut le voyage!

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Re: Whaddyacallit #185 - Solved! 1941 S.T.E.L.A. Electrique
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2008, 06:09:23 AM »
not worth a point....? ;)
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Re: Whaddyacallit #185 - Solved! 1941 S.T.E.L.A. Electrique
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2008, 08:43:21 AM »
Sorry, I must have forgotten. Done.
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Re: Whaddyacallit #185 - Solved! 1941 S.T.E.L.A. Electrique
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2008, 08:44:14 AM »
The B+W pic would have been much more difficult to solve. The Wimilles gave it away... 8)





1337....
Dammit !!!
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Re: Whaddyacallit #185 - Solved! 1941 S.T.E.L.A. Electrique
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2008, 08:46:45 AM »
?
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

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Re: Whaddyacallit #185 - Solved! 1941 S.T.E.L.A. Electrique
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2008, 08:51:46 AM »
? what? The Wimilles? Do you want pictures?
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Re: Whaddyacallit #185 - Solved! 1941 S.T.E.L.A. Electrique
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2008, 04:29:30 AM »
No, I have plenty. The "?" was for this:

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1337....
Dammit !!!

What's it mean? ???

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Re: Whaddyacallit #185 - Solved! 1941 S.T.E.L.A. Electrique
« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2008, 05:33:44 AM »
1337= Leet or Leetspeak

I've noticed that in Ray B.'s Profile "Leet" was written instead of "posts: 1337". (changed meanwhile of course!)
So, I researched what could behind this and that's what I figured out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet Exciting, isn't it?

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Re: Whaddyacallit #185 - Solved! 1941 S.T.E.L.A. Electrique
« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2008, 07:00:48 AM »
That clears it right up  ^-^
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Re: Whaddyacallit #185 - Solved! 1941 S.T.E.L.A. Electrique
« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2008, 09:39:16 AM »
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Re: Whaddyacallit #185 - Solved! 1941 S.T.E.L.A. Electrique
« Reply #14 on: November 24, 2008, 02:03:51 PM »
I hope nobody will mind (let me know if something) if I post some more information I have suceeded to find about this car  :-\

I think it's about this marque:

1941 - 1944

Vehicules Electriques Stela, Villeurbanne, Lyons

This company was formed by H. Pascal, an engineer from Ecole Centrale de Kyon, to provide electric vehicles for use during the time when petrol was virtually unobtainable. The first Stela was an angular 2-door saloon with batteries on the wide running gear boards, but in 1942 came the RCA, a streamlined 4-door 5-seater saloon. Admiral Darlan, head of the Vichy Government in France, had two, while a number served as taxis, and two were still in service in 1953. The liberation and arrival of reasonable supplies of fuel put an end to Stela cars, although commercial vehicles were continued up to 1948.

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The firm Véhicules Electriques Stéla of Lyons (France) was a major manufacturer of electric vehicles in France during the Second World War, operating from 1941 to 1948. The first vehicles were primitive, but the Type RCA, a closed-bodied, 4-door, 5-seater began production in 1942. A significant number of these were produced and were used as private cars, taxis and by government officials. Production of the electric car ceased soon after the war ended as gasoline became commonly available, but commercial electric vehicles continued to be built for another 3 years.

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Re: Whaddyacallit #185 - Solved! 1941 S.T.E.L.A. Electrique
« Reply #15 on: January 06, 2012, 10:51:37 AM »
An ad from 1944:

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Re: Whaddyacallit #185 - Solved! 1941 S.T.E.L.A. Electrique
« Reply #16 on: February 18, 2013, 03:06:43 PM »
Nice quality image