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Re: GG-182
« Reply #50 on: July 27, 2010, 04:30:29 PM »
Ley is indeed the name of the German man behind this, but according to my source it's not the name of the factory that made it. Locked for you, of course  :)
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Re: GG-182
« Reply #51 on: July 27, 2010, 05:36:18 PM »
Now I know where I saw this picture not long ago. I might even have saved it to my computer, but in a unsorted map.
There was a Norwegian car simular to this, but there the driver was sitting in the rear. ;)
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Re: GG-182
« Reply #52 on: July 27, 2010, 11:12:12 PM »
Autodesign in Nederland features an ad where it says Machinefabriek W. Ley in Wiehl produced this car.

The photo source mentions Machinefabriek Bergia in Zeddam which put together this car.
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Re: GG-182
« Reply #53 on: July 28, 2010, 10:08:07 AM »
Bergia is what I was looking for indeed. I think I can call this puzzle solved now. After reading the online source it appears that Lammerse was right, the factory was in Wehl. After they stopped production the machines went to the companies "Bergia" and "Reform" in nearby Zeddam.

However, it would be nice to find out more:
Was Mr. Ley connected to the German make with the same name?
Was there a relation with the D.K.W. vehicle it very closely resembles?
How was it powered?

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