Puzzle #1963 - Andre Siames' 3-Wheel Electric Car

[Otto Puzzell]

Know the story? For 1 point, please respond below to identify the car pictured below, and who is that guy in the car?

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[Otto Puzzell]

Experts?

[Otto Puzzell]

Pro's know...

[Allemano]

Where does it come from?

[Otto Puzzell]

You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension: a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into... the Twilight Zone.

[Allemano]

Has this huge spot in the midle a certain kind of purpose?

[Otto Puzzell]

I can only assume it's for forward illumination

[Oguerrerob]

Andre Siames three wheeled car.
Photo date: 11 de noviembre de 1954
Belongs to Bettmann Collection

"Even though at first glance it doesn't seem so, two can ride in comfort in this tiny three-wheeled auto. It's a homemade buggy, fashioned in his back yard during his soare time by electrician Andre Siames, who hails from Boulogne Sur Seine Near Paris. Powered by a one horsepower motor and capable of reaching speeds up to 50 miles an hour, it was hit of the third Gadget Exhibit at Paris recently"

[Wendax]

Oui, bien sûr, c'est francais!

I should have looked at the license plate! I thought it looked so American. 

[Oguerrerob]

here it's with the license plate

[Otto Puzzell]

And the source of the photo.

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