Author Topic: Eigenbau-Wow #1 (Read 2885 times)

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #25 on:** July 09, 2012, 03:20:50 AM »

Quote from: faksta on July 08, 2012, 12:51:23 PM

#4 is AF - Volkswagen by Alfred Fegers, German F3 car.

Correct

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #26 on:** July 09, 2012, 03:22:39 AM »

Quote from: Paul Jaray on July 08, 2012, 04:25:34 PM

#9- Illuminati Seven, 2010.
Built by IMW (Illumintai Motor Works
From Illinois
They say: "The steel frame and foam/fiberglass body were constructed by hand. (No, it is not a Volkswagen or a Tucker.)"

Yep - built for the Automotive X-Prize competition, I believe.

faksta · « **Reply #27 on:** July 09, 2012, 08:32:10 AM »

#10 is French, isn't it?

Quiller · « **Reply #28 on:** July 09, 2012, 02:18:11 PM »

I don't know who built #8 but it's a Swedish-made Ford Taunus custom job. Quite horrid.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #29 on:** July 10, 2012, 03:25:58 AM »

Quote from: faksta on July 09, 2012, 08:32:10 AM

#10 is French, isn't it?

No sir

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #30 on:** July 10, 2012, 03:26:46 AM »

Quote from: Quiller on July 09, 2012, 02:18:11 PM

I don't know who built #8 but it's a Swedish-made Ford Taunus custom job. Quite horrid.

Good enough for this puzzle.

Tom_I · « **Reply #31 on:** July 10, 2012, 06:24:08 AM »

#5 is a hybrid petrol-electric tricycle built by Avery Petty from Riverside, California. It doesn't use batteries, but has a 5 kW petrol generator driving two DC electric motors (hang on, weren't Tilling-Stevens doing something similar over 100 years ago?).

Anyway, the vehicle is street legal, does 30 mph and 90 mpg, and is, according to its creator, awesome.

In fact he likes it so much that it's for sale at the moment at $10,000, though the advert claims it cost nearly ten times that to build, and took 4 years. According to his Facebook page, Avery is a cashier at Walmart - they must pay better wages than shops do in the UK. Best be quick. I can't see this baby sitting around for long...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI2Uf3T75Cg

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #32 on:** July 10, 2012, 08:29:56 AM »

Ah - you found the video - excellent!

Wendax · « **Reply #33 on:** July 14, 2012, 12:28:40 PM »

I think #1 isn't just a plain Ledl. It is called Manuk, is from Austria, uses a Ledl body and a modified Ford Escort RS 2000 engine.

#6: BMW K 1000 sidebike with BMW 850 rear, built by Gerhard Buchholz from Berlin

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #34 on:** July 15, 2012, 04:29:54 AM »

Quote from: Wendax on July 14, 2012, 12:28:40 PM

I think #1 isn't just a plain Ledl. It is called Manuk, is from Austria, uses a Ledl body and a modified Ford Escort RS 2000 engine.

That's the name I had for it, too. But I could only find one source, which I considered suspect. As a Ledl is a kit car, I'm not sure there are any plain examples. Each would be more or less unique, I think. Nevertheless, I'll give you an additional point for confirming Manuk.

Quote from: Wendax on July 14, 2012, 12:28:40 PM

#6: BMW K 1000 sidebike with BMW 850 rear, built by Gerhard Buchholz from Berlin

Correct!

Wendax · « **Reply #35 on:** July 18, 2012, 09:15:15 AM »

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #36 on:** July 18, 2012, 11:12:01 AM »

Wendax · « **Reply #37 on:** July 18, 2012, 11:23:58 AM »

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on July 18, 2012, 11:12:01 AM

?

I posted something which I rejected immediately, but couldn't delete the post.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #38 on:** August 15, 2012, 05:32:40 AM »

4 more days until the black hole gets this one.

Wendax · « **Reply #39 on:** August 15, 2012, 06:32:03 AM »

#10 looks like a home-built Midget racer. Is it one?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #40 on:** August 15, 2012, 08:48:40 AM »

It is a smaller-than-normal car, but not technically a Midget

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #41 on:** August 27, 2012, 04:07:25 AM »

Away it goes

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #42 on:** September 09, 2012, 09:41:34 AM »

Here is another picture of the remaining car, with its builder

pnegyesi · « **Reply #43 on:** October 07, 2012, 01:11:52 AM »

Was No10 built in the 1960s?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #44 on:** October 07, 2012, 03:50:56 AM »

Quote from: pnegyesi on October 07, 2012, 01:11:52 AM

Was No10 built in the 1960s?

No

woodinsight · « **Reply #45 on:** October 07, 2012, 03:55:33 AM »

Was #10 named Rover?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #46 on:** October 07, 2012, 04:26:55 AM »

No such name is mentioned in the material I found on this car.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #47 on:** October 07, 2012, 04:27:30 AM »

was it built in the 1950s?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #48 on:** October 07, 2012, 04:28:29 AM »

#10 was built in the 1950's

pnegyesi · « **Reply #49 on:** October 07, 2012, 04:35:27 AM »

No10: Six-year-old Paul Vilardi spins around a turn in a souped-up one-cylinder midget built by his racing father. The date is 1953

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