Eigenbau-Wow #1

[Otto Puzzell]

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

Correct

[Otto Puzzell]

#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]

#10 is French, isn't it?

[Quiller]

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

[Otto Puzzell]

#10 is French, isn't it?

No sir

[Otto Puzzell]

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]

#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]

Ah - you found the video - excellent! 

[Wendax]

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]

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.

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

Correct!

[Wendax]

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[Otto Puzzell]

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[Wendax]

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

[Otto Puzzell]

4 more days until the black hole gets this one.

[Wendax]

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

[Otto Puzzell]

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

[Otto Puzzell]

Away it goes

[Otto Puzzell]

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

[pnegyesi]

Was No10 built in the 1960s?

[Otto Puzzell]

Was No10 built in the 1960s?

No

[woodinsight]

Was #10 named Rover?

[Otto Puzzell]

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

[pnegyesi]

was it built in the 1950s?

[Otto Puzzell]

#10 was built in the 1950's

[pnegyesi]

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