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SOLVED: WTH # 466 - 1899 LiFu Steam Wagonette from Isle of Wight
« on: March 12, 2016, 07:13:13 PM »
What is this, where was it made, and what sort of legal trouble did the driver get into?
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Re: WTH # 466
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2016, 11:58:08 PM »
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Re: WTH # 466
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2016, 11:59:11 AM »
England?
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Re: WTH # 466
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2016, 12:27:53 PM »
Yes, it is from England
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Re: WTH # 466
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2016, 03:10:32 PM »
The first guess is that it resembles a Carter 5 tonner of about 1905
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Re: WTH # 466
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2016, 03:28:58 PM »
Not a Carter, from before 1905, not sure of capacity
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Re: WTH # 466
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2016, 08:40:13 AM »
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Re: WTH # 466
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2016, 09:03:41 AM »
1899 LIFU Liquid Fuel Engineering Company from East Cowes Isle of Wight. Builder Henry Alonso House was fined 10 shiling fo furious driving at 18 mph. He became the first person to be convicted for speeding on the Isle of White.
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Re: WTH # 466
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2016, 09:14:52 AM »
Point awarded to ropat53 for the complete answer.

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