Author Topic: 1947 Beaumont electric car prototype from Lytham St Annes, UK (Read 1188 times)

grobmotorix · « **on:** February 09, 2017, 01:02:51 PM »

Who knows this 1947 prototype?

EDIT:

now that this one is solved I would really love to know more about this electric prototype.

The German text on the back of this press photo speaks of the
"Beaumont-Werke" (Beaumont - Works) from Lytham St Annes.

Here is my hopefully correct translation of the german text:

The recently initiated fuel rationing that has been met with strong disapproval by the car owners in some cases even led to public protests.

Mr. Beaumont thought he has found a way out of this rationing by constructing an electrically driven car.
It will be launched for a price of 120 pound sterling by the Beaumont works of Lytham St Annes.
The two-seater car is said to be capable of driving 60km with a fully-charged battery and it could reach a top speed of 40km/h.
Our photo shows a model of this new British electric car.
10.December 1947

Unfortunately I did not find ANY traces of that company.

Who knows more?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #1 on:** April 08, 2017, 03:18:34 PM »

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kwgibbs · « **Reply #2 on:** April 08, 2017, 03:23:25 PM »

was this interesting car a british prototype of a well-known brand?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #3 on:** April 08, 2017, 03:39:09 PM »

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was this interesting car a british prototype of a well-known brand?

British - yes

well-known brand - no...

kwgibbs · « **Reply #4 on:** April 08, 2017, 04:44:36 PM »

was there any relation to the Lilliput sports roadster? somehow it reminds me of it.

grobmotorix · « **Reply #5 on:** April 08, 2017, 04:51:26 PM »

~~Lilliput~~

richard cuyler · « **Reply #6 on:** April 10, 2017, 09:27:55 AM »

1940s and rear-engined?

kwgibbs · « **Reply #7 on:** April 10, 2017, 10:01:21 AM »

was the builder of this car quite an obscure person?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #8 on:** April 10, 2017, 12:21:24 PM »

1940´s, yes.

My source was a press photo and it was released 1947.

The car was built and presented by a company in the UK.

kwgibbs · « **Reply #9 on:** April 10, 2017, 02:20:34 PM »

the co. that presented this car,did they build other products as well as cars?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #10 on:** April 10, 2017, 02:23:08 PM »

I am quite sure yes.

My source talks of the producing company as the XXX-Works...

Only that I can´t find out too much about them or what they produced before or after they showed this prototype.

Allan L · « **Reply #11 on:** April 11, 2017, 04:30:55 AM »

I feel I should know this but as I don't I'm not sure where to start.
1947 was a good year for cars that had been dreamed up by people on fire-watch duty during the war, such as the Healey. Another class involved aeroplane companies looking for diversification after the main customer (the RAF) had a reduced need for their normal product (e.g. Bristol). Can't have been one of those as their other products were hardly obscure.

grobmotorix · « **Reply #12 on:** April 11, 2017, 01:39:00 PM »

This is why I can´t help too much.

The only thing I can reveal is:

it was built in Lancashire.

kwgibbs · « **Reply #13 on:** April 11, 2017, 08:01:26 PM »

was it named after the builder?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #14 on:** April 12, 2017, 11:35:26 AM »

No.

In fact it was named after the works´name, which sound quite nice / French...

kwgibbs · « **Reply #15 on:** April 12, 2017, 12:23:19 PM »

was it an industrial type works?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #16 on:** April 13, 2017, 10:22:59 AM »

The problem I have is that the press photo was released in Germany in 1947, so it has a German press text on its rear side.
Unfortunate it just says it was built in the "XXXXXXXX-Werke".

That´s all - I do not have an exact company name like -Works or -Ltd., so I was not ablr to find it...

grobmotorix · « **Reply #17 on:** May 01, 2017, 02:53:45 PM »

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pnegyesi · « **Reply #18 on:** June 11, 2017, 04:53:17 AM »

do we need to find a probably misspelled name

?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #19 on:** June 12, 2017, 12:05:33 PM »

I do not think so.

Let´s help massively - I want this to be solved as I want to get any more information about this one...

The first part of the name stands for "attractive" or "nice" in French.

nicanary · « **Reply #20 on:** June 12, 2017, 12:20:27 PM »

Beauchamp?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #21 on:** June 12, 2017, 12:28:48 PM »

Beau is correct

Beau~~champ~~

pnegyesi · « **Reply #22 on:** June 12, 2017, 01:07:36 PM »

Beaulieu?

nicanary · « **Reply #23 on:** June 12, 2017, 01:08:32 PM »

Beaufort?

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #24 on:** June 12, 2017, 01:15:18 PM »

Beaucoup?

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