Author Topic: OGB-296 Volatram Electric Car Prototype by Donald H Chadwick & George G Davidson at Stuart Motors 19  (Read 4286 times)

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #25 on: December 09, 2019, 04:55:14 AM »
No Bendix involved as far as I know. I can't say this car is driverless.


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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #26 on: December 09, 2019, 12:48:24 PM »
Was the system anything to do with anti-theft device from a security co. that manufactures these kind of products?

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #27 on: December 09, 2019, 12:55:24 PM »
No Bendix involved as far as I know. I can't say this car is driverless.
What I've meant is that I just know that the system involves electronics and was inserted in this vehicle

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #28 on: December 09, 2019, 12:56:51 PM »
Was the system anything to do with anti-theft device from a security co. that manufactures these kind of products?

I don't think so

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #29 on: December 09, 2019, 01:06:11 PM »
I wonder if it was a stereo system,the first in a three wheeled car of that time of 1961?

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #30 on: December 09, 2019, 01:29:36 PM »
Was this electric car from the west coast?

Not from East Coast
When asked if the vehicle was from the West Coast, your responded that it was not from the East Coast. Please clarify. Thanks!

New question from me:

These guys developed some system that was placed in this prototype built by this company.
Was the company known for producing other automobiles?

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #31 on: December 09, 2019, 02:45:36 PM »
Sorry, anyway not from East or West Coast.

You asked:
Was the company known for producing other automobiles?

One car is known

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #32 on: December 09, 2019, 03:35:11 PM »
Was the other car also a three wheeled car or four?

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #33 on: December 09, 2019, 03:45:13 PM »
4 wheeler

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #34 on: December 09, 2019, 04:08:31 PM »
Was the four wheel car a conventional looking car or strange like the three wheeler?

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #35 on: December 09, 2019, 04:21:01 PM »
It was a little strange at its time, but for today, totally normal

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #36 on: December 09, 2019, 07:22:16 PM »
Were the two guys  well-known?

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #37 on: December 10, 2019, 01:13:28 AM »
Not that I'm aware of

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #38 on: December 12, 2019, 05:27:19 PM »
Did the two guys work for a power company?

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #39 on: December 12, 2019, 09:22:48 PM »
It was a little strange at its time, but for today, totally normal
Which came first, the puzzle car or the 4-wheeler?

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #40 on: December 13, 2019, 01:01:15 AM »
Almost simultaneous, 1961, as far as I know

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #41 on: December 13, 2019, 04:40:45 PM »
Was this an aerospace company?

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #42 on: December 14, 2019, 01:52:11 AM »
Not that I'm aware of

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #43 on: December 14, 2019, 06:41:44 AM »
Would it be possible to see the four wheeled car,it may give us a clue to what this car is?hope you don't mind me asking.

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #44 on: December 14, 2019, 07:10:08 AM »
It would be a giveaway. But I can tell that it was electric, two doors, not a coupe, 1961-62, and it's very well known (I think)

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #45 on: December 14, 2019, 11:02:56 AM »
So far the only one that comes to mind is the 1961-62 Stuart electric car?

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #46 on: December 14, 2019, 11:16:44 AM »
That's the one! Locked for you to find the three wheeler

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #47 on: December 14, 2019, 12:03:57 PM »
No luck so far,but was it called Barry Stuarts electric three wheeler?

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #48 on: December 14, 2019, 12:47:04 PM »
No, the car's name is related to the Stuart's facilities, where he built his electric car (not the name of the city)

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Re: OGB-296 Name this car
« Reply #49 on: December 14, 2019, 02:42:47 PM »
Was there a facilities or co.Dow Electric that he was working for?