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About Quiz # 284: Framo LT300
We didn’t receive a lot of answers this time, but all except one were correct in identifying our quiz car as a German made Framo. The answers came from David Miller, Rex Wyeth, Heinz-Peter Spröde, Ivo Braecken and jury members Fried Stol, Paul Linster and Frans Vrijaldenhoven, the last one also sending us a picture of the attractive
Framo Stomer coupé. Between the correct answers it was a close call between David and Rex. In the end we decided to award the PreWarCar T-shirt to Rex for his answer that was very compact, to the point and in exactly 99 words told us all we wanted to know! Congratulations Rex with your second win (see Read More for his answer). Our thanks go to Stuart Penketh, who spotted the Framo in the
museum of Mr. Jesada Desh-sakul-rith (about 44km west of Bangkok) who over the years has collected an amazing assortment of bubble cars, rickshaws, scooters and
mopeds and of course his eclectic collection of cars. He also has an impressive collection of children’s
toy cars.
Rex Wyeth’s answer: “Framo LT300PV DKW Engine 1 cylinder 2 stroke 7HP approximately 295cc 500kg 1931 - 1933. Top speed 35KmH. Metall-Werke Frankenburg GmbH was founded by Danish engineer Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen, Paul Figura and Richard Blau in 1923. Freight trike production started in 1927. Moved to Hainichen and renamed FRAMO-Werke GmbH in 1934. The V500 4 wheeled transporter came in 1938. 1943 military production began, and in 1944 & 1945 labour came from Flossenburg concentration camp. From 1945 Soviet military administration dismantled the factories. 1948 when vehicle production resumed. 1957 saw the name change to Barkas, closing on 10th April 1991.”
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Friday, 01 October 2010
We didn’t receive a lot of answers this time, but all except one were correct in identifying our quiz car as a German made Framo. The answers came from David Miller, Rex Wyeth, Heinz-Peter Spröde, Ivo Braecken and jury members Fried Stol, Paul Linster and Frans Vrijaldenhoven, the last one also sending us a picture of the attractive Framo Stomer coupé. Between the correct answers it was a close call between David and Rex. In the end we decided to award the PreWarCar T-shirt to Rex for his answer that was very compact, to the point and in exactly 99 words told us all we wanted to know! Congratulations Rex with your second win (see Read More for his answer). Our thanks go to Stuart Penketh, who spotted the Framo in the museum of Mr. Jesada Desh-sakul-rith (about 44km west of Bangkok) who over the years has collected an amazing assortment of bubble cars, rickshaws, scooters and mopeds and of course his eclectic collection of cars. He also has an impressive collection of children’s toy cars.
