Talk:Shelter (automobile)

A fact from Shelter (automobile) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 October 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Shelter was an experimental city car of the early 1950s designed and built by a Dutch engineering student with financial backing by the government of the Netherlands?

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So we're talking about a mirocar a la Isetta then eh? Not bad. Wo this was a short project? Too bad. -Daniel Blanchette 18:20, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Might link to this? http://www.isetta-owners-club-gb.com/rare_5.htm (but still no photo!)

A photo can be found here however the article attached to it seems a bit familar. http://www.3wheelers.com/shelter.html

That's it! That's the car! In fact, it's the same car that's in my book, only restored. Same license plate! Sonofagun. I'm glad he borrowed my text. Might have to borrow his picture. I love it! Man, that thing's tinier than I thought. - Lucky 6.9 07:33, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Partly true

This sotry is partly true was it not for that Van der Goot build a car first for himself and only afterward started planning building a car in a series. It was first intended for sale, but the press was not so gentle to the project. Only then it was thought of renting the car out. It took a trained mechanic about 15 minutes to exchange the gearbox/motorunit.

Only 4 were ever build, of which one survived, another one was later build from spare parts.

Ref: Autodesign in Nederland by Jan Lammerse 89.100.130.31 20:51, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]