Para bike
 

Hi Guys,
what is the "motorbike" on the picture in the middle? :confused
In the front is well bike.
Radek

Bike photo
 

I think it was made to move ammo, radios or heavy kit with the drop container as part of its body. The engine could be a Ransomes or JAP with a pull start. The wellbike was found not to be to good at towing. Might be a prototype. Great photo.

Thanks.
Now are two sets of this pictures for sell on France ebay.
Radek

Do you have the Ebay Numbers?. so that i may put a bid on one of them.

No problem, I will find it.

Radek

Here are 150233935748, 150233925282 :)

and something EXTRA!!!!! :thup2: 150231824207 :D :cheers:

Radek

Thanks :cheers:
Think they will go for to much [photos]
How can i send you Austin photos start a new blog?

Keith, the picture at the top of the thread and I think all the others on that sale have been lifted from Gavin Birch's "Motorcycles at War" book and are actually IWM images. They look like scans to me and I don't think that the selection is coincidental.

The first picture is captioned :- "MWEE demonstrate a range of mechanical devices which could be delivered to Airborne Forces on the battlefield via air dropped equipment containers.At the front is the Welbike secure in folded-down configuration within a container. Jarrow tractor can also be seen". (IWM MVE11152/2)

I recommend a copy of the book or if you want higher res prints, order direct from the IWM. I'll happily look up numbers for you.

Rich

Thanks Rich, i have seen most of the photos before. i wont put a bid on. :cheers:

Hi,
if you have high resolution, please send it on my own email :cheers:
Or if you would like start the new thread. ;)

Many thanks Radek :note:

I sent the photos, hope they arrived. :cheers:

Many thanks, :note: I will look at home. I haven´t access to home mail in the job. :)

Radek :cheers:

Hello are there more Infos or Pictures from this Container Bike ?????

I have only pictures what are on ebay. :)

oh i mean this Bike in the middle it looks like a Trike with four wheels ..

Oh ya :doh: Do you mean the "tank" or "tractor" bike :yappy:O
Sorry I have only this one. :salute:

Radek

Welbike???
 

Radek,
The pic. you posted is not a Welbike: it's an early Brockhouse Corgi Mk 1 with spoked wheels. Corgis were made for the post war civilian market using a design very loosely based on the Welbike. The most obvious differences are: frame, handlebars, fuel tank and engine. Unfortunately, quite a few Corgis have been painted olive drab etc. and passed off at vehicle shows as parabikes which, as far as I'm aware, they never were, or were meant to be.
Regards,
Rhett.

Hi Rhett,
I know. :thup2:
This one is better :D

Radek