Para bike

[Radek]

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

[Keith Brooker]

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.

[Radek]

Originally Posted by Keith Brooker

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

[Keith Brooker]

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

[Radek]

Originally Posted by Keith Brooker

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

No problem, I will find it.

Radek

[Radek]

Here are 150233935748, 150233925282

and something EXTRA!!!!! 150231824207

Radek

[Keith Brooker]

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

[Rich Payne]

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

[Keith Brooker]

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

[Radek]

Originally Posted by Keith Brooker

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

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

Many thanks Radek

[Keith Brooker]

I sent the photos, hope they arrived.

[Radek]

Originally Posted by Keith Brooker

I sent the photos, hope they arrived.

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

Radek

[Marco C.]

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

[Radek]

I have only pictures what are on ebay.

[Marco C.]

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

[Radek]

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

Radek

[Rhett Fisher]

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.

[Radek]

Originally Posted by Rhett Fisher

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.
This one is better

Radek