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General Category => Sales & Auctions => Topic started by: inacoma on December 23, 2007, 11:27:14 pm

Title: tricycle SPEED E400
Post by: inacoma on December 23, 2007, 11:27:14 pm

Hi

Unusual trike triporteur?

In Germany.

http://cgi.ebay.de/OLDTIMER-Dreirad-TEMPO-E400-restauriert_W0QQitemZ150197184293QQihZ005QQcategoryZ29750QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

John

Title: Tempo
Post by: Triporteur on December 31, 2007, 10:26:48 am

Unusual here, but not that unusual in Germany or India -

Tempos were built in India in the same way that Morris Oxfords became the Hindustan Ambassador. A 'tempo' is actually a generic term in parts of India (and in Nepal) for a larger 3-wheeler, in the same way that 'auto' or 'autorickshaw' is a generic term for the 3-wheeled Bajaj taxi.

When we were in India in January 2007 I didn't see any over there, but I remember that only certain parts of the country use them - Previously I've seen most in Calcutta and Rajastan.

I have quite a few photos of them on my Indian triporteurs site

http://indiantriporteurs.wordpress.com/

I used to be in touch with the Tempo club in Germany; they usually have one or two for sale. Restored ones are quite expensive, ie around £5000+

Last time I checked (about a year ago) there was a German company importing new Indian ones and converting them to catering trucks. I'll see if I can find the link for it.

(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f92/groovydubber/temposheesh.jpg)

This is the tempo we travelled in when we stayed at Sheesh Mahal (the palace in the background) in 1994. Fabulous room at the top, giant sunken marble bath-tub, etc but typically a powercut the night we stayed.
Most memorable was the toilet - a shed built onto the outside wall of this attic room; when you were sitting on the wc you looked through the holes in the floor to see the ground very far below.