Time for a new Mystery microco competition.

[Big Al]

The car was built by Jose' Maria Rodriguez and is called a Joseso Monovolumen, the literal translation is Josephs Van.
Before this model was built he built a jeep type body on a tubular chassis which was the prototype for this model. By 1960 no further cars were made. 40 cars in 10 years would suggest that it was not exactly a high speed production line. The bodies were all GRP and as I have said the engine was a 250cc Villiers twin with a 4 speed gear box.

I would be interested to know if there was use of Fiat panels in this car at the beginning as it is so Multipla/600 in some areas. The Multipla was pretty slow so the miniature version with a Villiers in it kind of works too. To round it off the back looks like a London Taxi so the designer might have been a Taxi fan! An interesting machine which I was not aware of.

The Peel was a study on a Ford Special theme I believe. Then ran with the idea of a sports car and then revisted the idea of limited production/kit cars with the Peel Viking, which I have owned. The Viking was a good car but unfortunately a bit late onto the market I think.

I know the next car too.

[Bob Purton]

The Joseso was a new one on me too. I just stumbled across it whilst searching a motorcycle site.

Chris, how about a RCN article on this one?

[Jonathan Poll]

Well, here is a BIG tip, you can tell it's a Nobel. But what model? Hahaha...
I will say whenever I want to






Good luck!

[Peelpower]

Normally i would name it a 1962 Nobel pick up, but the nose seems not appropriate to me.
I wonder who knows what in fact it is !
 

[Big Al]

Contrary to one picture it is not a Fairthorpe Atom!!!

[richard]

think you must have misread the picture al . those atom like objects are actually an arrangement of mirrors - Mod style like a period scooter -arent they ?

[Jonathan Poll]

Times up! It is in fact a Nobel Sporty.
It was a 1958 prototype, built by York Noble Industries. That was used for the Nobel Vicky idea.

[Big Al]

King Albert mirror stack for your Mod machine. I like it.

Are the bubble cars still in the base of the Atoma with the MIni? Last time I was there you could not go in all the Electrons/Neutron as you used to be able too.

[marcus]

Interesting TV program about atomic physics recently. Between each atom and the orbits of all the things orbiting it there is a (relatively) vast amount of nothing. If you were to take all the "nothingness" out of the entire human population of Earth, the remaining "somethingness" would be the size of a sugar cube. We are but dust!

[richard]

i am ferrous oxide mainly 

[Big Al]

Interesting TV program about atomic physics recently. Between each atom and the orbits of all the things orbiting it there is a (relatively) vast amount of nothing. If you were to take all the "nothingness" out of the entire human population of Earth, the remaining "somethingness" would be the size of a sugar cube. We are but dust!

Do not tell Network Rail and friends!