Memories of Story.

[Bob Purton]

Just thought I would share some images of Story 2000. This one's a P Vallie which was for sale, a German guy had bought it along and wanted £4000 which was  far too much at the time. He was also selling the Scoot Mk1 along side for the sale sort of money. You cannot see it in the photo's but the body of the PV is a strange early plastic compound with no smooth gel coat on top, it had fiber stands in it that looked more like horse hair than fiberglass! Just painted over the top!

[Big Al]

Theme music, 'Into the Vallee' by the Skids? They are strange things. Sort of resin impregnated millboard. I found one in the Quircy region of France way back when which I later sold after the Christies auction for a satisfying sum. Part of me wishes I still had it but another part says I did the right thing as you cannot keep everything and I could not even dare sit in it! Better to move on to other things. Better to have had and moved on than never had at all, perhaps. MIne had a sort of square windscreen on it, almost as if it was off a larger car. Pics have shown this to have probably been correct.

[Rusty Chrome (Malcolm Parker)]

Lovely pic, thanks for sharing

[Bob Purton]

I guess I'm drawn to them because of the Ydral engine with gyrostarter.

[richard]

some images ? do you have more ? i am hopeless with cameras always forget to take any pictures at all . in fact Stoery is the last time i took any at all ! will dig one or two out

[Jonathan Poll]

Just thought I would share some images of Story 2000. This one's a P Vallie which was for sale, a German guy had bought it along and wanted £4000 which was  far too much at the time. He was also selling the Scoot Mk1 along side for the sale sort of money. You cannot see it in the photo's but the body of the PV is a strange early plastic compound with no smooth gel coat on top, it had fiber stands in it that looked more like horse hair than fiberglass! Just painted over the top!

My dad repaired one of them before. They are awful to repair, he had to have his feet poking out of the cockpit!

Weird car, since the prototype had a gel coat...


Loads of pics here: http://scoot-toujours.over-blog.com/categorie-11931026.html

[richard]

what cars that jonathon ? another by same designer ?  looks like a later type - never seen it before

[Bob Purton]

some images ? do you have more ? i am hopeless with cameras always forget to take any pictures at all . in fact Stoery is the last time i took any at all ! will dig one or two out

Yes I have loads but have to sit down one day and scan them all because they are real photos, not digital.

[Jonathan Poll]

what cars that jonathon ? another by same designer ?  looks like a later type - never seen it before

It is a Paul Valee prototyoe. Looks newer, but I think its actually one of the original protos, for the normal paul valee, not a new model!

[Bob Purton]

I doubt that very much. More likely the follow up that never went into production.

[richard]

guess i nmight be behind bob on this one jonathon - certainly looks more likely than a prototype i think

[richard]

stoery 2002

some images i have

 lloyd 400 - may be i think the earlier cardboard type 300. same Lloyd 300 engine as my Bruetsch Pfeil

fiat topolino 600 ohv engine replaced the earlier styled 600 side valve ( i still have one of these to sell )

lloyd alexander - not in fact a micro and bigger 4 stroke engine

fulda of some model jonathon could identify

[richard]

theres more

spatz photos taken ( and many more ) as the body and layout similar to my Bruetsch project

[richard]

bob looking again at your photo that wasn't euro 2000 that was considered too high in 2000 was it - see windscreen 

[Jonathan Poll]

stoery 2002

some images i have

 lloyd 400 - may be i think the earlier cardboard type 300. same Lloyd 300 engine as my Bruetsch Pfeil

fiat topolino 600 ohv engine replaced the earlier styled 600 side valve ( i still have one of these to sell )

lloyd alexander - not in fact a micro and bigger 4 stroke engine

fulda of some model jonathon could identify

Yep, its the Deluxe Fuldamobil S7!

Check this car out, its more obscure!