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1958 Electruk Rider E15

1958 Electruk Rider E15 in The Spare Tyres, Short Movie, 1967

Class: Others, Ground conveyor — Model origin:

1958 Electruk Rider E15

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

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jcb ◊ 2024-08-26 18:23	Lewis Electruk ?
rjluna2 ◊ 2024-08-26 18:42	Interesting DVLA wrote TCE 960 ✗ Untaxed Tax due: 1 June 2011 MOT No results returned Vehicle Details Vehicle make: THLEWIS Date of first registration: August 1958 Year of manufacture: 1958 Cylinder capacity: Not available CO₂ emissions: Not available Fuel type: ELECTRICITY Euro status: Not available Real Driving Emissions (RDE): Not available Export marker: No Vehicle status: Untaxed Vehicle colour: GREEN Vehicle type approval: Not available Wheelplan: NOT RECORDED Revenue weight: Not available Date of last V5C (logbook) issued: 22 December 2010
jcb ◊ 2024-08-26 20:36	Maybe still around then -- Last edit: 2024-08-26 20:36:30
mike962 ◊ 2024-08-26 22:09	looks like a Ross https://zavanak.com/ev-makes-1950-to-1990/mm-to-wales-edwards-we/ Quote Ross Established in 1949, Ross Auto Engineering of Southport entered the electric vehicle market in 1955 when it took on the manufacture of Helecs vehicles from Hindle Smart. It built 168 10 cwt Rider Prams for Express Dairy that were to the design of T H Lewis (an Express Dairy subsidiary) which lacked the capacity to build them. This deal was actually a sub-contract from Hindle Smart and explains why the vehicles carried Helecs maker’s plates and not Ross ones. In 1956 Ross started producing its own 10 cwt and 25 cwt floats, followed by the Minor 5 cwt model. It also announced the Ross Auto 25 as a 25 cwt milk float. This compact four-wheeler was fitted with only 16 cells and had a 2.6 hp motor pushing it up to 8 mph with a full load. It featured a fully integrated body and cab in preference to the Rider Pram concept. By the 1960s this had given way to the 1 ton Beaver and the 1½ ton Major models. -- Last edit: 2024-08-26 22:10:39
mike962 ◊ 2024-08-26 22:12	-- Last edit: 2024-08-26 22:12:43
jcb ◊ 2024-08-26 22:58	It is registered as a Lewis and second thumb has Elektruk plate on side. So for me it is a Lewis Electruk. See Wiki https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Electruk -- Last edit: 2024-08-26 22:58:32
Jale ◊ 2024-08-26 23:08	Model EC Rider Pram? "T H Lewis was a coachbuilder in London, founded in 1854. The firm entered a contract with by Express Dairy in 1873 to deliver the milk across London. It built most of its horse-drawn floats and hand carts for that purpose, as well as bodywork on chassis from other firms. The company was taken over by Express dairy in 1931. It started making three-wheel pedestrian controlled milk delivery prams in 1937, branded as Electruks. In 1949, a four-wheel version, called the EB, was brought out. Five years later the EC Rider Pram was unveiled, a compact driver-controlled 25 cwt milk float with tiny wheels and a very basic forward control cab. This in effect was a PCV with a basic cab bolted on to the front of it. Express Dairy bought 1,400 of these 25 cwt Rider Prams – which may have had the designation Rider EC. One of its principal features was a claimed ability to surmount a 1 in 4 gradient (25% grade). In 1955 Electruk showed off its type AER, which followed the trend of adding a box behind the cab able to carry some ice and enable the vehicle to carry perishable goods." https://zavanak.com/ev-makes-1950-to-1990/bedford-to-energyelec/
mike962 ◊ 2024-08-26 23:17	jcb wrote It is registered as a Lewis and second thumb has Elektruk plate on side. So for me it is a Lewis Electruk. See Wiki https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Electruk it may be registered but can you find a single one who looks like main ??? while with Ross you find plenty who look spot on -- Last edit: 2024-08-26 23:18:09
jcb ◊ 2024-08-26 23:19	A very confusing progeny. However we seem to have them named as ' Electruk Rider ' and we already have 16 of them . /vehicles.php?make=Electruk&model=Rider+E15&modelMatch=1&modelInclModel=on So 'Electruk Rider' it is for me.
mike962 ◊ 2024-08-26 23:24	then the question who do this Ross look exactly the same? -- Last edit: 2024-08-26 23:29:09
Jale ◊ 2024-08-26 23:26	Model EC: https://www.flickr.com/photos/74342867@N03/16120143861 Fleet number as RP205 or RP499 suggest name Rider Pram: https://expressdairytales.uk/ed-transport-retail We can list all of them as Pram but this E15 rather is from one of the later models, not for all of them...
mike962 ◊ 2024-08-26 23:27	^ here that pic again listed as Helecs 'Rider Pram' https://www.wythall.org.uk/vehicles/vrlw610.asp and to come back to my previous point they were actually build by Ross then Quote Ross Established in 1949, Ross Auto Engineering of Southport entered the electric vehicle market in 1955 when it took on the manufacture of Helecs vehicles from Hindle Smart. It built 168 10 cwt Rider Prams for Express Dairy that were to the design of T H Lewis (an Express Dairy subsidiary) which lacked the capacity to build them. This deal was actually a sub-contract from Hindle Smart and explains why the vehicles carried Helecs maker’s plates and not Ross ones. -- Last edit: 2024-08-26 23:29:00
Jale ◊ 2024-08-26 23:38	"T H Lewis, owned by Express Dairy, constructed a huge number of them, assisted by other manufacturers." - then it's impossible to determine which manufacturer produced which vehicle without specific information. If the one in the main photo was registered as TH Lewis, then could not have been produced by Ross. But as it was sold under the Electruk brand, then make should be Electruk.
jcb ◊ 2024-08-26 23:39	The one in the film has an ELECTRUK nameplate on the side as seen in thumb picture so there is no doubt about it. From what I can gather T H Lewis made around 2000 Electruks and Ross helped out by making 168 to same design. -- Last edit: 2024-08-27 10:14:12
mike962 ◊ 2024-08-26 23:40	^ ok that makes sense but boy subcontracting to a company who in turn also subcontracts another company is just big WTF BTW JCB that elusive britsh golf cart found it /vehicle_1084787-Harbilt-1969.html -- Last edit: 2024-08-26 23:42:33
jcb ◊ 2024-08-26 23:53	Well done on golf cart. We may yet find a Ross but only way to tell from a Electruk would be if reg.no. on dvla records. There is an argument that the Electruks should be T H LEWIS ELECTRUK RIDER PRAMS and possibly the Ross coukd be Helics !
jcb ◊ 2024-08-27 10:14	Think we have concluded this is an Electruk Rider.
rjluna2 ◊ 2024-08-28 21:33	What about the DVLA listed here
jcb ◊ 2024-08-29 11:33	We already have 16 Electruks so better to stick with this IMHO. Interesting that someone applied for a logbook in 2010 I wonder if it is still around ? I also wonder if these random log book applications ( seen quite a few on imcdb) were dodgy people who wanted the registration no. for another vehicle -- Last edit: 2024-08-29 11:35:42

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