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Car location: United States
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Technical specifications, photos and description:
- Make:
- Other Makes
- Year:
- 1971
- Mileage:
- 15,321
- Engine:
- 350
- Trim:
- 3 wheeler
- Vehicle Title:
- Clear
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Other Makes 3 wheeler for sale
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Very rare and original Velorex 350. This features a Jawa 350 2 cylinder engine. The Vinyl exterior is in perfect condition! Full roof. so also closed to drive . Technic has been revised. Many new parts .
This is one of the last Velorex produced at the factory in 1971.
Beginning in 1936. two brothers František (1914 - 1954) and Mojmír (1924-2011
[2]
) Stránský. the owners of a bicycle repair shop in the village of
Parník
near
Česká Třebová
. began the design of a small. cheap three-wheeled car. inspired by three-wheelers from
Morgan Motor Company
. In 1943. they built their first prototype using steel tubing wrapped by dural sheet metal and some bicycle parts (later these would be replaced by parts from motorcycles). They named the vehicle Oskar ("kára na ose. or "car on axle").
In 1945. the brothers built their first batch of cars. using leather cloth instead of sheet metal as the bodywork. Three vehicles were powered by 150 cc (9 cu in)
ČZ
motorcycle engines. three with 6 bhp (4 k W 6 PS). 300 cc (18 cu in) PAL engines and six with 250 cc (15 cu in)
Jawa
units.
In 1950. the Stránský's workshop was transferred to Velo. a small manufacturing company in
Hradec Králové
. later renamed to Velorex. In 1951. the machinery and six workers were moved into a new plant in
Solnice
. During that year. 120 Oskar 54 vehicles were produced a year later. 180 and in 1954. eighty workers produced 40 vehicles per month. On January 21. 1954. František Stránský died when a test prototype crashed. His brother. Mojmír. refused membership in the
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
and was fired. In 1956. the vehicle's name was changed to Velorex - Oskar and then just to Velorex. In 1959 the company produced 120 vehicles per month. In 1961 part of the production moved into a new plant in
Rychnov nad Kněžnou
.
In 1963. production of the newly designed "Model 16" started (fitted with either ČZ 175 or
Jawa 350
type 572 engines) and the model was modernized again in 1968. In 1971. production of three-wheeled cars stopped.
This is one of the last Velorex produced at the factory in 1971.
Beginning in 1936. two brothers František (1914 - 1954) and Mojmír (1924-2011
[2]
) Stránský. the owners of a bicycle repair shop in the village of
Parník
near
Česká Třebová
. began the design of a small. cheap three-wheeled car. inspired by three-wheelers from
Morgan Motor Company
. In 1943. they built their first prototype using steel tubing wrapped by dural sheet metal and some bicycle parts (later these would be replaced by parts from motorcycles). They named the vehicle Oskar ("kára na ose. or "car on axle").
In 1945. the brothers built their first batch of cars. using leather cloth instead of sheet metal as the bodywork. Three vehicles were powered by 150 cc (9 cu in)
ČZ
motorcycle engines. three with 6 bhp (4 k W 6 PS). 300 cc (18 cu in) PAL engines and six with 250 cc (15 cu in)
Jawa
units.
In 1950. the Stránský's workshop was transferred to Velo. a small manufacturing company in
Hradec Králové
. later renamed to Velorex. In 1951. the machinery and six workers were moved into a new plant in
Solnice
. During that year. 120 Oskar 54 vehicles were produced a year later. 180 and in 1954. eighty workers produced 40 vehicles per month. On January 21. 1954. František Stránský died when a test prototype crashed. His brother. Mojmír. refused membership in the
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
and was fired. In 1956. the vehicle's name was changed to Velorex - Oskar and then just to Velorex. In 1959 the company produced 120 vehicles per month. In 1961 part of the production moved into a new plant in
Rychnov nad Kněžnou
.
In 1963. production of the newly designed "Model 16" started (fitted with either ČZ 175 or
Jawa 350
type 572 engines) and the model was modernized again in 1968. In 1971. production of three-wheeled cars stopped.
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