Re: Personlig nummerplåt

[Halsten Aastebol]

At 23:48 20.09.2003 +0200, Patrik Lidenskog wrote:


>>haha! Nä, men väl en stor gul folkabuss ägd av elektrosektionen på
>>chalmers som har Kalle Anka som skyddshelgon. (se www.etek.chalmers.se)
>>
>>/Theresa
>
>Hmm...
>Attans chalmerister...
>Jag som har planer på att nån gång bygga en hotrod som ska se ut som 
>riktiga 313..
>
>/2632 Patrik

Det er allerede gjort. Bilen finnes i Bergen tror jeg. For et par år siden 
skrev jeg om dette på DCML:

>At 10:46 16.05.01 +0200, Olaf Solstrand wrote:
>
>>I've also seen on the Norwegian TV show "Norge Rundt" some people making 
>>a real car exact similar as 313. If anyone knows more about that story, 
>>maybe they can tell what model THAT was?
>
>That car actually exist, yes! It's an almost exact replica of 313 as seen 
>in the comics. Only difference in appearance at first eyeglance is black 
>tires instead of white. The engine however is not a "1920 Mixwell engine" 
>as described in "Volcano Valley", but rather a more well known engine from 
>an Opel Kadett.
>
>Here is the story of the car:
>The idea came up in late 1990 in connection with the planning of a car 
>show (Motorama) to be held in 1991 in Trondheim, Norway. The car was build 
>during the winter and spring of 1991 at Geir Jonassen's workshop in 
>Trondheim. He used panels from the Donald Duck weekly when sketching out 
>the construction drawings. Based on the assumption that Donald is 1 meter 
>tall, the car was calculated to be 2.8 meters long. It was stretched 
>somewhat compared to the comics in order to make sufficient space for a 
>door. In the comics the distance between front and rear wheels are greater 
>when the door is open! Stretchy thing!
>To be able to turn the front wheels, the fenders had to be modified.
>The body was made from steel plates with the help of Geir's brother Ola 
>and their father Finn.
>
>Olav Andresen assembled the car at his garage and mounted the engine and 
>pedals. The engine was like I said above from an Opel Kadett. The wheels 
>are of the same type as used for tractor trailers manufactured in a nearby 
>village.
>
>Spraywork was done by Rolf Naess and Morten Bordal at Naess Billakkering, 
>Melhus.
>Interior was done by Aage Henriksen.
>
>The work was completed in only 8 weeks, and the car was ready and running 
>in time for the Motorama.
>
>At the 2nd of May, Donald Duck was given driver's license valid for the 
>municipality of Duckburg. The car was approved by the automobil 
>authorities in Trondheim and given, of course, the number 313.
>
>All this information is presented in an album written (in Norwegian) by 
>Arne Asphjell and Geir Hasnes called "Duckmobiles". There are also some 
>pictures of the car. It has been my intention for a long time to scan 
>these pictures and put them on the web. Maybe it will happen.
>The rest of the album (31 pages) is dedicated to the automobiles of the 
>duck universe.It has chapters like: Donald's car, Daisy's cars, 
>Gladstone's cars, Grandma's car, Scrooge's cars, Gyro Gearloose, The 
>Beagle Boys' cars, Traffic, Veteran cars, Luxury cars, Prize cars, Other 
>vehicles, Equipment, The Future. All examples are from Barks stories, and 
>they are compared with real-life models. Really interesting!

Halsten