Milburn Light Electrics
Milburn Wagon Company
1914 - 1923
Stockholm Museum's 1919
(2013 update: On display at Autoseum, South Sweden)
| 1919 Milburn Light Electric | |
  Photos courtesy of Lars-Göran Lindgren, Sweden web site: http://go.to/brasscar |
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| Owner: | Stockholm Museum of Science and Technology (Tekniska Museet) |
| Email: | Gert Ekström, Curator (gert.ekstrom-at-tekniskamuseet.se) |
| Location: | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Serial number (oval plate): | not found, Museum Acquisition#TM6894 |
| Motor number (title): | 1027414 |
| Body number (square plate): | 5537 |
| Model: | 1919 Milburn Light Electric Brougham |
| Wheels: | Wood |
| Color: | Brewster Green, with black upper body, black running gear, and blue wheels |
| Upholstery: | |
| Seating capacity: | 2 + 2 fold-down seats |
| Windows: | |
| Steering control: | Lever (tiller) |
| Speed control: | Lever |
| Top speed: | About 35 km/h (kilometers per hour) |
| Range: | 15 km (60 km with original batteries) |
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| Length overall: | 3.6meter |
| Width overall: | 1.7meter |
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| Height overall: | 2.05meter |
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| Heater: | |
| Motor: | 4.5HP, 80v |
| Drive train: | Worm |
| Controller: | |
| Springs: | |
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| Batteries: | The original batteries were replaced by 30v + 30v NiCd-batteries. |
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| Owner's remarks: This car was owned by the Waldemar Jungner company (Svenska Ackumulator aktiebolaget
AB Jungner, Stockholm), slightly less than 2 years. We do not know if the car was an experiment car for the Jungner batteries. It was later sold to The Swedish Electrocar Company (Svenska Elektrobilaktiebolaget) in 1922. The car was donated to Tekniska museet, Stockholm, in 1929. In that time the car seems to have been in a rather bad condition except for the interior. It could have been used for demonstrating. Mr. Christopher Sylwan restored the car in 1967-69. The car was drivable after the restoration but has, later on, just been put on display in an exhibition about electricity (2003). Best regards, Matts Ramberg, coordinator of the collections Notes From Museum's Website 10/10/09: "Registered, 21 April 1920, lic# A4575... Christopher Sylwan replaced batteries with nickel-cadmium, 30+30 volt." |
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