[{"id": 15076323, "authorName": "Jeff-Lacy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jeff-lacy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Does it have any power to pull a grade? Top speed? Driving video?", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1721869401, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15076385, "authorName": "WonderlandCanyon", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wonderlandcanyon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "\u201c The foot pedal layout is a central accelerator flanked by clutch and brake pedals.\u201d Is it just me, that believes hitting the wrong pedal might be an ever constant threat? Not to mention, you might be a little distracted by having to engage the transmission via a \u201cdash housing mounted shifter.\u201d", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1721869986, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15076450, "authorName": "59turner", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/59turner/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I have learned that I don't bid on no-reserve auctions, but I want to so bad. What an odd duck?", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1721870613, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15076623, "authorName": "Thaddeus_P", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/thaddeus_p/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It`s amazing this survived WW2 being in Germany, not being nailed in a B17 air raid. I'd love to hear it's early history.", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1721872507, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15076749, "authorName": "lubricator", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lubricator/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Obviously with the wood frame rails there is no concern with rust, but what about a termite report?", "likes": 15, "timestamp": 1721874165, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15076954, "authorName": "c4ag", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/c4ag/", "bidAmount": 1000, "content": "$1,000 bid placed by c4ag", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1721877392, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15077017, "authorName": "Citabria98", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/citabria98/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wooden frame, \u201cirs\u201d, no instruments, and suicide pedals, and too many other strange things to mention. Far out and weird, off the scale.", "likes": 13, "timestamp": 1721878651, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15077165, "authorName": "Valiantjim", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/valiantjim/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is why I am addicted to @BaT. At least once a week I will see and learn of something automotive that is entirely new to me. And as in this case of a manufacturer and vehicle I've never heard of. This is just crazy cool and has a look unlike anything I've ever seen. And think of it, a \"truck\" with a 197cc \"engine\". I'm surprised it doesn't have secondary controls on a supplemental push bar so the driver can get behind and help it along. How can you not want to own it! GLWTA", "likes": 17, "timestamp": 1721881894, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15077217, "authorName": "Lewis", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lewis/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I saw one of these at an auction in New York State about 40 years ago. Not in bad shape and I was amazed that the engine pivoted with the front wheel. I wonder whatever happened to it? It's possible that this is it. There were other 3-wheel trucks in Germany such as the Goliath which I think was part of the Lloyd-Hansa-Goggomobile group of companies.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1721883844, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15077302, "authorName": "CraZ8", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craz8/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "How is the owner selling this like being a bad drummer? Neither can keep tempo!", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1721887294, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15077422, "authorName": "boaboyoz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/boaboyoz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I don\u2019t know about y\u2019all, but I sure didn\u2019t have a Tempo E200 on my BaT Bingo Card today, for until seeing this, I wasnt aware of such a thing. It seems it is the first of its ilk to be for sale on BaT. What a fascinating, and cool, creature - GLWTA!\r\n\r\n@TommyBruin @Martyn10 @tlcamg @Captainpua greetings from preDawn Kings County, check this out!", "likes": 10, "timestamp": 1721898704, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15077592, "authorName": "TommyBruin", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tommybruin/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "7 HP huh? Should this not be a Premium Auction? \r\n\r\nThanks to the dingo @boaboyoz for the sighting of this rare creature.", "likes": 11, "timestamp": 1721907077, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15077629, "authorName": "boaboyoz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/boaboyoz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@TommyBruin lol, I missed the 7HP part, in all the excitement", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1721907901, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15077667, "authorName": "Mustang15", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mustang15/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Poll: this Tempo or a Ford Tempo?", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1721908847, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15077872, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 1101, "content": "$1,101 bid placed by ronst", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1721911816, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15077889, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@seller the listing doesn't say whether it runs or not? If so when was the last time it was run? Or driven? I note it says the brakes need work, but would love to see a video of it starting and maybe just moving forward and reverse?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1721911922, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15078036, "authorName": "AlfaZagato", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alfazagato/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I only would mildly expect a Tempo on BaT. Much less one of the pre-war three-wheelers. You can model it, too! Though I think only in 1/35 as of right now.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1721913368, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15078308, "authorName": "GibbsConnors (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gibbsconnors/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thanks for all the interest, positive comments and head scratchers. The Tempo runs, I've submitted a video to the admin just now and will try to upload it here. I drove the vehicle around my property. There's a learning curve as one might expect with an oddball like this. I think Model T's and A's had a similar pedal cluster? Please feel free to message me with questions or requests for specific photos if I missed them in the gallery upload.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1721916214, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15078465, "authorName": "tlcamg", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tlcamg/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "You had me at the gear shifter and of course, the front grill @boaboyoz. \r\nPeculiar to say the least", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1721917377, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15078530, "authorName": "tlcamg", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tlcamg/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "You had me at that cool shifter and the grill @boaboyoz", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1721917953, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15078595, "authorName": "CraigInPA", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craiginpa/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "That's a mighty big bed for a 7hp machine. Wherever it was used must not have had any hills at all.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1721918473, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15078613, "authorName": "bringatrailer", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A video has been added to the gallery. \n\n-BaT", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1721918590, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15078735, "authorName": "therouj", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/therouj/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Any vehicle with a two stroke engine is of interest. I learned to drive in Bull Nose SAAB's and a DKW. I still mow with an old two stroke Lawn-Boy mower.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1721919459, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15078772, "authorName": "onlyhonda4me", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/onlyhonda4me/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'm guessing one might get a few looks and comments driving this rig in town", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1721919755, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15078799, "authorName": "Bordeaux", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bordeaux/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The Tempo three-wheelers were not only successful in the 1930s. They were also a part of the street scene in Germany from 1947 until well into the 1960s. In the mid-1950s, 101,000 three-wheeled \"Tempo\" vehicles were registered for traffic. Many of you who served here at the time will remember the only small German pickup. They were also available with a box body.\r\nBut here too, I certainly haven't seen one for more than 20 years.", "likes": 13, "timestamp": 1721919941, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15078865, "authorName": "Jackba", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jackba/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "German version of the Ape", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1721920316, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15078993, "authorName": "Assam", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/assam/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "She'll go 300 hectares on a single tank of Kerosene! Put the trafficator switch in H!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1721921210, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15079064, "authorName": "David_P", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/david_p/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "With only 7hp...lento, lento.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1721921699, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15079385, "authorName": "gordinidave", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gordinidave/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Shifter like my Mehari!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1721923965, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15079690, "authorName": "neilpierson25", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/neilpierson25/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@WonderlandCanyon At 7 hp, mixing up the the accelerator and the brake might not be noticeable.", "likes": 12, "timestamp": 1721925737, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15079905, "authorName": "vwbussed", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/vwbussed/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "An other @BAT first for me! I never knew these existed.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1721926652, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15080020, "authorName": "Hervey_Engineering", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hervey_engineering/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "With only 7hp from 197cc I am confident there is power left to be found if you know your way around a 2 stroke engine. Liquid cooling is a bonus.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1721927073, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15080040, "authorName": "Richard17", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/richard17/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Chick magnet", "likes": 12, "timestamp": 1721927135, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15081748, "authorName": "GlenK", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/glenk/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Well try to explain this one to your insurance person/agent on the phone.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1721932317, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15082175, "authorName": "boaboyoz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/boaboyoz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@tlcamg lol. Indeed", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1721933773, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15085465, "authorName": "mick59", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mick59/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Tempo Matador was built '49-'52. It used the 25 hp engine from the VW Beetle.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1721948135, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15086105, "authorName": "ejoak", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ejoak/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Honda 600 had a similar shifter, except the 600s came out from under dash. Was fun for newbies. I had no problem with mine", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1721954931, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15086424, "authorName": "GibbsConnors (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gibbsconnors/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@mick59 I had a 51 Tempo Matador with a 25hp aluminum block VW Motor. You basically sat on the motor, gas tank in your lap, wooden floor. Lots of similarities construction-wise to this E200. I was aware of these through brochures but never thought I'd see one.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1721958205, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15086433, "authorName": "GibbsConnors (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gibbsconnors/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@glenk Hagerty will insure it for stated/agreed value.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1721958281, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15086520, "authorName": "Electraglider", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/electraglider/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@valiantjim\r\nDITTO.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1721959713, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15086716, "authorName": "mcj4250", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mcj4250/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Load \u2018er up\u2026 with feathers.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1721962903, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15087069, "authorName": "Richard17", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/richard17/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@seller\r\n\r\nKudos to you for the honest presentation. I have a lot of fluid stained cardboard in my garage as well.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1721973376, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15087123, "authorName": "CFD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cfd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Serious offer to the lucky buyer. If you live 500 miles away from the seller, and you drive it home (rather than put it on a trailer), I'll pay for your gas plus $100 that you can use for any purpose you want (like a downpayment on a casket). You just need to document with some video for entertainment purposes.", "likes": 13, "timestamp": 1721978090, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15087165, "authorName": "Bordeaux", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bordeaux/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@mick59 @GibbsConnors\r\nThe Tempo Matador was also very popular in the fifties, but it was not a three-wheeler. Because of its front end, we called it \"Knuckle Face\"", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1721983228, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15087315, "authorName": "GibbsConnors (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gibbsconnors/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@cfd love it. I've thrown VW buses back together after 30 plus years of sitting, brakes, fuel lines, brake lines, clean out the gas tank and tune up the motor. First trip was around the block, second trip was to the gas station and to Florida and back (2200 miles) Arkansas and back, (2400 miles) Newfoundland (3500 miles). Anything is possible.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1721992301, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15087514, "authorName": "HeavyTank77", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/heavytank77/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'd drive up to the ritziest valet parking in town and just act like \"Here's my Escalade...\"", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1721997498, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15087527, "authorName": "willierw", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/willierw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I of course wouldn't expect highway speeds, but is it capable of 25-30 mph?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1721997706, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15092517, "authorName": "ram_g", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ram_g/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Google \u201cBajaj Tempo\u201d. Growing up in India, these things were ubiquitous - as common as Ford F-150s in the US. I always thought they were an Indian invention and that Tempo was the model name. Only today, some 37 years after immigrating to the States, do I come to find out that they were of German origin! Thanks BaT for shattering a childhood opinion! :)", "likes": 9, "timestamp": 1722023049, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15095797, "authorName": "AbnMike", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/abnmike/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jackba - \r\n\r\nI'd argue that since the Vespa ape (1948), and the Lambretta Lambro (1949), came long after the Tempo, they are the Italian versions of the Tempo, not the other way around.\r\n\r\nThough there were previous versions of three wheeled utility vehicles the German Goliath (1933) being one.\r\n\r\nCool vehicle.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1722039022, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15097074, "authorName": "GibbsConnors (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gibbsconnors/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@willerw supposedly 27MPH~40KPH", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1722079623, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15097121, "authorName": "ram_g", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ram_g/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "If anybody\u2019s wondering what they would do with this, here\u2019s my suggestion! Buy it, get out the angle grinder and the welder, and turn it into the passenger bus version\u2026\r\nhttps://www.facebook.com/SouLSteerGwl/photos/a.1461643674152858/2640751496242064/?type=3\r\nJust the thing to schlep the grandkids around the subdivision! \ud83d\ude02", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1722081189, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15097169, "authorName": "ram_g", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ram_g/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Just noticed it\u2019s largely wood back there. So all you\u2019d need is a sawzall and your carpentry skills!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1722082241, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15097829, "authorName": "Peterdeutsch", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/peterdeutsch/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is how fresh fish arrived from Bremerhaven at my grandmother\u2019s house. And I knew this very one at least two decades ago. Yes, it\u2019ll do 25 mph but not 40! Claus Menzel (RiP) made it roadworthy in Plymouth, Michigan.\nSeller, PLEASE photograph it with a late model US pickup.", "likes": 10, "timestamp": 1722090905, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15107918, "authorName": "EyeVanWillAims", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/eyevanwillaims/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "How long and wide as I what to know if it will fit on my trailer,", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722191252, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15110083, "authorName": "GibbsConnors (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gibbsconnors/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is a no reserve auction. Wherever the price lands is what it sells for. I paint signs and letter vintage vehicles for a living. If the vehicle makes $10k, I will letter the doors and gates as part of the deal before the vehicle leaves. If it makes $15k, I'll come to you and letter it. It would be a great promo piece for your business. I added a picture of my old Tempo Matador to the photos. I painted this one for the new owner in Brundage Motots (Brumos) livery. My IG page is @gibbsconnors", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1722205169, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15111699, "authorName": "GibbsConnors (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gibbsconnors/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@peterdeutsch 27 mph=40 KPH (approximately).", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722250436, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15111711, "authorName": "GibbsConnors (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gibbsconnors/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@eyevanwillaims the Tempo measures 5'6\" wide and 14'6\" long and fit in my buddies trailer just fine", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1722250961, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15111744, "authorName": "GibbsConnors (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gibbsconnors/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ram_g prolly looked like this at one time. The vehicle you posted is \"updated with 'air-conditioning\"", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1722252316, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15112199, "authorName": "thatsgreatj", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/thatsgreatj/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This will be the star of any July 4th parade anywhere in the country.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1722260826, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15112472, "authorName": "LMGun", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lmgun/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Achtung...das ist kuhl...jawoll\r\nWe see...French, English, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Argentine, S-Korea, and many other countries' automobiles.\r\nThis '37 Tempo E200 German \"kuhl ritt nunc\" has all of them wanting to produce a vehicle as cool as this. Talk about history/nostalgia. It actually looks like a huge scooter.\r\nI may have missed...what is the load capacity that this 197cc two-stroke single and three-speed manual transmission can handle...???", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1722263773, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15112519, "authorName": "Kauai", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kauai/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I just looked and I could drive it from Philly to the Bay area in a bit over 110hrs on I-80 direct shot. No problem through the flyover states but\r\nmight be a little tough and a lot longer going over the Rockies and Sierras grades but.....\r\nTempting.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1722264270, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15112663, "authorName": "Sheltn4", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sheltn4/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Kauai I use to live in the Bay Area, now living in Socal. I would be more then happy to come push you up and over the Rockies and the Sierras. LOL. GLWTA!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1722265503, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15119214, "authorName": "GibbsConnors (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gibbsconnors/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@lmgun 500kg~1100lb", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1722289629, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15119988, "authorName": "AlCrane", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alcrane/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Any chance that this Tempo mated with a Piaggio Ape and gave birth to a Reliant Robin?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1722297047, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15120565, "authorName": "LMGun", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lmgun/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@GibbsConnors ...TY\r\n@mcj4250 ...that is a lot of feathers...unless attached to chickens...LOL", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722303185, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15120877, "authorName": "Citabria98", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/citabria98/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I will beat the offer of @CFD. If you live 500 miles from the seller, and drive it home, I will accompany you, on my 50cc Tomos moped. Beware, however, I have done some serious performance upgrades to it. Sometimes I can work it up to a blistering 42 mph. I would have to clear the trip with The Admiral first.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1722307831, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15120914, "authorName": "letterman7", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/letterman7/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'd love to keep this in the Philly area, but alas, I can't make the case in my head to own it. So weird and wonderful. And I think I've met you Gibbs in one of the local VW shows - from one graphics guy to another. GLWS!", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1722308338, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15121545, "authorName": "Myron_Vernis", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/myron_vernis/", "bidAmount": 1500, "content": "$1,500 bid placed by Myron_Vernis", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722333321, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15121601, "authorName": "GibbsConnors (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gibbsconnors/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@letterman7 it's very possible we met at a show. I used to got to a lot of them.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1722336376, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15126444, "authorName": "LMGun", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lmgun/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The more I view this nostalgic ride, the more I think how cool to cruise in town parades...Memorial Day, 4th of July, Halloween, Christmas, and every Summer & Autumn Saturday at the Farmers Market on our Town Green. The possibilities are endless.\r\nBTW...heck of a lawn sculpture with flowers in the back and decorated for the seasons & Holidays...myohmyohmy :-)>", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1722367027, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15127915, "authorName": "LongDucDong", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/longducdong/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This might be the most unique vehicle Ive ever seen on BAT. It was a good history lesson, thank you for that! GLWTA, too!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1722371971, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15130297, "authorName": "Mahls", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mahls/", "bidAmount": 1700, "content": "$1,700 bid placed by Mahls", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722380143, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15131294, "authorName": "GibbsConnors (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gibbsconnors/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@lmgun paint some sweet logos on it and park it in front of your bar/business", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722388866, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15131778, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 1851, "content": "$1,851 bid placed by ronst", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722395210, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15131800, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@seller is there a driving video?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722395705, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15132108, "authorName": "Myron_Vernis", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/myron_vernis/", "bidAmount": 2000, "content": "$2,000 bid placed by Myron_Vernis", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722404129, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15132135, "authorName": "andybanta", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/andybanta/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This should be called the ur-TukTuk.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1722405525, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15132360, "authorName": "GibbsConnors (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gibbsconnors/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Hi @ronst I don't have a driving video. I drove it out of the guys garage when I bought it and around my yard. The pedal configuration and shift pattern had me wigged. Tens of thousands of these were made so it can be done. Buyer will receive on the spot training if they come and pick it up.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722423543, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15132437, "authorName": "ArrowAndrew", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/arrowandrew/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What is the large lever in the center of the dash?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1722426209, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15132602, "authorName": "CKKurtz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ckkurtz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Coolest farm market truck ever. IMHO.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722428982, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15132716, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@seller how long has it been since you drive it in your yard? Do the brakes work? Does the transmission work in the forward as well as reverse gears?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722430103, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15132928, "authorName": "GibbsConnors (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gibbsconnors/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ronst I drove around about a month ago. I only drove it in first gear but it finds all the gears easily while running. Brakes grab. I didn't go very fast so I can't tell you how effective they are. The brakes are mechanical cable brakes, certainly not to modern standard but were adequate for the requirements at the time. Hope that helps.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722432141, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15132935, "authorName": "GibbsConnors (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gibbsconnors/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@arrowandrew gear selector!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1722432195, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15133185, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@seller how about reverse gear?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722434331, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15133373, "authorName": "pevans", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pevans/", "bidAmount": 2200, "content": "$2,200 bid placed by pevans", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722435740, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15133904, "authorName": "nicolei", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nicolei/", "bidAmount": 2560, "content": "$2,560 bid placed by nicolei", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722439211, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15134314, "authorName": "lodge209", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lodge209/", "bidAmount": 2750, "content": "$2,750 bid placed by lodge209", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722441877, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15134432, "authorName": "lodge209", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lodge209/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What are bed dimensions? How long is vehicle?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722442592, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15134820, "authorName": "GibbsConnors (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gibbsconnors/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@lodge209 6'6\" wide and just over 14' long", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1722444762, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15134838, "authorName": "GibbsConnors (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gibbsconnors/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@logde209 bed is 6'6\" by about 8'", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1722444816, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15135167, "authorName": "lodge209", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lodge209/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "looking for bed dimensions?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722445837, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15135185, "authorName": "lodge209", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lodge209/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Got it! thks", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1722445879, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15136342, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 2851, "content": "$2,851 bid placed by ronst", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722449697, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15138610, "authorName": "Wagoner", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wagoner/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'd love to see this put to work on Clarkson's Farm.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1722457120, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15139267, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@seller did you determine if reverse gear works?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722459854, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15139347, "authorName": "michaelchambers", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/michaelchambers/", "bidAmount": 3400, "content": "$3,400 bid placed by michaelchambers", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722460166, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15139471, "authorName": "GibbsConnors (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gibbsconnors/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ronst yes it has reverse", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722460572, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15139607, "authorName": "OutOfMyElement", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/outofmyelement/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "LS swap, anyone?\r\n\r\nOr does this deserve a mid-engine Hayabusa transplant, like a mini-Lil Red Wagon? Either way, sign me up!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1722460939, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15139671, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@seller does reverse work?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1722461128, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15139835, "authorName": "GibbsConnors (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gibbsconnors/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ronst yes! Reverse works!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722461545, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15139877, "authorName": "GibbsConnors (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gibbsconnors/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ronst yes reverse works!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722461653, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15139947, "authorName": "Sluggo76", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sluggo76/", "bidAmount": 3500, "content": "$3,500 bid placed by Sluggo76", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722461849, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15139960, "authorName": "michaelchambers", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/michaelchambers/", "bidAmount": 4100, "content": "$4,100 bid placed by michaelchambers", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722461873, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15139981, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 4351, "content": "$4,351 bid placed by ronst", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722461936, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15139989, "authorName": "michaelchambers", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/michaelchambers/", "bidAmount": 4750, "content": "$4,750 bid placed by michaelchambers", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722461960, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15139998, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 4951, "content": "$4,951 bid placed by ronst", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722461980, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15140006, "authorName": "michaelchambers", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/michaelchambers/", "bidAmount": 5500, "content": "$5,500 bid placed by michaelchambers", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722462001, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15140014, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 5751, "content": "$5,751 bid placed by ronst", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722462022, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15140021, "authorName": "michaelchambers", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/michaelchambers/", "bidAmount": 6100, "content": "$6,100 bid placed by michaelchambers", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722462038, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15140033, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 6351, "content": "$6,351 bid placed by ronst", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722462065, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15140043, "authorName": "michaelchambers", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/michaelchambers/", "bidAmount": 6451, "content": "$6,451 bid placed by michaelchambers", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722462106, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15140058, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 6651, "content": "$6,651 bid placed by ronst", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722462159, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15140063, "authorName": "Asdspeed", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/asdspeed/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Get this on Top gear now lol awesome truck", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1722462160, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15140066, "authorName": "michaelchambers", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/michaelchambers/", "bidAmount": 6751, "content": "$6,751 bid placed by michaelchambers", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722462168, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15140072, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 6951, "content": "$6,951 bid placed by ronst", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722462179, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15140076, "authorName": "michaelchambers", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/michaelchambers/", "bidAmount": 7500, "content": "$7,500 bid placed by michaelchambers", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722462198, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15140084, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 7951, "content": "$7,951 bid placed by ronst", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722462222, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15140087, "authorName": "michaelchambers", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/michaelchambers/", "bidAmount": 8051, "content": "$8,051 bid placed by michaelchambers", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722462236, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15140094, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 8251, "content": "$8,251 bid placed by ronst", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722462255, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15140097, "authorName": "michaelchambers", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/michaelchambers/", "bidAmount": 8500, "content": "$8,500 bid placed by michaelchambers", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722462261, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15140100, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 8751, "content": "$8,751 bid placed by ronst", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722462282, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15140106, "authorName": "michaelchambers", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/michaelchambers/", "bidAmount": 9100, "content": "$9,100 bid placed by michaelchambers", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722462301, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15140112, "authorName": "MLINKK", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mlinkk/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What a cool machine!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1722462329, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15140130, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 9351, "content": "$9,351 bid placed by ronst", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722462406, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15140153, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 7/31/24 for $9,351 to ronst", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722462526, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 15140160, "authorName": "MLINKK", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mlinkk/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congrats @ronst! Cheers!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1722462570, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15140161, "authorName": "johnw", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/johnw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Great buy! Tons of fun", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1722462576, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15140203, "authorName": "LMGun", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lmgun/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Obviously I do not know the value of this ride. I did not imagine the bids reaching $9K ++...WOW... BEST to new caretaker :-)>", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1722462910, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15140462, "authorName": "ram_g", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ram_g/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ronst congratulations and please do come back and post what you decided to do with this puppy! @BaT please keep this in mind for an awesome BaT Success Story!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1722465704, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15141231, "authorName": "ronst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ronst/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@seller I'm going to create an area in my museum for misfits and ugly or crazy cars. Like Lemons. Looking for more.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1722472853, "type": "comment"}]