Re: (ET) mystery tractor: "Electro Pony"?

[Darryl McMahon <darryl econogics com>]

Judging from the name-plate script "Marathon", this is almost certainly 
a unit made by the Marathon Golf Car company of Montreal, later the 
Marathon Electric Car Company.  The company folded in the 1980's after 
producing the C-300 electric car and C-360 six-wheeler electric van.

http://www.econogics.com/ev/evhistm.htm and scroll down to Marathon.

(The van chassis was also used by Briggs & Stratton for their concept 
hybrid station wagon in the 1980s.)

http://www.econogics.com/ev/evhistb.htm and scroll down to Briggs & 
Stratton.

I know Marathon built a bunch of specialty industrial EVs, like 
mini-jitneys and burden carriers, even the C-150 3-wheeler that fit into 
elevators for moving equipment around.  However, this is the first I 
have seen of the Electro-Pony.  I think there was a C-100 model on a 
brochure I saw in the 1970s, but a tractor doesn't stand out in my memory.

Thanks for the historical tidbit and photos.

Darryl

Jim Coate wrote:
> Anyone ever seen an "Electro Pony", made in Canada?
>
> Someone sent me some pictures as he is curious as to the history of the
> machine.
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> I've posted them here:
>   http://electrictractorstore.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=15
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> I'd love to hear anything anyone knows!
>
> - Jim Coate
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