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- OBJECT TYPE
- 2dr/test vehicle/electric
- DATE
- 1975
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1983.0440.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Marathon Electric Car Ltd.
- MODEL
- Marathon/C-300
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1080 prototype
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CONSTRUCTION/ VINYL SEATS/ RUBBER MATS & LINING AROUND WINDSHIELD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 467.0 cm
- Width
- 167.0 cm
- Height
- 183.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 1700.0
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Automotive vehicles
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Marathon
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Designed and built in Canada. In the 1970s the oil crisis caused increased interest in electric technology in Canada as elsewhere in the world. - Function
-
A motorized means of ground tranportation. - Technical
-
Original prototype of the Marathon Electric car. Uses basic golf cart technology on a Ford Pinto running gear. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'Electric Marathon C-300' (BLACK LETTERS)-SIDE, FRONT LEFT, SIDE, FRONT RIGHT, REAR/ LICENSE PLATE- 'ONTARIO FDF 008'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BRIGHT YELLOW EXTERIOR & INTERIOR WALLS; WHITE STEERING WHEEL & MIRROR; CHROME HANDLES & HINGES
- Decoration
- N/A
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Marathon Electric Car Ltd., Automobile, circa 1975, Artifact no. 1983.0440, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0440.001/
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