This is a cool little van thing, I don't remember if I've seen a name for it, but the bottle opener is a cool touch

Thanks to JohnDandy and Asterics for recognizing it as a Tempo Matador! I should have remembered it, but my memory is so bad, you are looking at it, if I need to recall something I look in this blog for it. Ain't that ridiculous?
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/08/its-so-fun-finding-unusual-and.html

built and sold by http://thebusbarn.skynetblogs.be
from http://groundspeed.blogspot.com/

surprising things in the Jesada Technik Museum in Nakhonphathom, Thailand

Looks like a coal burning conversion, I've never seen one before, but I have seen a wood burning truck conversion for the cold climates of Russia

I believe the above is a Tempo Matador

I recall posting about the above 2 wheel drive bike before, it is a Rokon, the rims are hollow gas tanks, the Rokon website is http://rokon.com/about/index.htm

Ugly nose, but cool trailer

Not sure if this is a Tempo Matador, but it looks like one that has had the hand made wooden door and bed treatment

looks like one of the cargo planes from the 1950's like they flew in the movie "Air America"

See a couple of galleries of all the bikes, scooters, and cars at the Jesada on the http://6nicestpeople9.blogspot.com/

Wide variety of odd vehicles on a forum at Volksrods.com

The below blue bug is Digital art by Iris Antonio

via: http://www.volksrods.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3873

Adaptation and innovation to avoid licensing fees, make a delivery vehicle with less than 200cc, and less than 4 wheels

Until the mid-1920s the transport of small quantities of goods with horse carts, bicycles, messengers or handcarts was the norm. (horse drawn cart far right of photo)

The new law in 1927/1928, under which vehicles with less than four wheels and an engine capacity below 200 cc would remain license-exempt began the development of three wheel cars. (Similar need for small transporters made the Piaggio Ape viable http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/12/1956-piaggio-ape-ahh-pay-resurected.html , and the Indian Bajaj / rickshaw http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/03/indian-rickshaws-celebrate-50-years-of.html )

Cheap, reliable, tremendous gas mileage, not requiring a motorcycle license and in some cases not requiring insurance either was exactly what post WW1 and WW2 Eurpoean cities needed for transporting fruits, vegetables, building materials, coal, etc etc from the train stations into the cities to the shops.

In 1928, Max Vidal and his son Oscar began production in Wandsbek, a suburb of Hamburg, Germany. http://www.reflektion.info/html/1000_091008_1_tempo.html

It's so fun finding unusual and previously unknown stuff on the internet... a 1951 Tempo Matador, VW powered

If this find isn't amazing enough, you might be able to buy it from Oldbug. Asking $110,000
The images are from Oldbug, but visit the link above because there are many more to see, including the restoration process.

This is a very rare Volkswagen powered truck called a Tempo Matador, built in 1951 by a Hamburg Germany based company by the name of Vidal and Sohn.

These trucks were produced for a short period of time from 1949 through 1955 and used the well tested 25 horse Volkswagen powerplant and a ZF non-synchro 4 speed transmission.

http://www.oldbug.com/tempo.htm

Via http://www.cartype.com/pages/3073/tempo_matador__1951

For a cool rat rod style Matador: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/08/this-is-cool-little-van-thing-i-dont.html

It's so fun finding unusual and previously unknown stuff on the internet... a 1951 Tempo Matador, VW powered

If this find isn't amazing enough, you might be able to buy it from Oldbug. Asking $110,000
The images are from Oldbug, but visit the link above because there are many more to see, including the restoration process.

This is a very rare Volkswagen powered truck called a Tempo Matador, built in 1951 by a Hamburg Germany based company by the name of Vidal and Sohn.

These trucks were produced for a short period of time from 1949 through 1955 and used the well tested 25 horse Volkswagen powerplant and a ZF non-synchro 4 speed transmission.

http://www.oldbug.com/tempo.htm

Via http://www.cartype.com/pages/3073/tempo_matador__1951

For a cool rat rod style Matador: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/08/this-is-cool-little-van-thing-i-dont.html