Mystery SIMAR

[vhgmcbuddy]

Hello,
i’m from Switzerland and unfortunately I don’t speak english!

To the Pictures: this is a license of a Grunder Tiller (built by Grunder & Co Binningen / Basel, Switzerland from 1917 untill to 1925), and the Engine seems (license?) M&V: Müller & Vogel St. Aubin, Suisse.
I have two machines, not complete (see photos).

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[charlie]

Welcome to the forum and thank you for your information and photos very useful. Your machines look in very good condition.

[vhgmcbuddy]

Hi Charlie,
i’m collecting all Grunder machines of the produktion and concern onself with the history, as far as possible…

Compare the motor number your machine with mine!

The fist two numbers are probably the vintage (1918)? My Maschine was probably later modificated, therefore two numbers(?) …/…

Sincerely
David Muster

[trusty220]

That is similar practice to how Cushman used to categorise their trucksters. The first model produced in any year used the last two digits of the year, then followed it with a 10. So, the first Cushman Truckster to come off the production line in 1982 would be called an 8210; if they then introduced a different drawbar during that year the model would change to 8220, then 8230 for the next modification, etc.

You are quite possibly correct in your guess, but can anybody shed any more light on it?

[charlie]

Looking through some old photos I found this dating from 2007. It was taken at the Science Museum store at Wroughton. At the time I did not know what it was, I do now.

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[charlie]

Looking through some old photos I found this dating from 2007. It was taken at the Science Museum store at Wroughton. At the time I did not know what it was, I do now.

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[will-haggle]

here’s a link which may be interesting, Charlie….
http://www.bungartz.nl/hist-grunder.html
I can’t claim any credit for this, I just copied the firm’s name into Google. I’ll be putting a small contribution into your collecting tin!

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