Here are some photographs taken during the testing of the prototype Elswick-VAP mopeds. The first three were taken at the Hopper works in Barton-on-Humber. The rest are at the MIRA test track where Elswicks did a week's testing in July 1959. See our article on the Elswick-Hopper Lynx for the story behind these pictures.
Five of the six prototype Elswick-Hopper mopeds stand
in the yard at Hopper's factory
In the Yard at Hopper's factory,
Left to right: J Stockdale, P Warkup, P Bird(?), D Moody, K
Clark
Dennis Moody rides one of the Elswick-Hopper mopeds
at Hopper's factory
Outside the MIRA Offices
Back row: John Stockdale, the manageress (name not known),
Mr Hopfinger, Dennis Moody, Mr Briggs, Pete Warkup;
Front row: Keith Clark, Alan Manchester, Barry Wood
On the track at MIRA:
Dennis Moody, Keith Clark, Pete Warkup,
Alan Manchester, Barry Wood.
Taking a break at the MIRA test track.
Left to right: Pete Warkup, Alan Manchester,
Keith Clark, Barry Wood.
Keith Clark follows Dennis Moody along the pavé
at the MIRA test track in July 1959. Dennis is riding
prototype number 5: the only one with a spring fork.
Prototype number 6 at MIRA
(This is one of the two prototype that are
known to have survived)
On the corrugated concrete at the MIRA test track.
Left to right: Dennis Moody, Keith Clark, Pete Warkup.
At the MIRA test track
Left to right: Alan Manchester, Dennis Moody, Pete Warkup,
Roger Puglesey, Keith Clark, Barry Wood.
At the MIRA test track
Left to right: Alan Manchester, Dennis Moody, Pete Warkup,
Keith Clark, Barry Wood, John Stockdale.
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