Year and place: 1949, Arvika

How many birthday gifts have been used during 50 years, by the same person?

Well, the E.N. Special from 1949 was still in use in 1997.

When his daughter became 18 years old, and was old enough to get a driver license in Sweden, her father Einar Nilsson decided to build her a car. Since he was a competition driver, it was rather natural that it was a sports car.

A chassis from a 1936 Opel P4 got an engine from a Fiat Balilla and a tough 2-seated open aluminium body with a roomy front (for a large engine) and a sleek end with a spare wheel in a depression. Spoke wheels adds to the impression.

In 1965 a Ford Anglia engine replaced the old one, and in the early 1980s the car got a soft top. (Sorry I can't show you a photo of it.)

E.N. Special -49

E.N. Special

2003-08-25. www.konditori100.se. Text/pictures: Arne Granfoss ©. Prod: AG Informice