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Title: WEY solved? Post by: mcl1959 on September 20, 2014, 02:26:25 PM Saw this at Shepparton swap and got talking to the owner. Apparently his uncle or some other relative worked for the company that made these.
The owners name was William E Yates according to him and this is where the WEY comes from (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/09/20/ameseja5.jpg) Ken Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk ($2) Title: Re: WEY solved? Post by: GreyFC on September 20, 2014, 10:01:12 PM I saw this and though what a bargain, but I din't have that much cash on me.
Title: Re: WEY solved? Post by: customFC on September 21, 2014, 01:11:35 AM That sounds more plausible than most other guesses. I always thought it might be initials based on the dots between the letters.
Great detective work Ken. Regards Alex Title: Re: Re: WEY solved? Post by: Grey_Lover on September 22, 2014, 01:30:19 AM Yeah .. well solved . After all these years ..
Title: Re: WEY solved? Post by: ACE on September 28, 2014, 09:18:05 PM Whats the "E" stand for?
ACE 8) Title: Re: WEY solved? Post by: mcl1959 on September 28, 2014, 09:25:08 PM Don't know what the E stands for. The guy could not remember his middle name.
Ken Title: Re: WEY solved? Post by: DJ on September 29, 2014, 04:36:31 PM Here's an different guess on WEY
http://oldholden.com/node/65138 Title: Re: WEY solved? Post by: mcl1959 on September 29, 2014, 05:11:13 PM This has been discussed here as well but if Waggot Engineering in Melbourne was responsible, what is the Melbourne suburb that starts with Y?
The Sydney workshop is in Alstonville. I don't think Yarraville would be a candidate. I have never been convinced by this argument. Ken Title: Re: WEY solved? Post by: DJ on September 29, 2014, 06:41:26 PM Yes, I think your version is more convincing, Ken.
Title: Re: WEY solved? Post by: Dr_Terry on October 02, 2014, 08:17:55 AM This has been discussed here as well but if Waggot Engineering in Melbourne was responsible, what is the Melbourne suburb that starts with Y? The Sydney workshop is in Alstonville. I don't think Yarraville would be a candidate. I have never been convinced by this argument. Ken Merv Waggot's (Waggot Engineering) workshop was in Yagoona, a suburb of Sydney. His brother had a company named Ken Waggot Speed Equipment in nearby Belmore. Both Ken & Graham have passed away, however Ken's son Graham has retired to the far north coast to Alstonville (near Lismore). I always doubted the Waggot version of WEY, but it was the only plausible solution until now. Dr Terry |