Bateup was designed by George PW Bateup, who operated a used-car dealership in Adelaide, South Australia. George Bateup endeavored to create The Australian Car Syndicate, and together with Government support, build the Bateup as an all Australian Car, however only one (prototype) Bateup car was built, in 1939.
Also part of the Ivan Hoffmann Collection, but not appearing here are copies from - State Records of South Australia (i.e. the South Australian Government Archives) file - GRS 513/11/p 55/1930, e.g, Memorandum of Association, Articles of Association, Prospectus, Register of Companies; National Archives of Australia (NAA) files MT105/12 SI 44/108/14B (Leo-Francis Engineering), A461/1 D418/1/6, CRS A461 item R418/1/6, MP394/1/0 5/81/22 etc.; and items in the book South Australian Motor Cars 1881...1942 by George Brooks and Ivan Hoffmann.
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