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Puzzle #698 - Solved! Hoba
« on: January 07, 2008, 02:58:32 AM »


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Re: Puzzle #698
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2008, 06:48:04 AM »
It's Czech, right?
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Re: Puzzle #698
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2008, 06:55:38 AM »
Information is sketchy, but I think it is German.   :bag:
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Re: Puzzle #698
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2008, 07:06:29 AM »
Correction - it is a Czech car. My apologies.
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Re: Puzzle #698
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2008, 07:25:59 AM »
Recognized the unusually-shaped numberplate. It doesn't help me much, though - unless it's some sort of unknown Velorex.
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Re: Puzzle #698
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2008, 08:24:17 AM »
You're onto something there...
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Re: Puzzle #698
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2008, 10:33:32 AM »
I found another picture of the car, from another angle. Unfortunately, it is labelled as "unidentified". So, that doesn't really help either :)
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Re: Puzzle #698
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2008, 06:08:29 PM »
Hoba I from 1975, based on a Velorex. In 1979 there was also a even more modern looking Hoba II.

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Re: Puzzle #698
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2008, 03:59:57 AM »
I found that picture, too (here: <<< Linked Deleted >>>), but I couldn't identify it, which meant there was no point in posting it - as I wouldn't get a point for that as long as I couldn't say which car it was, and posting it would only be a help to others who might recognize it from that picture... Now that you've told me, I can see that it says Hoba, but I thought that first letter was an 'M' - and 'Moba' didn't help me in my search  :)

That second site there has some interesting pictures. Should this one be moved to the 'Risque' section?  :D
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Re: Puzzle #698
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2008, 04:13:17 AM »
Hoba I from 1975, based on a Velorex. In 1979 there was also a even more modern looking Hoba II.


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Re: Puzzle #698 - Solved! Hoba
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2013, 02:38:20 PM »
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