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Solved - Name this - 2 - Empire\Sabre Six
« on: January 15, 2008, 09:40:24 AM »
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Re: Name this - 2
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2008, 10:48:17 AM »
Mid-1990s Royale Sabre from Germany?
1974 Fiat X1/9 1500
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Re: Name this - 2
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2008, 10:50:28 AM »
I think it's like the Zimmer-story...that's quite the same car but with a different name.....

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Re: Name this - 2
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2008, 10:57:12 AM »
Let's try guessing Sabre again then - but built by the Vintage Motor Company?
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Re: Name this - 2
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2008, 12:17:44 PM »
Ok, I saw the Royale Sabre and that's pretty the same....and this is from Germany too...and there's more..I think you spot the car but under another maker...P.S. It's not Vintage Motor Company.
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Re: Name this - 2
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2008, 12:35:50 PM »
How about the Empire Motor Company of Holland, then?

Edit: Found the picture: This one is called the Empire Six. Same car as the Sabre by Royale and later Vintage Motor Company.
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Re: Name this - 2
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2008, 01:44:39 PM »
You got it! In the site  http://www.autoweek.nl/newsdisp.php?ref=print&cache=no&id=472&cat=4  it's written that "The empire Car Company, which stands behind these cars, a new Dutch company that aims at has been put these both models on records producing himself scale. The real car experts have already seen the Sabre Six once ever earlier under the mark name Royale. Of this British company the empire Car Company all have taken over rights. The name empire comes moreover from the American car world: in the years thirty cars under this name on the market were brought. That name is now property of the Dutch company, which is at present the production for starting up. It is strived eventually for a year production of up to 60 cars. "

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Re: Name this - 2
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2008, 01:51:24 PM »
Thank you for the underlining  ;)
1974 Fiat X1/9 1500
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