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Q507 - solved - Helicak/Helikak Tri Lambretta
« on: May 29, 2009, 06:49:33 AM »
Tell me, what's the name of this car?

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Re: Q507
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2009, 06:11:05 PM »
Phutt Phutt experts ...

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Re: Q507
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2009, 12:37:47 PM »
Putt putt pros ...

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Re: Q507
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2009, 04:02:10 PM »
Lambretta, but made in India ?
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Re: Q507
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2009, 06:34:29 PM »
Lambretta  :)
India  :(

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Re: Q507
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2009, 06:39:52 AM »
Given that Lambrettas were manufactured in 10 countries, it could be anywhere.  And even then it could be a conversion in yet another country.
As three are Spanish-speaking  I'll guess at a Lambretta Famiglia
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Re: Q507
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2009, 12:33:11 PM »
This Lambretta could only have been made in one country - the clue is in the forward bodywork ...

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Re: Q507
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2009, 01:19:30 PM »
Afghanistan?
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Re: Q507
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2009, 03:45:23 PM »
Presume that's topical rather than a serious guess ...

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Re: Q507
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2009, 05:03:05 PM »
Not at all. I could have said Saudi Arabia too.
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Re: Q507
« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2009, 05:06:32 PM »
I suppose you mean the three colours: (incl. the background) green, red and white, so, I think it's Italian... ;D

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Re: Q507
« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2009, 06:29:23 AM »
Helicak Tri-Lambretta 1974?  ;D
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Re: Q507
« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2009, 10:30:55 AM »
You found it.  ;D Maybe I gave too much of a clue ...
(NB I have this down as from 1970)