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Re: Wendax 264
« Reply #50 on: November 16, 2011, 05:52:12 AM »
Villiers-Monark engine?
Villiers yes, Monark no

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Re: Wendax 264
« Reply #51 on: November 16, 2011, 05:58:52 AM »
Villiers was quite easy I guess, as it was one of the most popular motorcycle engines. That makes finding the motorcycle make all the harder, especially as I know close to nothing about motorcycles, not to mention Swedish ones :D
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Re: Wendax 264
« Reply #52 on: November 18, 2011, 05:26:42 AM »
Folke Hoggren's Mascot?

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Re: Wendax 264
« Reply #53 on: November 18, 2011, 09:20:31 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 264
« Reply #54 on: November 22, 2011, 04:40:41 AM »
Right, nailed it. It was built by one Helge Olofsson in 1953 in Sweden, with a 250 ccm Villiers engine from Rex motorcycle. The frame was wooden and the body was made of "korkmatta", which as far as I was abl to determine, is swedish for "linoleum".  don't know if it had any specific name though.
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Re: Wendax 264
« Reply #55 on: November 22, 2011, 04:52:13 AM »
Congratulations, that was hard detective work. Two well-earned points for you.  :applause:
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