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Puzzle #205 - Solved! Ford Abeille (not a Vedette)
« on: February 02, 2007, 04:26:49 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #205
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2007, 07:41:08 AM »
Some early VW type 3 prototype? vw?
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Re: Puzzle #205
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2007, 08:02:55 AM »
Not a VW
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Re: Puzzle #205
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2007, 10:30:02 AM »
Is that a chaise lounge in the back seat?    :o

Looks like a Buick, but its about 1/3 the size of a real Buick of that era...... ;)
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Re: Puzzle #205
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2007, 01:13:09 PM »
dkw
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Re: Puzzle #205
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2007, 03:12:30 AM »
Not a Buick or a DKW
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Re: Puzzle #205
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2007, 06:42:07 AM »
Yeah, but is it a chaise lounge?   :P
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Re: Puzzle #205
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2007, 05:25:17 AM »
No.
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Re: Puzzle #205
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2007, 06:43:51 AM »
Right, let's analyse what we have: looks like a front-engined rear-drive (live axle/cart sprung) job. It is a pillarless four-door fastback with a huge tailgate and it's not very large.

Probably European, possibly Italian
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Re: Puzzle #205
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2007, 07:53:46 AM »
European, yes.

Italian, no.
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Re: Puzzle #205
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2007, 08:18:31 AM »
French?
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Re: Puzzle #205
« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2007, 09:31:50 AM »
German
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Re: Puzzle #205
« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2007, 09:46:25 AM »
French is correct.
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Re: Puzzle #205
« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2007, 09:50:29 AM »
Renault
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Re: Puzzle #205
« Reply #14 on: February 08, 2007, 10:49:09 AM »
No sir.
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Re: Puzzle #205
« Reply #15 on: February 08, 2007, 10:57:55 AM »
Hotchkiss?
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Re: Puzzle #205
« Reply #16 on: February 08, 2007, 11:18:38 AM »
Citroen
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Re: Puzzle #205
« Reply #17 on: February 08, 2007, 11:36:04 AM »
None of the above.
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Re: Puzzle #205
« Reply #18 on: February 08, 2007, 11:44:08 AM »
Peugeot is the only other French maker I know of...
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Re: Puzzle #205
« Reply #19 on: February 08, 2007, 11:52:25 AM »
Ford Vedette?
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Re: Puzzle #205
« Reply #20 on: February 09, 2007, 04:47:29 AM »
Quote from: SeaLion on February 08, 2007, 11:52:25 AM
Ford Vedette?
I think I agree - Ford France c1949
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Re: Puzzle #205
« Reply #21 on: February 09, 2007, 05:22:00 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #205 - Solved! Ford Vedette
« Reply #22 on: February 16, 2011, 05:02:24 AM »
To be correct, it is not the Ford Vedette, but its utilitarian version, the Ford Abeille (which means bee in French). You can recognize it by the sheet panel instead of the glass window in the C-pillar, and by the rear hatch, of course.
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Re: Puzzle #205 - Solved! Ford Ford Abeille (not a Vedette)
« Reply #23 on: February 16, 2011, 05:49:22 AM »
We were all blind, weren't we?
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Re: Puzzle #205 - Solved! Ford Ford Abeille (not a Vedette)
« Reply #24 on: March 04, 2012, 10:58:42 AM »
Two detail shots of a near mint example:
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