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Solved - MJW #419 - Hercules prototype 1932
« on: May 12, 2011, 11:05:55 AM »
Time to post some expert puzzles (open to rookies as well of course)
For a point what is the make, country and year of this small vehicle?

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Re: MJW #419
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2011, 11:11:53 AM »
Is it a Belgian Gillet?
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Re: MJW #419
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2011, 11:34:31 AM »
Not Gillet and not Belgian

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Re: MJW #419
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2011, 11:50:26 AM »
Czech?

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Re: MJW #419
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2011, 12:03:45 PM »
Not Czech (and I see your reasoning behind that)

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Re: MJW #419
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2011, 01:08:25 PM »
Is this another one of the Kaiser streamliners from mid-1930's Germany?
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Re: MJW #419
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2011, 01:14:58 PM »
It is German but early 1930s and not Kaiser

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Re: MJW #419
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2011, 02:52:38 AM »
Time for a Pro opinion

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Re: MJW #419
« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2011, 02:55:51 AM »
It is the 1932 prototype of the Hercules from Nuremberg, Germany. It was developed over several stages into the Hercules Motorradwagen I featured as #10 in my threewheelers group puzzle.

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Re: MJW #419
« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2011, 02:57:17 AM »
It is the 1932 prototype of the Hercules from Nuremberg, Germany. It was developed over several stages into the Hercules Motorradwagen I featured as #10 in my threewheelers group puzzle.
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Re: Solved - MJW #419 - Hercules prototype 1932
« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2011, 03:10:19 AM »
Again the early bird has catched the worm..

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Re: Solved - MJW #419 - Hercules prototype 1932
« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2015, 06:20:57 AM »
Two more pictures
https://rareandunique.media - Rare&Unique Vehicles magazine
http://magyarjarmu.hu - detailed Hungarian motoring history (Hungarian language)
http://automuseums.info - motoring museums' guide

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Re: Solved - MJW #419 - Hercules prototype 1932
« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2020, 10:48:40 AM »
The man responsible for the artwork did not like the windscreen and the shape of the lower louvers:  ;D