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Solved - MJW #493 - AS Special 1948
« on: June 20, 2011, 09:26:51 AM »
Another three-wheeler but rather older.
What was it called, who built it and when?

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Re: MJW #493
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2011, 02:50:22 PM »
Moving up

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Re: MJW #493
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2011, 05:04:46 PM »
Looks like it might be the first Cochrane special from the '30s, but I've only ever seen a drawing of that car before

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Re: MJW #493
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2011, 05:12:36 PM »
Not a Cochrane and quite a few years later than the 1930s

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Re: MJW #493
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2011, 11:59:22 AM »
A Martin ?

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Re: MJW #493
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2011, 01:24:34 PM »
Not a Martin....
I suggest the best way to pin this one down is to find out which country it hails from.

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Re: MJW #493
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2011, 01:31:18 PM »
Spanish?
FRIUL LIBAR

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Re: MJW #493
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2011, 01:52:55 PM »
Not Spanish - move northwards (quite a long way!)

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Re: MJW #493
« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2011, 01:55:11 PM »
Scandinavian?

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Re: MJW #493
« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2011, 03:05:53 PM »
British ?

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Re: MJW #493
« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2011, 03:39:15 PM »

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Re: MJW #493
« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2011, 04:59:41 PM »
Swedish?

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Re: MJW #493
« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2011, 08:16:42 PM »

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Re: MJW #493
« Reply #13 on: July 16, 2011, 06:13:43 AM »
I'm sure a Pro will solve this one quickly.....

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Re: MJW #493
« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2011, 06:45:19 PM »
AS Special, by Axel Stridsberg, 1948

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Re: MJW #493
« Reply #15 on: July 20, 2011, 04:01:17 AM »
Where's "SeaLion" when we need him!?
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Re: MJW #493
« Reply #16 on: July 20, 2011, 01:25:46 PM »
AS Special, by Axel Stridsberg, 1948
Correct, it is the AS Special of 1948.