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Q775 - solved - 1955 Idemitsu Industries Bambi
« on: October 05, 2011, 04:57:54 PM »
With apologies for the tiny photo, but if you can squint and tell me the make and model name, your reward is one whole AP point

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Re: Q775
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2011, 05:36:05 PM »
No replies, so...

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Re: Q775
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2011, 07:19:53 PM »
Japanese?

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Re: Q775
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2011, 03:04:06 PM »

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Re: Q775
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2011, 10:43:37 PM »
Does the manufacturer still produce automobiles?

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Re: Q775
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2011, 01:40:01 PM »
Does the manufacturer still produce automobiles?

No...

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Re: Q775
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2011, 03:28:12 PM »
Isuzu ?

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Re: Q775
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2011, 07:19:36 PM »
Isuzu ?

Good try but a lot more obscure than that...

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Re: Q775
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2011, 11:27:44 PM »
Is the manufacturer better recognized in the aviation arena?

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Re: Q775
« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2011, 12:16:10 PM »
I'm not totally sure of this company's other activities at the time but I'm fairly sure aviation was not among them

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Re: Q775
« Reply #10 on: November 01, 2011, 03:26:51 PM »
Prince ?

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Re: Q775
« Reply #11 on: November 01, 2011, 04:08:43 PM »
a Hino?
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Re: Q775
« Reply #12 on: November 02, 2011, 01:31:22 PM »
Neither Prince nor Hino.
It's considerably more obscure...

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Re: Q775
« Reply #13 on: November 05, 2011, 03:33:09 PM »
Ishikawajima?

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Re: Q775
« Reply #14 on: November 06, 2011, 05:28:17 AM »

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Re: Q775
« Reply #15 on: November 18, 2011, 11:26:38 AM »
If the company has no aviation connection does it have a motor cycle connection?
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Re: Q775
« Reply #16 on: November 19, 2011, 06:18:14 AM »
If the company has no aviation connection does it have a motor cycle connection?

Again I'm not 100% sure of all this company's activities at the time; but if there was a motor cycle connection I'm not aware of it

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Re: Q775
« Reply #17 on: January 03, 2012, 07:02:44 PM »
I like to move it move it

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Re: Q775
« Reply #18 on: January 04, 2012, 01:39:41 AM »
Idemitsu Industry's Bambi?
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Re: Q775
« Reply #19 on: January 04, 2012, 11:32:01 AM »
Idemitsu Industry's Bambi?

Yes it is!
Dating from 1955
Idemitsu is of course better known for its oils

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Re: Q775 - solved - 1955 Idemitsu Industries Bambi
« Reply #20 on: January 04, 2012, 11:38:32 AM »
Beat me to it! Congrats, Pal!

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Re: Q775 - solved - 1955 Idemitsu Industries Bambi
« Reply #21 on: January 06, 2012, 08:44:52 AM »
Why did Idemitsu make this car? Were they thinking about starting up their own car factory?
Is this the only road car they ever made? Where was the car made in Japan?

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Re: Q775 - solved - 1955 Idemitsu Industries Bambi
« Reply #22 on: January 08, 2012, 01:31:45 PM »
Why did Idemitsu make this car? Were they thinking about starting up their own car factory?
Is this the only road car they ever made? Where was the car made in Japan?

I'm afrad I only have a Japanese-language clipping for this car. Quite a few prototypes were made around this period (as the 'K' class was formed) so I'd guess it was one of those

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Re: Q775 - solved - 1955 Idemitsu Industries Bambi
« Reply #23 on: January 09, 2012, 04:32:23 AM »
Iīve never even heard about this one...

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