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Re: Wendax 499
« Reply #25 on: March 12, 2012, 08:16:47 AM »
Perhaps Indonesia?
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Re: Wendax 499
« Reply #26 on: March 12, 2012, 08:26:59 AM »
Yes, locked for you
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Re: Wendax 499
« Reply #27 on: March 12, 2012, 02:08:20 PM »
I think you should unlock it Wendax as I can't find any further information on this car....

I believe it's an Opel 1.2/1.8 litre based car built specifically for Indonesia c.1930/31, but anything else I don't know.
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Re: Wendax 499
« Reply #28 on: March 12, 2012, 02:31:22 PM »
Unlocked

Who can complete this? All bits are there to find the name.
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Re: Wendax 499
« Reply #29 on: April 13, 2012, 08:57:06 PM »
A light artillery Staff car on Opel P4 passenger car chassis ?
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Re: Wendax 499
« Reply #30 on: April 14, 2012, 01:50:12 AM »
As stated above, neither P4-based nor military use
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Re: Wendax 499
« Reply #31 on: April 27, 2012, 05:02:52 AM »
Quote from: pguillem on April 13, 2012, 08:57:06 PM
A light artillery Staff car on Opel P4 passenger car chassis ?
I found the site where you got that idea from. They are wrong about the P4, and the intended use was not military. They seem to have used it as a light artillery staff car though.
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Re: Wendax 499
« Reply #32 on: April 27, 2012, 05:13:15 PM »
Is the name of this as simple as "Opelette"?

I have found several books and articles about Indonesia where the name "Opelette" seems to be used as a generic term for small vehicles like this used to carry passengers, whether or not the vehicle is actually an Opel. Like in the extract below.


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Re: Wendax 499
« Reply #33 on: April 28, 2012, 11:24:00 AM »
Exactly !
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Re: Wendax 499
« Reply #34 on: April 29, 2012, 02:30:23 PM »
Well found, Tom_I.

The Opelette was intended as a taxi and was not just a conversion of old Opels, but was sold as a new Opel in Indonesia too:
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