Author Topic: Solved: Wendax 580 - Orangecrate BUB (US version of the Bona) (Read 727 times)

Wendax · « **on:** May 16, 2012, 02:22:56 AM »

My little red car for the day.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

Wendax · « **Reply #1 on:** May 23, 2012, 02:32:16 AM »

cmetisse · « **Reply #2 on:** May 23, 2012, 07:43:09 AM »

God, I guess this one will be much more difficult for me !

I'm quite sure it's not french, is it ?

Wendax · « **Reply #3 on:** May 23, 2012, 07:52:47 AM »

It is not French, otherwise you would have known it, wouldn't you?

cmetisse · « **Reply #4 on:** May 23, 2012, 09:09:26 AM »

Hey, nothing's sure when it comes to microcars !

I still have for the 60's/70's two or three names for which I really don't have a clue nor a single picture...

Anyway, spanish ?

Wendax · « **Reply #5 on:** May 23, 2012, 09:18:03 AM »

Not Spanish

cmetisse · « **Reply #6 on:** May 23, 2012, 10:08:28 AM »

European ?

Wendax · « **Reply #7 on:** May 23, 2012, 11:20:20 AM »

cmetisse · « **Reply #8 on:** May 23, 2012, 01:22:02 PM »

American ?

Wendax · « **Reply #9 on:** May 23, 2012, 01:30:03 PM »

I'm not sure whether it was built in the USA, but it was marketed there by a company with an English spoken name.

cmetisse · « **Reply #10 on:** May 23, 2012, 07:09:54 PM »

Zoe Motors ?

Wendax · « **Reply #11 on:** May 24, 2012, 02:11:24 AM »

No, but following the same concept

cmetisse · « **Reply #12 on:** May 24, 2012, 02:32:40 AM »

So, was it a japanese microcar, like a Mitsuoka, built/sold under another name in USA ?

Wendax · « **Reply #13 on:** May 24, 2012, 02:52:30 AM »

I think so, because the car has Japanese components and the picture was taken in the US.
I only have a name and wasn't able to find additional information.

cmetisse · « **Reply #14 on:** May 24, 2012, 07:25:23 AM »

Maybe a Takeoka under another name...

Wendax · « **Reply #15 on:** May 24, 2012, 07:34:52 AM »

I think the car is much older than Takeoka.

Wendax · « **Reply #16 on:** May 31, 2012, 03:22:48 AM »

up again

Quiller · « **Reply #17 on:** May 31, 2012, 12:25:38 PM »

This is a Japanese micro from the 1980s called the Bona - or at least that's what the katakana symbols suggest in the brochure:

Wendax · « **Reply #18 on:** May 31, 2012, 01:19:04 PM »

Great! I didn't know about this one. That's obviously worth a point. Another one remains on offer for finding the name it was known as in the States.

sydvicious · « **Reply #19 on:** June 19, 2012, 01:02:25 AM »

Vespa?

Wendax · « **Reply #20 on:** June 19, 2012, 02:10:04 AM »

microcars · « **Reply #21 on:** July 31, 2012, 01:23:14 AM »

It is Honda powered and has been referred to as a BUB, but the manufacturer, or rather the US Distributor was called ORANGECRATE

Wendax · « **Reply #22 on:** July 31, 2012, 02:25:20 AM »

Congratulations, Orangecrate is the name I was looking for. One point for you, microcars.

The pictured car was a "special" fire chief version, as you can see in the original picture.

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Author Topic: Solved: Wendax 580 - Orangecrate BUB (US version of the Bona) (Read 727 times)