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Solved: Wendax 1086 - Ajax Six
« on: December 01, 2013, 03:02:03 AM »
Green machine.

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Re: Wendax 1086
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2013, 09:35:43 AM »
an 8 cilinder hupmobile 1932

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Re: Wendax 1086
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2013, 03:26:09 PM »
Wrong on all accounts, sorry.

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Re: Wendax 1086
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2013, 03:16:45 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1086
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2013, 02:25:05 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1086
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2013, 03:24:18 AM »
Mannesmann 1929?

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Re: Wendax 1086
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2013, 03:34:16 AM »
Not even German

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Re: Wendax 1086
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2013, 06:25:30 AM »
That's what I call oversteer. Those look like US-style bumpers - is it from the States?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: Wendax 1086
« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2013, 06:39:31 AM »
Yes, from the USA

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Re: Wendax 1086
« Reply #9 on: December 16, 2013, 06:52:18 AM »
Wild guess, if only because they were famous for their advertising - Jordan?
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Re: Wendax 1086
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2013, 06:57:52 AM »
Not Jordan

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Re: Wendax 1086
« Reply #11 on: December 16, 2013, 07:40:19 AM »
Was it a lesser-known marque which ceased production during the Depression ?
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Re: Wendax 1086
« Reply #12 on: December 16, 2013, 07:44:56 AM »
A short-lived, lesser-known marque whose disappearance had nothing to do with the Great Depression anyhow.

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Re: Wendax 1086
« Reply #13 on: December 16, 2013, 08:05:40 AM »
1929-1931 Viking Touring?
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Re: Wendax 1086
« Reply #14 on: December 16, 2013, 08:23:02 AM »
Not that one

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Re: Wendax 1086
« Reply #15 on: December 16, 2013, 08:42:40 AM »
Is it an Ajax, from 1925-26?
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Re: Wendax 1086
« Reply #16 on: December 16, 2013, 09:02:57 AM »
Yes, it is. The Ajax Six was a one-year-only brand that became a Nash in 1926. Nash even offered free rebranding packages for Ajax customers.

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Re: Solved: Wendax 1086 - Ajax Six
« Reply #17 on: December 16, 2013, 11:22:06 AM »
The whole ad:

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Re: Solved: Wendax 1086 - Ajax Six
« Reply #18 on: December 16, 2013, 01:00:18 PM »
Fine, thank you for posting it!

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Re: Solved: Wendax 1086 - Ajax Six
« Reply #19 on: July 04, 2014, 03:36:27 PM »
A period picture: