Solved: Wendax 097 - Dat King 750

Allemano · April 18, 2011, 07:55:24 AM

Japan?

Wendax · April 18, 2011, 07:55:59 AM

Yes

Allemano · April 18, 2011, 07:57:11 AM

I have it somewhere at home I believe...

It looked so familiar, but couldn't match it...

woodinsight · April 18, 2011, 09:08:04 AM

Specifically from Thailand? (the racing colours of that country were blue and yellow)

Wendax · April 18, 2011, 09:11:04 AM

I only know the maker. That one is from Japan, as already guessed.

Allemano · April 19, 2011, 02:30:03 AM

Now I'm pretty sure that if not the same it's something like that:

It was in my old "A Day At The Races" puzzle and I had it filed as "1936 Datsun Midget Racer"

QuoteThe first recorded race wins by a Datsun I can find are in 1936 in Japan. A Datsun Midget took the checkered flag at the Japan Motor Vehicle Competition at Tamagawa Speedway. The Midget was powered by at 747cc engine. Datsun cars were probably raced in Japan throughout the 30's and right up until the Second World War.

Wendax · April 19, 2011, 02:39:05 AM

That definitely is the car. I didn't recognize that it has been featured here before. In the unmodified puzzle picture it has a name written on the rear wing. Locked for you to find that name and earn the point.

Allemano · April 19, 2011, 02:47:34 AM

Now I've found this interisting quote

QuoteOhta Race Car
This photo has been doing the rounds of the internet for years tagged as being a Datsun NL-75, but it isn't. The car is actually a single seater built by Yuichi Ohta in the early 1950s. Yuichi Ohta had a long association with Nissan, and he was the designer of the Datsun DC-3 and the Datsun S211 sports cars.
This car however was not a Nissan product, it was Yuichi's own project, though it did have a Datsun engine.

Wendax · April 19, 2011, 02:55:49 AM

Very interesting. I will reward that information with the hint that neveretheless the name refers to the engine maker.

Allemano · April 19, 2011, 03:01:36 AM

So it's something like "Datsun ......." ?

Wendax · April 19, 2011, 03:04:33 AM

Quote from: Allemano on April 19, 2011, 03:01:36 AM
So it's something like "Dat~~sun~~ ......." ?

Allemano · April 19, 2011, 03:12:30 AM

1951 Datsun 'King' 750 racing car

A Datsun 'King' 750 racing car, with DC-3 designer Yuichi Ohta at the wheel

Wendax · April 19, 2011, 03:21:02 AM

That's it.

A well-earned point for you. Thanks for the additional pictures.

Allemano · April 19, 2011, 03:26:11 AM

Thanks for heading this in a new direction. Will change it in the group puzzle, too.

targhediferro · April 06, 2013, 03:54:26 PM

You have to correctly identify this car, and the year it was built, to have a point.

targhediferro · April 09, 2013, 02:46:46 PM

Up!

nicanary · April 09, 2013, 03:09:04 PM

Is it a BMW 328-based "eigenbau" of some sort ?

targhediferro · April 09, 2013, 03:29:48 PM

Not a BMW.

targhediferro · April 17, 2013, 06:04:45 PM

Pros time.

Wendax · April 18, 2013, 02:03:46 AM

Italian?

woodinsight · April 18, 2013, 04:17:55 AM

German?

targhediferro · April 18, 2013, 06:29:38 AM

Neither Italian, nor German.

Wendax · April 18, 2013, 06:43:35 AM

Czech?

targhediferro · April 18, 2013, 05:44:25 PM

Not Czech.

woodinsight · April 18, 2013, 06:15:16 PM

Polish?

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Solved: Wendax 097 - Dat King 750