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Stylish.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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Re: Wendax 1286
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2014, 03:05:23 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1286
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2014, 05:27:06 AM »
South American Ford?

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Re: Wendax 1286
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2014, 05:39:33 AM »
South American, and Ford-based

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Re: Wendax 1286
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2014, 08:30:56 AM »
gauchito 1955?

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Re: Wendax 1286
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2014, 08:43:42 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1286
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2014, 08:02:58 AM »
Such a strange thing!  :-\ It looks as if a 1963 Ford F100 truck front has been grafted onto a 1958-style Ford passenger car rear - is it a kind of 'crew-cab' vehicle, with the boot area actually being a pick-up rather than having a lid? Argentinian?

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Re: Wendax 1286
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2014, 08:14:48 AM »
It is hard to tell from the pictures Ihave, but I think you are right with your guesses about the bodywork. It is Argentinian.

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Re: Wendax 1286
« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2014, 12:06:50 AM »
A 1962 Rolmar Ford wooden panel sedan deluxe?

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Re: Wendax 1286
« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2014, 03:05:00 AM »
Easy for you.  ;)
Rolmar is the name I wanted to hear. The year is almost correct, it is a 1961 model, and it is Ford F-100-based. I'm not sure whether Rusca is a correct part of this model's name, so I won't ask for it.

One more point for you.

A variety of 1961 Rolmars:

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Re: Solved: Wendax 1286 - Rolmar Ford F-100 sedan
« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2014, 07:41:54 AM »
Rolmar was the designer of the body but it little factory was full capacity. They were one of the little companies that made buses bodies. So the contruction of the specials cars and pick ups they let it in hands of an steel tools company call Rusca.

SO it was a Rolmar desing but made in Rusca workshops.

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Re: Solved: Wendax 1286 - Rolmar Ford F-100 sedan
« Reply #11 on: June 28, 2014, 11:51:59 AM »
Thank you for that information, I'll change the title.