SOLVED: WTH # 422 - 1932 Hudson Special multi-wheel touring for Japanese Government

[sixtee5cuda]

For one point, provide the year, make, and intended customer of this multi-wheel contraption

[sixtee5cuda]

Too much for the Rookies, too simple for the Experts?

Up!

[Ford08]

Hudson Special. Six of these vehicles were built for the Japanese Government for military use in Manchuria. Only the rearmost wheels were driven. The spares were idler/support wheels.

[sixtee5cuda]

And the point goes to Ford08 for the correct answer.  I didn't expect this to be solved by a Rookie while it was in the Expert section.

There are other puzzles here with 6- or 8-wheel vehicles in the orient during the 1930s.  I wonder if they copied this one, or had Hudson and other companies build them to a government design?

[Ford08]

This car is highly memorable. My interest - other period.
I explore the first French car-based books, magazines, and patents XIX and early XX century. To avoid errors accumulated over 100 years. And I write a bit about these cars.
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