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Solved: GTE 365 - 1946 Feiying by Tianjin Auto Repair Works
« on: April 27, 2020, 11:23:16 PM »
Identify this vehicle for a point.
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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2020, 07:03:24 AM »
Experts?

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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2020, 10:29:50 PM »
BET three-wheeler?

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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2020, 12:26:34 AM »
BET three-wheeler?
There's definitely a resemblance, but it's not that

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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2020, 05:03:26 AM »
American?

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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2020, 05:46:40 AM »

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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2020, 06:23:12 AM »
wheels are similar to the Fiat Topolino ones: maybe Italian?
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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2020, 06:25:09 AM »
wheels are similar to the Fiat Topolino ones: maybe Italian?
Not Italian

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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2020, 10:24:48 AM »
French?
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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2020, 11:14:22 AM »

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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2020, 11:27:06 AM »
Is it german?

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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #11 on: May 08, 2020, 11:50:38 AM »

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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #12 on: May 08, 2020, 12:52:55 PM »
Asian?

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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #13 on: May 08, 2020, 02:51:12 PM »

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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #14 on: May 08, 2020, 08:35:35 PM »
Japanese?

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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #15 on: May 08, 2020, 10:11:26 PM »

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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #16 on: May 08, 2020, 11:18:30 PM »
chinese?

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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #17 on: May 08, 2020, 11:20:09 PM »

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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #18 on: May 08, 2020, 11:45:14 PM »
Weixing?

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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #19 on: May 08, 2020, 11:47:29 PM »

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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #20 on: May 09, 2020, 12:04:01 AM »
Was it a mass-produced three wheeler in 1940s?

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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #21 on: May 09, 2020, 02:33:54 AM »
Was it a mass-produced three wheeler in 1940s?
Built in the 1940s, but certainly not mass-produced. In fact, I am only aware of one example with this particular body/configuration.

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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #22 on: May 09, 2020, 06:19:55 AM »
Found it - the 1946 Feiying (Eagle) three-wheeler.

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Re: GTE 365
« Reply #23 on: May 09, 2020, 06:57:58 AM »
Found it - the 1946 Feiying (Eagle) three-wheeler.
That's it :thumbsup:

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Re: Solved: GTE 365 - 1946 Feiying closed passenger vehicle
« Reply #24 on: May 09, 2020, 07:21:35 PM »
By the way, Feiying vehicles were produced by the Tianjin Auto Repair Works. The company constructed new bodies and married these to Daihatsu trikes which had been captured from the Japanese. Ten Feiying examples were revealed to the public at the opening of a new road from Tianjin to Beijing--one closed passenger vehicle (like the puzzle vehicle) and nine pickups. Drawings of a convertible passenger vehicle also exist, but I don't know if any of these convertibles were actually produced.
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