Author Topic: Solved: PN #1475 -- Ishikawajima Shibaura Machine (Matsumoto) 1955 Shibaura Light MR-2  (Read 872 times)

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Please identify brand and model for a point
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Re: PN #1475
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2020, 08:23:04 AM »
Experts?
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Re: PN #1475
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2020, 10:12:56 AM »
looks Japanese?

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Re: PN #1475
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2020, 10:36:49 AM »
so far so good
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Re: PN #1475
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2020, 12:07:42 PM »
was it a mass-produced brand?

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Re: PN #1475
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2020, 12:14:53 PM »
A step further: Datsun?

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Re: PN #1475
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2020, 01:05:36 PM »
It was not Datsun and it was produced, but not on a mass-scale
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Re: PN #1475
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2020, 01:34:11 PM »
NJ?

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Re: PN #1475
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2020, 03:35:38 PM »
not NJ
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Re: PN #1475
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2020, 06:40:00 AM »
Truck manufacturer?

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Re: PN #1475
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2020, 07:31:57 AM »
Apparently I was wrong, this remained a prototype.

The company is still around, but not making trucks (never produced trucks)
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Re: PN #1475
« Reply #11 on: October 18, 2020, 07:41:23 AM »
Professionals?
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Re: PN #1475
« Reply #12 on: October 18, 2020, 11:08:47 AM »
Ishikawajima Shibaura Machine (Matsumoto) 1955 Shibaura Light MR-2
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Re: PN #1475
« Reply #13 on: October 18, 2020, 11:21:50 AM »
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