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Solved -PJ746- 'Carro de vime' by Fernando Figueiredo, 1931
« on: September 24, 2017, 04:27:33 PM »
Who built this, when and where?
No point for incomplete answers.
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Re: PJ - 746
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2017, 04:36:18 PM »
It is a wicker (or straw) car built on Madeira in 1931.
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Re: PJ - 746
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2017, 04:47:24 PM »
and that was the easy part  ;)
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Re: PJ - 746
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2017, 05:38:18 AM »
Fernando Figueiredo
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Re: PJ - 746
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2017, 04:31:08 PM »
Yes!  :applause: :applause: :applause:
 He's been client of Benedicto Lopes, when he run a shop in Campinas (SP) before he bacame a F1 pilot!
How did you find it?
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Re: PJ - 746
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2017, 11:58:05 PM »
Wendax provided the solution - I just had to Google "wicker" "automobile" "Madeira" in Portuguese  :)
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Re: PJ - 746
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2017, 02:17:55 AM »
I tried that, too. Must have chosen the wrong term for wicker.  :P

BTW, my post was just summing up the results of another puzzle: https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/professional-autopuzzles/q889-odd-cars-from-odd-places-(group-puzzle)/msg430750/#msg430750
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Re: PJ - 746
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2017, 02:51:11 AM »
That was quite hard!
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