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Puzzle #25 - Solved! 1935 Tsukuba
« on: August 19, 2006, 09:12:30 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2006, 04:19:41 PM »
It has an Austin 7 look about it.  But the grille isn't A7nor is the lack of a front bumper. The licenced sevens: BMW Dixi and Bantamalso had front bumpers as standard.  So it's some sort of Austin 7, Dixi or bantam based specialist model.  It's not a Swallow either.

It's a long shot, but I'll guess at a Gordon England Austin 7.
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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2006, 04:59:42 PM »
Good guess, but no. You'll need to look outside the UK for the answer.
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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2006, 01:17:25 AM »
Eastern European? Maybe a Skoda Popular?

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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2006, 03:32:28 AM »
No sir.
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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2006, 12:55:43 AM »
Datsun Type 14 from mid 30-s.

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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2006, 04:08:07 AM »
No.
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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2006, 03:23:28 PM »
Bugatti? Right color anyway.............

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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2006, 03:58:15 PM »
No sir.

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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2006, 05:56:54 AM »
 A HINO .

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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2006, 07:57:34 AM »
No.
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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #11 on: October 06, 2006, 04:48:47 AM »
Perhaps too much concentration on the grille and bodywork has kept you from noticing what made this car fairly unique, and therefor museum-worthy. A large museum started by a global automotive company thought it so, and has this very car on display.
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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #12 on: October 06, 2006, 11:36:30 AM »
Those look like "H" on the wheel covers, a Honda of some sort then?

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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #13 on: October 06, 2006, 12:12:56 PM »
Not a Honda.

I believe the emblem on the hubcap is a character from one of the Japanese alphabets.
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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #14 on: October 06, 2006, 03:19:21 PM »
A Wolseley built under licence by the Ishikawajiama Ship Building Company that became Isuzu?
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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #15 on: October 07, 2006, 03:32:39 AM »
No. 
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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #16 on: October 07, 2006, 10:53:28 AM »
Is a model from japanese Otomo, perhaps the first japanese car to be exported?

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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #17 on: October 08, 2006, 02:54:14 AM »
Nope.
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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #18 on: October 08, 2006, 10:29:32 PM »
Datsun Type 14?

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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #19 on: October 09, 2006, 03:32:02 AM »
Not a Datsun.
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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #20 on: October 21, 2006, 01:51:58 AM »
A Bantem

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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #21 on: October 21, 2006, 04:00:01 AM »
Welcome, smonty!  :)

Not a Bantam.
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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #22 on: October 21, 2006, 06:56:17 PM »
 A Tsukuba  produced by Tokyo Jidosha Seizo? The first FWD car produced in Japan. Just a WAG.  ;)
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Re: Puzzle #25
« Reply #23 on: October 22, 2006, 03:22:51 AM »
You've ID's this jewel of the Toyota Motor Museum, but misidentified it as the first FWD car from Japan. To wit:

The first front-wheel-drive car in Japan is believed to be the Roland, manufactured in 1931 by renowned motorcycle rider Kazuo Kawamada. An improved model, the Tsukuba, was produced by Tokyo Jidosha Seizo for three years starting in 1935. It came in three body types-(sedan, hooded wagon, and truck) and about 130 units were manufactured. The car was named after Mt. Tsukuba in the Kanto area.

Nevertheless, your twofer is secure.   ;)
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Re: Puzzle #25 - Solved! 1935 Tsukuba
« Reply #24 on: October 22, 2006, 10:42:18 AM »
Details... feh! Who cares about the details when we're talking serious trivia?
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