Puzzle #688 - Solved! Beijing Motor Vehicle V8 (AKA "East Glows")

Otto Puzzell · January 13, 2008, 03:25:40 AM

"Eastern Bloc", as I understand it, was the USSR and it's satellites.

@re · January 13, 2008, 04:50:38 AM

Agreed. Eastern Bloc countries were the former USSR and its associates in Eastern Europe (DDR, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Albania, Rumania, Bulgaria and Hungary).

Tifosi · January 13, 2008, 10:54:16 AM

So, is it from Mainland China or Taiwan?

Dan

Otto Puzzell · January 13, 2008, 11:57:43 AM

QuoteSo it is chinese, but no-one has guessed the right car yet.

QuoteThat is correct.

imprezaf · January 13, 2008, 06:36:50 PM

Is it a Hongqi?

Otto Puzzell · January 14, 2008, 02:41:01 AM

Not a Hong Qi or a Hongqi.

I believe this car is from mainland China.

D-type · January 14, 2008, 08:57:27 AM

Red Flag?

@re · January 14, 2008, 09:09:57 AM

Hong Qi is Chinese for Red Flag - it's the same car

Otto Puzzell · January 19, 2008, 04:01:00 AM

You know, China is not that far from Japan.

grobmotorix · January 19, 2008, 08:54:49 AM

Could be a ca. 1958 Prince Skyline or Gloria...

Otto Puzzell · January 19, 2008, 10:59:48 AM

No, it's from China - the "Japan" comment was a clue of a different nature.

Tifosi · January 19, 2008, 05:56:14 PM

Quote from: KarnUtz on January 19, 2008, 10:59:48 AM
No, it's from China - the "Japan" comment was a clue of a different nature.

I'm lost....

Dan

grobmotorix · January 19, 2008, 09:13:25 PM

FAW CA 770 or 772? FAW=FirstAutomobileWorks, the brand name is Honqui (=red flag)

Tifosi · January 19, 2008, 10:47:37 PM

It can't be a Hongqi...they look like this...

Otto Puzzell · January 20, 2008, 03:09:17 AM

Quote from: Tifosi on January 19, 2008, 05:56:14 PM

Hmmm... If you wait for sun up, you may perhaps orient yourself correctly.

Paul Jaray · January 20, 2008, 06:44:44 AM

Hi, is that a Beijing\Peking BJ750?
That is the Beijing Buick Special from 1955...

Paul Jaray · January 20, 2008, 07:01:36 AM

By the way, my first reply was correct...I tought it was a PEACE, former He-PING,former HO-PING active in China from 1958-1960, it was a sedan Plymouth-like powered with a 4-cylinder 55hp engine.
"Peace" is "Heping" in Mandarin and "Hoping" in Cantonese.

Otto Puzzell · January 20, 2008, 08:59:35 AM

Quote from: PAUL JARAY on January 20, 2008, 06:44:44 AM
Hi, is that a Beijing\Peking BJ750?
That is the Beijing Buick Special from 1955...

It certainly looks similar. I would not be surprised to find they are related.

Paul Jaray · January 20, 2008, 11:01:28 AM

There are only few last....the Feng-Huang, then Phoenix, (1958-1965) built several cars, one similar to the american Plymouth (again) and one based on a Mercedes Benz 220. During the 1965 the name was changed to Shanghai.

Paul Jaray · January 20, 2008, 11:14:57 AM

The last one is the Dong-Feng, AKA Tung-Feng,AKA East Wind with the CA-71 model that is quite different.

Paul Jaray · January 25, 2008, 05:47:34 AM

Otto Puzzell · January 25, 2008, 05:48:31 AM

I haven't seen the correct model designation posted yet.

Paul Jaray · January 25, 2008, 05:51:14 AM

But is there the correct maker? (Dong-Feng\Tung-Feng\East Wind or Feng-Huang\Phoenix\Shangai)?

Otto Puzzell · January 25, 2008, 06:01:35 AM

To be honest, I don't know. The scant reference to this car has referred to it by a two-word name, similar to one of the names you posted. Said references do not specify if the name is the maker or the model.

Paul Jaray · January 25, 2008, 06:06:16 AM

There was also the Progress, built by (or built in) Chung King in 1958

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Puzzle #688 - Solved! Beijing Motor Vehicle V8 (AKA "East Glows")