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Solved: Wendax 3807 - Mazda 1800 Estate
« on: April 11, 2022, 01:12:31 AM »
Seen on Saturday.

For an easy Rookie point, please respond and identify this car.

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Re: Wendax 3807 (Warp 50)
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2022, 03:47:32 PM »
It's a Ford Taunus 17m (P3) Turnier Super, and unusual in having five doors. Built 1960 - 64

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Re: Wendax 3807 (Warp 50)
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2022, 01:25:01 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 3807 (Warp 50)
« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2022, 03:57:23 PM »
Mazda 1500 estate design by bertone presente 1967

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Re: Wendax 3807 (Warp 50)
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2022, 04:08:09 PM »
Not a 1500, but very close. Locked for you.

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Re: Wendax 3807 (Warp 50)
« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2022, 05:01:46 PM »
ok, you could also have it as 1800
« Last Edit: April 14, 2022, 05:07:36 PM by olavr »

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Re: Wendax 3807 (Warp 50)
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2022, 03:02:15 AM »
Yes, recognizable by the extra vents on the hood.
Another picture of the same car, this time taken from the web:

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Re: Solved: Wendax 3807 - Mazda 1800 Estate
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2022, 07:00:57 AM »
Think I've seen this very car on a 'Nippon Classic Day' meeting back when it still took place in Essen-Borbeck before 2010.
A very attractive wagon in my opinion.
Young G. Giugiaro made the original design at the Bertone studios for Alfa Romeo, but they refused to take it, so Mazda stepped in.