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Solved - NEH 5320: NJ CL - 1958
« on: September 19, 2018, 01:01:43 PM »
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Re: NEH 5320
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2018, 05:36:15 AM »
Japanese ?
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Re: NEH 5320
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2018, 08:30:10 AM »
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Re: NEH 5320
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2018, 01:58:09 AM »
Nikken Constac
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Re: NEH 5320
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2018, 03:24:17 AM »
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Re: NEH 5320
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2018, 04:00:11 AM »
strange as I found the same car/ picture in the website I use , as Nikken Constac
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Re: NEH 5320
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2018, 06:05:57 AM »
Yes, I know that picture there and it is of course the same picture..
But I have it from a Japanese site with a different name, though closely related.
It's the name this car was usually sold as that I want; I haven't seen any other reference to 'Constac'.
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Re: NEH 5320
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2018, 08:17:20 AM »
Should be an easy expert point; smodmog has done most of the work...
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Re: NEH 5320
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2018, 10:38:17 AM »
I think Constac is correct according to most Japanese sources I can find. Maybe you're looking for LA-1 ? (I don't want a point!)
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Re: NEH 5320
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2018, 11:40:28 AM »
Well, I picked it up off another Japanese site where it had the name of a quite well known manufacturer (not Nikken), so I'd like to see that other name mentioned before I award any points.
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Re: NEH 5320
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2018, 11:45:25 AM »
I found a Japanese site that discusses these differences. From what I could gather...

Through 1957:
Manufacturer was Nippon Keijidosha Co. (Nippon Light Machine Co.) in Kawaguchi
Product name was Nikkei Taro Light Van Type LA-1

Beginning 1958:
Manufacturer changed to Nikken Machinery Industry in Ota-ku
Product name changed to Constac Light Van Type CL

[Edit: Another source states that the name "Nikkei Taro" later became "Nikkei Jidosha" (or simply "NJ").]
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Re: NEH 5320
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2018, 12:54:14 PM »
Yes, that's what I was after.
It's an NJ, model name CL.  NJ might stand for Nikkei Jidosha (I believe Jidosha is Japanese for 'car') but I also have the manufacturer as Nippon Keijidosha Co. of Kawaguchi, which means 'Japanese Light Car Co.' (the well-known kei-cars being 'light cars).
Not quite sure what the Japanese characters say on the picture below.

Barrett didn't want a point so I've given it gte4289 for coming up with all the info I was after.
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