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Solved: PN #1145 -- Kyosan-go TB, 1937
« on: August 09, 2018, 01:58:11 PM »
Please ID this small car for a point - brand and year are required for a point
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Re: PN #1145
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2018, 10:49:51 AM »
Experts?
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Re: PN #1145
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2018, 07:27:47 AM »
1970s Lancia pickup, photographed in 1971?  ;) ;D ;D

Is it Italian?

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Re: PN #1145
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2018, 02:08:16 PM »
no
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Re: PN #1145
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2018, 05:46:09 PM »
Japanese?

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Re: PN #1145
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2018, 09:48:40 AM »
yes
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Re: PN #1145
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2018, 09:56:24 AM »
Datsun?

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Re: PN #1145
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2018, 10:33:48 AM »
no
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Re: PN #1145
« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2018, 10:53:05 AM »
Kurogane type 95?

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Re: PN #1145
« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2018, 02:56:01 PM »
no
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Re: PN #1145
« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2018, 03:49:55 PM »
was it a well-known brand?

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Re: PN #1145
« Reply #11 on: August 19, 2018, 11:12:58 PM »
no
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Re: PN #1145
« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2018, 11:39:35 PM »
Professionals?
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Re: PN #1145
« Reply #13 on: August 22, 2018, 12:42:30 AM »
1937 Kyosan-go
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Re: PN #1145
« Reply #14 on: August 22, 2018, 06:40:25 AM »
Yes

"in 1931, our company successfully tested a prototype for a small half-ton truck called the Kyosan-go. The truck had a water-cooled, singlecylinder 500 cc engine.
The Kyosan Automobile Company was founded that year and sales of the Kyosan-go was started as well. Next year, in 1932, a new improved three-quarter ton truck was developed, equipped with a V-type, two cylinder 750 cc engine, The decision to mass produce it was made.
At one point, 150 kyosan-go cars were produced per month. The Kyosan Automobile Company was able to operate as an independent business. In March 1937, several automobile makers participated in a test drive up the Mt. Fuji (to the 6th stage or 2450m above the sea level). Only a modified four-wheel drive Kyosan-go reached the 6th stage, revealing its excellent performance.
Our company worked to expand its business, Due to, however, preparations for war, materials were scarce, and production became incteasingly difficult.Production stopped in August 1938. From the production start, over seven years from 1931 to 1938, 2050 cars had been produced
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Re: Solved: PN #1145 -- Kyosan-go, 1937
« Reply #15 on: August 22, 2018, 05:00:18 PM »
Unusually I found the answer in a book rather than online. According to that source this truck has a model name : TB. It's an evolution of the original KB model made between 1932 and 1936. 1937 TB has D-shaped bonnet vents while the 1938 version has banada-shaped vents.