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Solved: Wendax 3050 - Monos Taxi
« on: November 26, 2019, 02:29:21 AM »
For the friends of the unusual.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

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Re: Wendax 3050
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2019, 04:08:03 AM »
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Re: Wendax 3050
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2019, 04:11:09 AM »
Czech?

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Re: Wendax 3050
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2019, 04:25:03 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 3050
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2019, 04:30:07 AM »
German?

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Re: Wendax 3050
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2019, 05:30:54 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 3050
« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2019, 07:03:22 AM »
This design represents one of the many things beyond my understanding.  :o ;D

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Re: Wendax 3050
« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2019, 12:50:45 PM »
German?
I was in error, it is not German.

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Re: Wendax 3050
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2019, 09:21:26 AM »
Buy British

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Re: Wendax 3050
« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2019, 09:56:58 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 3050
« Reply #10 on: December 04, 2019, 02:42:14 PM »
1920-25?

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Re: Wendax 3050
« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2019, 03:02:57 PM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 3050
« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2019, 03:06:50 PM »
Austrian?

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Re: Wendax 3050
« Reply #13 on: December 04, 2019, 03:14:01 PM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 3050
« Reply #14 on: December 05, 2019, 08:17:42 AM »
It looks as if the driver had a nice warm seat over the engine.  Great in winter!
As it's Austrian is it from Steyr-Puch?
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Re: Wendax 3050
« Reply #15 on: December 05, 2019, 08:57:28 AM »
Not from them (and not Steyr or Puch either)

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Re: Wendax 3050
« Reply #16 on: December 13, 2019, 02:13:59 PM »
I've found the vehicle, but I'm not sure about the details due to translation issues. Is it actually called the '2 1/2 Thousand Monos-Taxi' by manufacturer Herrgott & Dion Bouton?
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Re: Wendax 3050
« Reply #17 on: December 13, 2019, 02:55:19 PM »
The text where this picture comes from is a satirical one, so the 2500 probably refer to the price, and there never was a Herrgott & Dion Bouton company. But you have correctly identified it as the Monos-Taxi.

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Re: Wendax 3050
« Reply #18 on: December 13, 2019, 02:57:54 PM »
The text where this picture comes from is a satirical one, so the 2500 probably refer to the price, and there never was a Herrgott & Dion Bouton company. But you have correctly identified it as the Monos-Taxi.
Thank you!