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Solved: Wendax 2157 - Saviem MTPV
« on: February 01, 2017, 02:29:38 AM »
Built for hard work.

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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2017, 02:25:55 AM »
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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2017, 03:58:05 AM »
Euclid?

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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2017, 06:41:49 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2017, 01:21:19 PM »
North American?

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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2017, 01:33:57 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2017, 03:20:08 PM »
Russian?
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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2017, 03:49:45 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2017, 07:11:54 AM »
Japanese?
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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2017, 07:20:54 AM »
French?

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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2017, 08:40:40 AM »
A French Willeme perhaps?

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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2017, 09:20:07 AM »
French, but not a Willème

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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2017, 03:53:06 PM »
Is it perchance a Berliet?
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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2017, 01:20:26 AM »
It's not.

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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2017, 04:14:23 AM »
Unic ?

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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2017, 04:31:55 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #16 on: February 10, 2017, 02:20:36 PM »
Bernard?

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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #17 on: February 10, 2017, 03:47:57 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #18 on: February 10, 2017, 04:54:32 PM »
Maybe a more unusual but still active: NICOLAS?

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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #19 on: February 10, 2017, 04:56:12 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #20 on: February 10, 2017, 05:30:02 PM »
Saviem-Somua MPV

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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #21 on: February 10, 2017, 05:40:37 PM »
LABOURIER?

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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #22 on: February 11, 2017, 02:37:09 AM »
Saviem-Somua MPV
Very close! I don't have it as a Saviem-Somua, but just a Saviem, and one letter is missing: M_PV.
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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #23 on: February 13, 2017, 06:32:46 AM »
Sorry, but I could't find anything more.. I found a cutting from a 1958 Algerian newspaper where it is

 described as Somua by Saviem. Feel free to unlock.

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Re: Wendax 2157
« Reply #24 on: February 13, 2017, 06:44:32 AM »
You are right about the Somua participation. It looks as if it was first built as a Somua M_P, and after the formation of Saviem (= Renault + Somua + Latil) it was carried on as the Saviem M_P. I won't unlock, as it is quite easy to find (M_P is even an abbreviation for the truck's field of usage).