Whaddyacallit #360 - Solved! Bobbi-Kar

Ray B. · June 25, 2009, 04:39:52 AM

Ever seen this ?

If you did, please respond below and let us know the make and model of the car posted here.
I couldn't find it myself so I'll be needing some evidence.

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Octavia · June 25, 2009, 03:30:07 PM

Isn't that a Rovin 3CV (1954)

Ray B. · June 25, 2009, 03:33:47 PM

I have pictures of the Rovin and it's different, even if roughly similar.

Ray B. · July 07, 2009, 04:07:13 PM

Experts?

guido66 · July 07, 2009, 04:22:36 PM

It looks a bit like a Keller Super Chief Convertible. But I'm missing the lower part of the grille...

pguillem · July 07, 2009, 04:47:40 PM

I'll go for a Bobbi-Kar/Keller...

Ray B. · July 08, 2009, 06:33:48 AM

Hey, you're right, this is the Bobbi-Kar. How could I not have seen it? I am a fan of the Bobbi-Kar but I had only seen a drawing, never a true photo.
This may explain why it hadn't been a former puzzle.
I just found one and that's it alright.

ftg3plus4 · July 08, 2009, 09:45:09 AM

I have a pic on my home computer that's supposed to be a Bobbi-Kar; I'll have to post it when I get home. It looks much like a Keller but with a different nose. It's different enough from what you have here that I'm wondering if one or the other really isn't the BK. How sure are you of this pic?

DynaMike · July 08, 2009, 10:40:28 AM

In the book "Kleinwagen international" that I mentioned in my comment on the Julien MM7 there's also a picture of the Bobbi-Kar (p.282). Though this picture is not very sharp it clearly is the same car as shown here. There are a few small differences, though: slightle smaller bumper, the wheel arch is a bit more edgy, the top of the windscreen seems to be less thick and the chrome vertical thing behind the door (air-intake?) is missing. Nevertheless it is obviously the same vehicle.

ftg3plus4 · July 08, 2009, 08:27:13 PM

This is what I have identified as a pic of a Bobbi-Kar. Now that I can compare it with the first pic, I notice that the front is fairly similar.

pguillem · July 08, 2009, 09:44:20 PM

Another image, with two Bobbi-Kar.

Quiller · July 09, 2009, 08:48:44 AM

~~That's a Keller in the foreground and a Bobbi-Kar in the background~~ my mistake!

ftg3plus4 · July 09, 2009, 09:02:28 AM

Can anyone verify which one my station wagon pic actually is? I notice the bumper on it looks more like the one on the Keller above.

Otto Puzzell · July 09, 2009, 09:09:58 AM

It's a Bobbi Car, according to the article the picture came from.

Credit - Hemmings.com

ftg3plus4 · July 09, 2009, 09:13:58 AM

Quote from: Quiller on July 09, 2009, 08:48:44 AM
That's a Keller in the foreground and a Bobbi-Kar in the background

Note that, according to the caption in the above article, that's a Bobbi-Kar in the foreground and a "pre" BK prototype behind it.

Otto Puzzell · July 09, 2009, 09:15:25 AM

Yep.

Ray B. · July 09, 2009, 10:08:02 AM

You seem to have been real excited about the Bobbi-Kar, guys. Thanks to all for the images and the SIA article I was about to upload too.
Otto, is that you who moved this to the Solved Puzzles? And did you also give pguillem his point? Or did you leave this to me?

I usually do both at the same time so it gets me a little confused.

And about the car: it definitely seems to me that it's the second, smaller car in the picture so the "iron monster prototype. What do you say?

Otto Puzzell · May 08, 2015, 05:50:40 AM

A period photo of the 'production' Bobbi-Kar

Ray B. · May 08, 2015, 10:21:53 AM

Puzzle picture restored (lousy quality, though)

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Whaddyacallit #360 - Solved! Bobbi-Kar