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Title: Puzzle 1309 - Bajaj Automobile PTV
Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 14, 2009, 05:06:41 AM: Know what it is?

Please, respond below and let us know the make and specific model designation of the car posted here.

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Post by: pguillem on May 14, 2009, 10:53:07 AM: Acoma Comtesse ?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 15, 2009, 03:52:17 AM: Not one of those.
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 18, 2009, 04:49:37 AM: Experts?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 30, 2009, 03:18:51 AM: :drive:
Put-putting to the Pro's section
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Post by: Arunas on May 30, 2009, 04:09:27 AM: From UK?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 30, 2009, 05:41:58 AM: No sir.
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Post by: Arunas on May 30, 2009, 06:14:00 AM: French or Italy?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 30, 2009, 06:22:31 AM: Pick one. ;D
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Post by: Arunas on May 30, 2009, 06:54:05 AM: What if none of them is correct? :D

French?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 30, 2009, 06:56:04 AM: Not French.
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Post by: Arunas on May 30, 2009, 07:24:21 AM: European?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 30, 2009, 07:43:06 AM: Nope.
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Post by: Arunas on May 30, 2009, 09:21:39 AM: American?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 30, 2009, 12:24:12 PM: No sir.
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Post by: Arunas on May 30, 2009, 12:32:36 PM: Australian?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 31, 2009, 04:24:56 AM: Nope.
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Post by: Arunas on May 31, 2009, 04:38:35 AM: Asian?
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Post by: Ray B. on May 31, 2009, 04:51:01 AM: Oceanian?
From Corsica?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 31, 2009, 06:57:51 AM: Pick one. ;D
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Post by: Arunas on May 31, 2009, 07:01:57 AM: So?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 31, 2009, 07:49:07 AM: Quote from: Arunas on May 31, 2009, 07:01:57 AM
So?

...buttons on your underwear.

Yes, Asian.
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 17, 2009, 03:08:21 AM: ...and then, the trail went cold.
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Post by: Arunas on December 17, 2009, 03:35:22 AM: Japanese?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 17, 2009, 03:53:52 AM: Not from Japan.
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Post by: Quiller on December 18, 2009, 09:41:34 AM: Indian?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 18, 2009, 12:35:42 PM: Yes!
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 03, 2010, 06:19:06 AM: Free-for-all
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 12, 2010, 05:34:43 AM: :bump:
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Post by: Allemano on April 12, 2010, 05:41:03 AM: From the land of Bollywood?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 12, 2010, 05:55:05 AM: Do you mean India?
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Post by: Allemano on April 12, 2010, 06:08:49 AM: Sorry, didn't recognize that it's already mentioned..
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Post by: Allemano on April 12, 2010, 06:16:21 AM: An independent Indian development or based on something licenced/imported?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 12, 2010, 10:03:52 AM: Quote from: Allemano on April 12, 2010, 06:16:21 AM
An independent Indian development or based on something licenced/imported?

Built by a well-established India-based manufacturing concern.
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Post by: Allemano on April 12, 2010, 10:04:50 AM: Tata?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 12, 2010, 10:11:19 AM: No
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Post by: Allemano on April 12, 2010, 10:40:31 AM: a concern that produces mainly motorycles?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 12, 2010, 10:52:28 AM: Yeah
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Post by: Allemano on April 12, 2010, 10:57:32 AM: Bajaj?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 12, 2010, 11:00:43 AM: Yes!
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Post by: Allemano on April 12, 2010, 11:16:56 AM: Sort of Autorickshaw prototype?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 12, 2010, 12:15:42 PM: I'm not sure what they called it. It was included in a story about the Indian automobile industry, and earlier attempts to build a super low-cost transport, ala the current Tata Nano. The point's yours, but I'll leave it open, in case another person has more info.
Title: Re: Puzzle 1309 - Bajaj Automobile called ___________________?
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 13, 2010, 04:33:30 AM: Just a bump before I go...
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 22, 2010, 04:13:15 AM: So long, Pros. Hello, Black Hole
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 11, 2011, 05:22:50 AM: Three letter model designation...
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Post by: Paul Jaray on April 11, 2011, 07:50:09 AM: Hal?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 11, 2011, 08:01:05 AM: No.

No vowels
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Post by: Oguerrerob on April 25, 2011, 02:44:15 PM: I've found a similar model but convertible tag as a Rickshaw Bajaj.
There are some Rickshaw TVS
another CNG
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Post by: Oguerrerob on May 05, 2011, 10:11:30 AM: No answer, let me repeat it separetely. Could it be Rickshaw Bajaj TVS?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 06, 2011, 05:38:42 AM: I have a different three-letter designation. Since my source is long gone, I think I'll move this one to solved, unless somebody can put this to bed definitively.
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Post by: Oguerrerob on May 06, 2011, 09:17:09 AM: Maybe the three letter word your looking for is LPG. "the company (TVS Motors) already had a presence in two-Stroke and four-Stroke engine segments in petrol, LPG and CNG variants"
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 06, 2011, 05:04:30 PM: No, that's not it
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Post by: Oguerrerob on August 24, 2011, 07:41:47 PM: Maybe Zen?
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Post by: barrett on February 15, 2012, 05:03:37 PM: The three letters you're looking for are PTV which stands for Private Transport Vehicle. Around 25 built but never commercially sold. Powered by a 150cc Bajaj 'bike engine. A handful are known to exist.
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on February 16, 2012, 03:01:32 AM: Quote from: barrett on February 15, 2012, 05:03:37 PM
The three letters you're looking for are PTV which stands for Private Transport Vehicle. Around 25 built but never commercially sold. Powered by a 150cc Bajaj 'bike engine. A handful are known to exist.

1008 days later, I can call this one well and truly solved.

Well done, barrett. :grad:

2 Points for you.
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Post by: Paul Jaray on February 16, 2012, 04:44:47 AM: I can't believe it.
I'm still working on my index and TODAY I was looking for the story of the Sunrise\Badal\Sipani and I found this:

TODAY!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on February 16, 2012, 04:48:57 AM: An odd celestial alignment must be at play... 8)
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Post by: Paul Jaray on February 16, 2012, 05:00:42 AM: I'm reading the Beaulieu, page by page and I reached the Sipani entry today... :disbelief:
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Post by: el_monty on September 08, 2017, 06:11:19 AM: Puzzle pic not visible