SOLVED: WTH # 398 - 1950 Toyopet Model SDY convertible by Widefield Motors

[sixtee5cuda]

To earn a point, provide the year, make, model, and constructor of this little convertible

[sixtee5cuda]

Up!

Do the Pros know what this is?

[Carnut]

Looks British; any Jowett connection?

[D-type]

Any Jensen connection?

[sixtee5cuda]

Not British, so no Jensen/Jowett connection

[oko94]

European ?

[sixtee5cuda]

Not European

[Carnut]

Australian?

[sixtee5cuda]

Not from Australia or NZ

[ropat53]

Japanese?

[sixtee5cuda]

This car is from Japan

[fyreline]

1950 Toyota Model SDY with body by Widefield Motors.

[sixtee5cuda]

I have it as a Toyopet, but the rest of your post is correct.  I haven't found a lot of information about the SDY online, and this is the only image I have seen of the convertible.

One point awarded to fyreline.

Unaltered puzzle image:

[fyreline]

Appreciated. I can never seem to get it clear as to when an early Toyota is a Toyopet or a Toyota . . . Did it have to do with a certain date, or marketing, or where the car was sold? It seems like some were Toyopets, others were Toyotas. In any case, as early as 1950, this was probably a Toyopet as your source shows.

[sixtee5cuda]

This is a prime example, of early Japanese cars looking very British.

Wikipedia indicates the Toyopet name was applied to Toyota small vehicles starting in 1947.  This continued into the mid-1960's, except in the U.S., where the name was dropped almost as soon as it was introduced.

[Carnut]

Actually I was torn between asking if it was Australian or Japanese in my previous post, as I thought if not British the car looked very Japanese.
But I didn't think the background looked at all Japanese, hence my 'Australian' guess.  Japanese would have been my next one.

Not that I've ever been to Japan or Australia so I'm not really qualified to comment on the scenery!

[barrett]

'Widefield Motors' sounds much more like an Australian company than a Japanese one to me. An early import with a locally made body?

I've seen this photograph a lot, but never with any more information than what is here