Solved - NEH 4678: Salamander built in Japan

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Carnut

#50
July 30, 2016, 11:07:21 AM
Quote from: nicanary on July 30, 2016, 11:04:58 AM
Was it something like "SuperSport"?

Not at all.
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Paul Jaray

#51
August 01, 2016, 05:01:26 PM
Just a name, like Sebastian?
That doesn't sound like and English word.
Are there any other cars with that name, like Sabertooth (well, those are 3-wheeled motorcycles but it's worth a try...)?

Carnut

#52
August 01, 2016, 06:45:52 PM Last Edit: August 01, 2016, 06:48:55 PM by Carnut
Quote from: Paul Jaray on August 01, 2016, 05:01:26 PM
Just a name, like Sebastian?
That doesn't sound like and English word.
Are there any other cars with that name, like Sabertooth (well, those are 3-wheeled motorcycles but it's worth a try...)?

I don't know of any other cars with the same name, no.
Not Sabertooth.

Let me know when you'd like a clue; I dish them out very sparingly on the Pro's board!
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oko94

#53
August 02, 2016, 11:52:08 AM
Is it the name of an animal ?

Carnut

#54
August 02, 2016, 06:14:01 PM
Quote from: oko94 on August 02, 2016, 11:52:08 AM
Is it the name of an animal ?

Yes!
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pnegyesi

#55
August 03, 2016, 12:08:49 AM
Was it a snake?

oko94

#56
August 03, 2016, 12:42:40 AM
Salamander ?

Carnut

#57
August 03, 2016, 04:03:55 AM
Quote from: oko94 on August 03, 2016, 12:42:40 AM
Salamander ?

That's right!
Below is a front view which shows the name.

The other question asked was "What powers it?".  We've ascertained it has a Fiat engine so now need to ascertain which Fiat engine.
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oko94

#58
August 03, 2016, 04:58:05 AM Last Edit: August 03, 2016, 05:05:06 AM by oko94
I've found the puzzle source page, here's a Google translation :
"This car is a car that Salamander (meaning giant salamander ) , seems the car that person had made by hand from the '60s . This individual is so it was replaced by the body of the out beating aluminum in FRP. In space steel tube frame , the vehicle weight is a whopping 300kg stand . While on-board engine is air-cooled flat twin engine primary Publica , it is enough sport if this vehicle weight . Design is also great ."

So the car has a Toyota Publica engine. The website is indeed titled "Fiat 500 battle" (in Japanese), hence the confusion, but it deals with classic cars in general, not only Fiat 500s.

Carnut

#59
August 03, 2016, 05:13:46 AM
Well found.
It must surely be the same site (which I haven't found again yet..) though I'm pretty sure the text said it was powered by a "2-cylinder horizontally opposed Fiat engine"; the only Fiat engine of that type I've been able to find was the one fitted to the Fiat 126 in Poland..

However, if the text you've found said it's a Toyota Publica engine then I'll accept that, as it seems much more likely than a Fiat 126 engine..

1 point for you.
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oko94

#60
August 03, 2016, 05:18:15 AM
Thanks for my 558th point !

I will send you the page URL via PM so you can check it out.
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