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Title: Puzzle #25 - Solved! 1935 Tsukuba
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 19, 2006, 09:12:30 AM
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Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: D-type on August 21, 2006, 04:19:41 PM
It has an Austin 7 look about it.  But the grille isn't A7nor is the lack of a front bumper. The licenced sevens: BMW Dixi and Bantamalso had front bumpers as standard.  So it's some sort of Austin 7, Dixi or bantam based specialist model.  It's not a Swallow either.

It's a long shot, but I'll guess at a Gordon England Austin 7.
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 21, 2006, 04:59:42 PM
Good guess, but no. You'll need to look outside the UK for the answer.
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: Arthur Dent on August 22, 2006, 01:17:25 AM
Eastern European? Maybe a Skoda Popular?
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 22, 2006, 03:32:28 AM
No sir.
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: SeaLion on August 23, 2006, 12:55:43 AM
Datsun Type 14 from mid 30-s.
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 23, 2006, 04:08:07 AM
No.
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: Jagman on August 24, 2006, 03:23:28 PM
Bugatti? Right color anyway.............
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 24, 2006, 03:58:15 PM
No sir.

Sea Lion was in the right geography...
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: shamrock on September 21, 2006, 05:56:54 AM
 A HINO .
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: Otto Puzzell on September 21, 2006, 07:57:34 AM
No.
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 06, 2006, 04:48:47 AM
Perhaps too much concentration on the grille and bodywork has kept you from noticing what made this car fairly unique, and therefor museum-worthy. A large museum started by a global automotive company thought it so, and has this very car on display.
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: Jagman on October 06, 2006, 11:36:30 AM
Those look like "H" on the wheel covers, a Honda of some sort then?
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 06, 2006, 12:12:56 PM
Not a Honda.

I believe the emblem on the hubcap is a character from one of the Japanese alphabets.
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: D-type on October 06, 2006, 03:19:21 PM
A Wolseley built under licence by the Ishikawajiama Ship Building Company that became Isuzu?
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 07, 2006, 03:32:39 AM
No. 
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: SeaLion on October 07, 2006, 10:53:28 AM
Is a model from japanese Otomo, perhaps the first japanese car to be exported?
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 08, 2006, 02:54:14 AM
Nope.
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: Arthur Dent on October 08, 2006, 10:29:32 PM
Datsun Type 14?
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 09, 2006, 03:32:02 AM
Not a Datsun.
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: smonty on October 21, 2006, 01:51:58 AM
A Bantem
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 21, 2006, 04:00:01 AM
Welcome, smonty!  :)

Not a Bantam.
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: porridgehead on October 21, 2006, 06:56:17 PM
 A Tsukuba  produced by Tokyo Jidosha Seizo? The first FWD car produced in Japan. Just a WAG.  ;)
Title: Re: Puzzle #25
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 22, 2006, 03:22:51 AM
You've ID's this jewel of the Toyota Motor Museum, but misidentified it as the first FWD car from Japan. To wit:

The first front-wheel-drive car in Japan is believed to be the Roland, manufactured in 1931 by renowned motorcycle rider Kazuo Kawamada. An improved model, the Tsukuba, was produced by Tokyo Jidosha Seizo for three years starting in 1935. It came in three body types-(sedan, hooded wagon, and truck) and about 130 units were manufactured. The car was named after Mt. Tsukuba in the Kanto area.

Nevertheless, your twofer is secure.   ;)
Title: Re: Puzzle #25 - Solved! 1935 Tsukuba
Post by: porridgehead on October 22, 2006, 10:42:18 AM
Details... feh! Who cares about the details when we're talking serious trivia?
Title: Re: Puzzle #25 - Solved! 1935 Tsukuba
Post by: grobmotorix on December 30, 2015, 12:01:43 PM
It was featured in a 1936 German car mag:
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