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Solved - NEH 5320: Constac CL - 1958

Started by Carnut, September 19, 2018, 01:01:43 PM

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Carnut

September 19, 2018, 01:01:43 PM Last Edit: January 09, 2025, 01:32:54 PM by Wendax
What's this, from when - for 1 point?:

Remember - solving puzzles using 'Google Search by Image' is BANNED on AutoPuzzles!
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smodmog

#1
September 20, 2018, 05:36:15 AM
Japanese ?

Carnut

#2
September 20, 2018, 08:30:10 AM
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smodmog

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September 21, 2018, 01:58:09 AM
Nikken Constac

Carnut

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September 21, 2018, 03:24:17 AM
Quote from: smodmog on September 21, 2018, 01:58:09 AM
Nikken Constac

Not the name I have.
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smodmog

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September 21, 2018, 04:00:11 AM
strange as I found the same car/ picture in the website I use , as Nikken Constac

Carnut

#6
September 21, 2018, 06:05:57 AM
Yes, I know that picture there and it is of course the same picture..
But I have it from a Japanese site with a different name, though closely related.
It's the name this car was usually sold as that I want; I haven't seen any other reference to 'Constac'.
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Carnut

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October 03, 2018, 08:17:20 AM
Should be an easy expert point; smodmog has done most of the work...
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barrett

#8
October 03, 2018, 10:38:17 AM
I think Constac is correct according to most Japanese sources I can find. Maybe you're looking for LA-1 ? (I don't want a point!)

Carnut

#9
October 03, 2018, 11:40:28 AM
Well, I picked it up off another Japanese site where it had the name of a quite well known manufacturer (not Nikken), so I'd like to see that other name mentioned before I award any points.
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gte4289

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October 03, 2018, 11:45:25 AM Last Edit: October 03, 2018, 12:10:20 PM by gte4289
I found a Japanese site that discusses these differences. From what I could gather...

Through 1957:
Manufacturer was Nippon Keijidosha Co. (Nippon Light Machine Co.) in Kawaguchi
Product name was Nikkei Taro Light Van Type LA-1

Beginning 1958:
Manufacturer changed to Nikken Machinery Industry in Ota-ku
Product name changed to Constac Light Van Type CL

[Edit: Another source states that the name "Nikkei Taro" later became "Nikkei Jidosha" (or simply "NJ").]

Carnut

#11
October 03, 2018, 12:54:14 PM Last Edit: October 03, 2018, 01:00:33 PM by Carnut
Yes, that's what I was after.
It's an NJ, model name CL.  NJ might stand for Nikkei Jidosha (I believe Jidosha is Japanese for 'car') but I also have the manufacturer as Nippon Keijidosha Co. of Kawaguchi, which means 'Japanese Light Car Co.' (the well-known kei-cars being 'light cars).
Not quite sure what the Japanese characters say on the picture below.

Barrett didn't want a point so I've given it gte4289 for coming up with all the info I was after.
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Wendax

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January 09, 2025, 01:32:27 PM
According to Jeremy Risdon's Pomchi book 1956-57 the puzzle car is the 1957/58 Constac CL, recognizable for example by the single piece windscreen.
And if you let Google translate CONSTAC into Japanese, the very same characters as in the last picture appear.  ;)
I'll change the header.
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