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Title: SOLVED: si_144 - Volvo TR670 Taxi - by Schrøder(N) - 1931-32
Post by: sichel on November 21, 2021, 11:58:15 AM
Please describe the vehicle as accurately as possible and earn one point.
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Post by: sichel on November 28, 2021, 09:17:55 AM
up
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Post by: FrontMan on November 28, 2021, 10:15:50 AM
Hansa 12/60 TypA6, 1928 ?
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Post by: sichel on November 28, 2021, 10:56:31 AM
Sorry, no Hansa.
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Post by: FrontMan on November 28, 2021, 11:59:29 AM
Wanderer 8/40 ?
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Post by: sichel on November 28, 2021, 12:13:02 PM
Also not.
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Post by: FrontMan on November 28, 2021, 01:17:09 PM
Adler Favorit 1931 Taxi, by Wendler ?
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Post by: sichel on November 28, 2021, 01:32:01 PM
No.  :shakehead:
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Post by: knewit on November 29, 2021, 05:40:43 AM
USA ?
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Post by: sichel on November 29, 2021, 06:36:57 AM
No.
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Post by: FrontMan on November 29, 2021, 08:23:12 AM
Elite ?
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Post by: sichel on November 29, 2021, 09:24:50 AM
No.
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Post by: D-type on November 29, 2021, 11:08:19 AM
Is it German as most are assuming?
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Post by: FrontMan on November 29, 2021, 01:31:26 PM
..........up to now, only those wheels have dissuaded me from guessing Adler.
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Post by: sichel on November 29, 2021, 01:37:51 PM
@ FrontMan: Then stick to it, because it's not an Adler.
@ D-type: Exactly the right question!  :bow: It is not a german vehicle.
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Post by: FrontMan on November 29, 2021, 01:52:46 PM
 :taz:
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Post by: D-type on November 29, 2021, 03:47:00 PM
An early Volvo?
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Post by: sichel on November 29, 2021, 03:54:35 PM
Yes, and locked for you to find the missing details.
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Post by: FrontMan on November 29, 2021, 04:02:10 PM
 :applause:
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Post by: sichel on November 29, 2021, 04:16:14 PM
Our FrontMan is already a very fair player  :hail:
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Post by: D-type on November 29, 2021, 05:10:24 PM
Volvo PV652  PersonVagn ("passenger car"), 6 cylinders, 5 seats, 2nd version from 1930-1933
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Post by: sichel on November 29, 2021, 05:22:41 PM
With the PV 652 you are very close...
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Post by: D-type on November 30, 2021, 08:23:24 AM
PV651 then?
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Post by: FrontMan on November 30, 2021, 08:50:49 AM
 ;)
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Post by: sichel on November 30, 2021, 09:14:25 AM
PV 651: No.
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Post by: D-type on December 02, 2021, 05:23:32 AM
Is it a PV 650 then?
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Post by: sichel on December 02, 2021, 05:51:30 AM
It is not a PV 650. Two more tries for you.
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Post by: D-type on December 02, 2021, 02:15:57 PM
Please unlock.  I can't identify it beyond the PV650-651-652 series.  The PV653 etc had a sloping radiator.
Could it be the prototype PV650?
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Post by: sichel on December 02, 2021, 02:56:49 PM
Why is everyone in this puzzle biting the wrong ideas? "It is not a PV 650". I unlock at the request of a single gentleman...
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Post by: D-type on December 02, 2021, 03:48:23 PM
The later PV4 from 1928
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Post by: sichel on December 02, 2021, 04:06:02 PM
You don't have to go back quite that far.
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Post by: FrontMan on December 02, 2021, 04:26:35 PM
"D" has forged the blade. The taximeter suggests that this is the long-wheelbase version of the PV series. IF it has a glass partition it could be a TR673. :P  I seek not the honour of a point, but the autopuzzles holy grail.....a 'sichel-Bee'. ;D
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Post by: sichel on December 02, 2021, 05:19:39 PM
Hhmm, Hhmm  :sigh: what do i do now? 'FrontMan', your tip for 'D-type' is spot on, but it is not a TR673. I'm going to try an unorthodox experiment: Locked for "D-type' and 'FrontMan'. Whoever solves the puzzle gets the point, the other gets the 'fairness sichel-bee'.
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Post by: FrontMan on December 02, 2021, 05:49:57 PM
 :hyper:
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Post by: D-type on December 03, 2021, 06:09:06 PM
Well, the taxi was in two versions, the TR S (Stad = town) and TR L (Landsort = country) which became the TR671 and TR672 respectively.  So my next guess is the TR S.
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Post by: sichel on December 04, 2021, 02:47:24 PM
Sorry "D", neither TR S nor TR671.
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Post by: FrontMan on December 04, 2021, 04:49:59 PM
TR674 ?
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Post by: sichel on December 04, 2021, 04:53:53 PM
Less would be more.
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Post by: FrontMan on December 04, 2021, 05:26:05 PM
....as in TR672 ?
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Post by: sichel on December 04, 2021, 05:35:27 PM
No, there's not much left now...
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Post by: D-type on December 05, 2021, 09:13:24 AM
All I can think of is 'TR L' as all the others appear to have been guessed.
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Post by: sichel on December 05, 2021, 09:16:54 AM
Sorry, but it is neither a "S" nor a "L".
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Post by: FrontMan on December 05, 2021, 02:24:17 PM
....TR670 ?
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Post by: sichel on December 05, 2021, 03:43:17 PM
Yes, it is a TR 670. Now all that is missing is the coachbuilder and the  production period.
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Post by: FrontMan on December 06, 2021, 05:04:21 AM
1930 to 1934, some say only 88 examples were produced. So far, I can't find the coachbuilder, but here's a wild guess;.....Gustaf Nordberg of Stockholm :nerves:
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Post by: D-type on December 06, 2021, 09:38:15 AM
I'll guess at Gripkarosser
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Post by: sichel on December 06, 2021, 01:46:56 PM
Neither Nordberg nor Grip. Search on...
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Post by: FrontMan on December 06, 2021, 01:57:58 PM
...are we to continue looking for a Swedish coachbuilder?
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Post by: sichel on December 06, 2021, 02:03:02 PM
No.
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Post by: FrontMan on December 06, 2021, 02:40:54 PM
How about Norway? ;D.....Schroder of Trondheim. Perhaps the fellow behind the wheel is Karl Aspo, for whom it was built?
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Post by: sichel on December 06, 2021, 03:42:27 PM
How do you know norwegian taxi operators from the 1930s? You're not that old yet  ;) Yes, it is a taxi, built by Schrøder for Karl M. Aspø.
One point for you  :thumbsup: and a 'fairness sichel-bee' for "D-type".
Title: Re: SOLVED: si_144 - Volvo TR670 Taxi - by Schrøder(N) - 1931-32
Post by: FrontMan on December 06, 2021, 05:24:58 PM
 :bump: