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![1951 Toyopet Sedan [SF]](/i299531.jpg)
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◊ 2010-05-03 17:19 |
I'd say it is a Toyopet Super |
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◊ 2010-05-03 17:24 |
I think something other. |
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◊ 2010-05-03 21:31 |
May be an Ohta PK3 |
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◊ 2010-05-04 16:32 |
Nope, you can see Ohta PK3 first on the right: http://www.2000gt.net/Japon/1957.jpg |
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◊ 2010-05-04 17:36 |
It disturbs me deeply. It isn't Toyopet (Super, Master, Crown), Prince, Hino, Ohta, Mitsubishi-Kaiser J Henry, Isuzu-Hillman Minx, any Datsun or even Subaru 1500. What else? Did we forget some producer? Otherwise it looks quite modern, not only for mid-50s Japanese standards. Could be something British? |
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◊ 2010-05-04 18:22 |
130rapid, let's see if these extra pictures can help something more![[Image: 240020-HouseBamboo33.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0ge24/240020-HouseBamboo33.jpg) ![[Image: 240021-HouseBamboo32.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0ge24/240021-HouseBamboo32.jpg) ![[Image: 240022-HouseBamboo31.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0ge24/240022-HouseBamboo31.jpg) The whole car (more or less) would be something like this 'collage' ![[Image: 240023-HouseBamboo33bis.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0ge24/240023-HouseBamboo33bis.jpg) Zoomed ![[Image: 240024-HouseBamboo33bis1.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0ge24/240024-HouseBamboo33bis1.jpg) -- Last edit: 2010-05-04 18:24:40 |
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◊ 2010-05-04 19:27 |
He says what could be a PK3 and not it is a PK3. Anyway, the rear does not match. Nissan built Austin? For me too it is an enigm |
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◊ 2010-05-04 20:05 |
Not a Nissan/Austin, certainly. Officially Nissan assembled or built only the A40 Somerset and the A50 Cambridge, substantially similar to the British-made versions. Wikipedia says 'Nissan began building Austin 7s in 1930, though the legitimacy of their license at that time is debated.' -- Last edit: 2010-05-04 20:09:58 |
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◊ 2010-05-04 23:05 |
130rapid - it's definitely not British, or a license-built british car. I'm totally stumped though! Early Japanese cars are hard for me to identify, there is hardly any information about them in English. Chris40, once again wikipedia is telling porki-pies! Nissan never had a license to build Austin 7s, the small DAT car was a perfect copy of a 7, but was totally unoffical. The idea that it was a licence-built car (like the BMW-dixi) is a common misconception which has been encouraged by years of lazy motoring journalists not checking their facts properly! Actually the front end styling of the DAT pre-dated the facelift for the Austin 7, which appeared one year after Herbert Austin had one shipped over for appraisal purposes.... |
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◊ 2010-05-04 23:10 |
How about a Toyopet SF? Here's a link backing my suggestion: link Link to "books.google.se" It's an article from Popular Science nov 1952. |
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◊ 2010-05-04 23:41 |
Well, it match for me!  This one here could be 1952 MY due to lack front indicators. It has Toyota wheels and same bumpers indeed. |
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◊ 2010-05-04 23:45 |
Your link, dear zodiac, precise name of our lonely SF also: /vehicle.php?id=170318#Comment729608 |
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◊ 2010-05-05 00:09 |
Congratulations, Zodiac... |
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◊ 2010-05-05 03:08 |
well done! |
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◊ 2010-05-05 09:16 |
That's what I thought; I just threw that in for interest .gif ":)") . And IIRC being Japanese they carried on using the short wheelbase chassis long after Austin had abandoned it. |
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◊ 2013-03-04 23:31 |
?? Same picture as /vehicle_299530-Toyopet-Master-RR-1955.html |
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◊ 2013-03-05 00:09 |
Negative, that one is clearly taken a few frames later. |
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◊ 2013-04-17 18:28 |
Body made by 'Arakawa Sheet Metal Works' plant. |
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◊ 2018-09-05 11:55 |
Made since Aug 51, called Sedan in brochures. |
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