COTDnoms Mystery Car Edition

"Raphael Orlove" (orlove) 09/11/2013 at 16:49 • Filed to: COTDnoms, Mystery Car

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This is my newest car crush. Wanna guess what it is? Also, any COTDnoms?

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , which will tell you exactly what this is. Don't click it if you want the answer spoiled. It's just so adorable I want the whole world to know what it is!

AbigGRNboot > Raphael Orlove 09/11/2013 at 16:50

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Kirby's delivery van?

Eric Siedlecki > Raphael Orlove 09/11/2013 at 16:51

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I know I know I know. I cheated with reverse GIS though, so I won't post it. That thing's fucking awesome.

SpeedSix > Raphael Orlove 09/11/2013 at 16:52

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Pure guess: Mazda Carol?

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Raphael Orlove 09/11/2013 at 16:54

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Could it be a Cony 360?

Raphael Orlove > Eric Siedlecki 09/11/2013 at 16:54

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so good, right?

Z_Stig > AbigGRNboot 09/11/2013 at 16:54

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Delivering tasty foodstuffs:

Sparf > Raphael Orlove 09/11/2013 at 16:54

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Nobody's going to get this one right without reverse-GIS'ing; the manufacturer doesn't even have an English Wikipedia page for chrissake!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Raphael Orlove 09/11/2013 at 16:55

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Looks like what a pretty, pretty princess would buy instead of a Hillman Imp, because it's so ":3 :3 KAWAIII!!!! :3" and not manly and British like an Imp.

Are you a pretty, pretty princess, Orlove?

Raphael Orlove > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 09/11/2013 at 16:56

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It is! It's the Cony 360 Coach Light Van built in the '60s by then-former seaplane builder Aichi Machine. Mid-mounted, aircooled flat twin. The company was later bought by Nissan.

Eric Siedlecki > Sparf 09/11/2013 at 16:57

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They kind of sort of do....sort of.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Sparf 09/11/2013 at 16:58

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You sure? I'm quite sure this is a Cony 360 by Aichi Corp. I think I recognize the logo at the front.

Sparf > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 09/11/2013 at 17:01

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Raph just replied to you confirming it, so yes. I reverese-GIS'd it (GIS as in Google Image Search) to find out, and my above post was referring to how extremely obscure it seemed judging from the results I got.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Raphael Orlove 09/11/2013 at 17:02

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I know mate :) And the reason is that I've got this huge THING about old japanese cars. I thought it looked like something from this page http://www.earlydatsun.com/cony.html

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Raphael Orlove 09/11/2013 at 17:03

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I actually had a favorite piece of Aichi hardware before this point: the D3A Val.

DailyTurismo > Raphael Orlove 09/11/2013 at 17:04

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I find it amusing that everybody (including Raph) is getting all worked up about this Porky Pig colored van and ignoring his request for COTD nom noms....immaterial because this comment from Brian, The Life Of is clearly the winner (even though it was not written today).

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Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Sparf 09/11/2013 at 17:08

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Just pulling your strings mate :) It IS obscure as F%¤&, I've never met anyone else (IRL or on the web) other than me that knows about this brand. It's the same thing when I start talking about Gilbern, even blokes who love cars get that apathetic look when I start talking :)

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > DailyTurismo 09/11/2013 at 17:11

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I thought the 18 people that hit this one was a lot:

http://jalopnik.com/later-news-the…

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I can't imagine that number rolling into the triple digits.

Raphael Orlove > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 09/11/2013 at 17:21

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you'd get blank stares from me, that's for sure - what's Gilbern?

Raphael Orlove > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/11/2013 at 17:22

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I am a pretty pretty princess, yes

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Raphael Orlove 09/11/2013 at 17:25

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This should give you the basics My humble post on oppo about Gilbern Cars.

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,They made this beauty amongst others...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Raphael Orlove 09/11/2013 at 17:26

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Hillman Imp: is car for suave mans. Are you suave mans? Woulds you liking to be a suave mans? Be Hillman Imp mans, and harvest many femel.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Raphael Orlove 09/11/2013 at 17:27

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/post that obliterates any claim the Imp has on being a manly car

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Sparf 09/11/2013 at 17:47

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Hey, a few of us can read Japanese too, you know.

Sparf > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 09/11/2013 at 17:48

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True I guess, and I do read some German.

Raphael Orlove > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 09/11/2013 at 17:51

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nice - I need to get this on the front page

Raphael Orlove > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/11/2013 at 17:54

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this. what. more truth culd the be? non more. mut be sauve. must harvest many femel

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Raphael Orlove 09/11/2013 at 18:08

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Dude, you can't put this travesty of a pseudopost on the FP mate... But as things are right now, I don't have the time to improve it either.. What the heck, throw it up there, I'll deal with the backlash later.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Sparf 09/11/2013 at 18:18

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I would think so. Isn't that one of your national languages? (I forgot exactly where it is you live again)

Sparf > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 09/11/2013 at 18:30

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I'm in Sweden, and German is one of 2-3 (or 4, it depends on the school) languages you are forced to choose between in 6th grade as your third language (which you then have to study until 9th grade, with 10th-12th grade studies being semi-optional but incentivized). I'd say the vast majority, like me, view those classes with utter disdain and barely learn anything more than what's needed to pass them.

So yeah, my German's about as good as your *insert third language you never really studied much*.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Sparf 09/11/2013 at 18:42

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I see. it's sort of like High School Spanish here. Just enough to get by. It is however becoming much more important here these days. I can understand it, to a point, but that just has more to do with my proximity to Mexico than education. My Japanese is pretty good though and has served me well as being a "bar trick"

Raphael Orlove > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 09/11/2013 at 22:34

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hah, it can wait - let me know if there's anything you put together that you think would be fun on the FP

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Raphael Orlove 09/12/2013 at 15:39

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I'll do a piece on a '55 cadillac lowrider next week or the week after, that could perhaps be something for the FP. How do we contact you main players directly? I've never figured that out.

Raphael Orlove > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 09/12/2013 at 17:56

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directly? All us authors are easily reached by individual e-mails (I'm raphael @ jalopnik . com) and if you shoot something to the email tips @ jalopnik . com, we all get to see it. '55 Caddy sounds rad. Those early '50s Cads have such a different idea of luxury than the later blingier ones.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Raphael Orlove 09/12/2013 at 18:04

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Thanks mate, I'm stupid you see, never really figured out the part of "how to contact the main culprits" thingy :) I'll tell you when the piece is done mate :)

Raphael Orlove > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 09/12/2013 at 18:21

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sweet