[Closed] OK, guess this 1905 car (think hard David H)

Stumps me, Harvey. The brass radiator is unusual for 1905, and the steering wheel is also an uncommon shape. I checked Packard, Buick, Cadillac, Oldsmobile, & Reo without luck. The radiator is about the only way to identify these very early cars with their buggy-like bodies. For instance, look at this Mitchell, the lower one:

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Several European firms (Rio, Rami, Brumm, etc.) have several of these "oldies," but with rare exceptions the early US cars are not represented. This one looks interesting.

A couple of questionable items: the floorboard seems to have clutch and brake in a style that was uncommon as of 1905. Also the steering column is slanted so far back that a driver would have to straddle the steering wheel.

Yep. I'm stumped.

Dont worry David, it's not easy, because it's from this side of the pond. It's a Laurin &

Klement Voiturette from Tschechien. Laurin & Klement has been taken over from Skoda in 1925. The model is built by Abrex.

It's a very nice little car, Harvey.

Christoph

Are all Abrex models still made by Hongwell?

Was looking around for it and stumbled upon this early 1/43 collection...

You guys will drool -> scale143

Jeeze, and I thought it was a 1905 Fiat made by Rio - not even close 🙂

Karl, thanks for the link - indeed an impressive collection of "old crocks".

I also thank you, Karl. I have several of these and like them all. Good site!

PIC one of my favourite 'oldies' .................

Dugu Bernardi 3.5hp 1896 with folded hood

Reference number: 10

Scale: 1:43rd

Made in Italy

This Dugu model represents Professor Bernardi's attempt to produce a functional internal combustion engine within a chassis. Unfortunately, Bernardi's vehicles, which date back to 1893, did not meet with enough success to make them really well known. This tri-car had a water cooled 624cc engine, three speed gear box, chain transmission and had a top speed of 20mph.

Note: a version with the hold raised was used by Dugu as a club model and was released as number 9. This model is classified as rare.

References:

librumm 1972/2002 a story of models author Danilo Castellarin published by Brumm 2002

Miniature and Collectors number 2 published by Giorgio Nada Editore 2001

Model Cars author Edoardo Massucci published by Orbis Books 1972

Kudos to Christoph! But sorry, I have no prize to give....

Nice link Karl - I have or have had many of those.

A couple more of these metal/plastic "oldies" (pics)

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Sometimes it's good to pick up these models from years past. Thanks, Harvey, for reminding me.

Peter...yes, but Abrex is also part-owned by PCT, which is Ixo's parent company.

Hence, if you get their (nicely-done) Skoda 120L or Skoda Favorit Five-Door Hatchback, I believe both of those cars are Ixo-sourced regarding their molds, but are actually made by Hongwell. I know for a fact Ixo was allowed to use the molds for both of these cars as well as the Skoda 1203 Minibus in their Kultovni Auta CSSR partwork. More recently, though, Ixo is using its own molds. The Praga V3S trucks are molded and made by Hongwell. When Ixo released its own (frankly nicer, although both are honestly fine) version of the V3S in Atlas DDR Nutzfahrzeuge, it was a completely new mold.