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What is it? # 135 (Update: 1919-21 SAF )

The flagstandards show possibly the Fin flag (or is it the flag of England; red cross over white field?). One competitor gambled for Switzerland. One for Norway. That last competitor admitted there are no 'Made in Finland' cars known from the twenties (or..?) to us. All in all no winners this time, which gave us a little spare time to do X-mas preparations. Only jurymember Lars-Göran Lindgren had it all right, it was a walkover for the Swedish brass expert (click) He came up with SAF: the Sveriges Automobil Fabrik (or is it Svenska Automobil Fabrik ?). One of those typical oddballs that was produced only very short and in very limited numbers. Even the US made engine made by Golden Bellknapp & Swartz is not the most wellknown around to put it mildly. Read more about this Swedish make at Granfoss.net. Next time better for all of you (click photo for SAF photo)

Additionally Lars-Göran found in the Swedish car encyclopedia ("Svenska Bilar - 151 olika märken") 33 pre 1945 established Swedish makes, beginning with Vabis in 1897 and ending in 1943 with Husqvarna. (photo collection Leif Ortegren (US); click for more detail) EARLIER: Probably it is a factory photo. A low production Western European car with a US made engine. For this occasion we covered the nice lettering on the radiator core. Possibly - not sure - the flags will help you identifying this one. Question 1. The Make 2. The Engine (full name) 3. A rough indication how many different Makes of car were produced by the country where this car came from. Rules:

- send your answer to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it BEFORE Monday, December 20

- PLEASE mention in the subject line of your e-mail: # 135

- include, for in case you win: your shirt SIZE, being S,M,XL or XXL and the ADDRESS where we should send the shirt

- only responses with answers numbered referring to questions will be eligible - unless otherwise stated there is ONE winner

- please mention if you were an earlier winner (1,2 or J)

- THREE time winners automatically become Jury member, but of course there is no obligation in any way

Friday, 17 December 2004