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Post by j373mud » Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:36 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKOWZaBl ... ure=g-vrec
if any one has the 1968 model you are so luckey i want it !!

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Re: History

Post by j373mud » Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:38 pm

Hope Star 1968 on360 the one before the LJ'S
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Re: History

Post by j373mud » Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:40 pm

Hope Motor Company
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HopeStar SM.
Hope Motor Company was a Japanese car company bought by Suzuki in 1968. In December 1967, they released the HopeStar ON360 with a Mitsubishi 360cc 2-stroke, straight-2 ME24 engine producing 21 bhp. The ON360 had a 4WD layout. While 100 engines were purchased from Mitsubishi, most sources state that only 15 ONs were finished, all in 1968.
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Re: History

Post by Offroadrunner » Wed Oct 17, 2012 5:59 pm

I have a old Japanese 4WD magazine around here (10-1987), and in that magazine was a article about the Hope Star ON360. I scanned it, so you can read it here ;)
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Re: History

Post by mk1joe » Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:54 pm

Offroadrunner wrote:I have a old Japanese 4WD magazine around here (10-1987), and in that magazine was a article about the Hope Star ON360. I scanned it, so you can read it here ;)
Brilliant!
that makes for fascinating reading!

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Re: History

Post by mk1joe » Mon Oct 29, 2012 4:24 pm

just found this one. thought it was pretty good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoFNgrLs ... re=related

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Re: History

Post by mk1joe » Mon Oct 29, 2012 4:25 pm

this one is pretty cool too

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