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History

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:36 pm
by j373mud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKOWZaBl ... ure=g-vrec
if any one has the 1968 model you are so luckey i want it !!

Re: History

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:38 pm
by j373mud
Hope Star 1968 on360 the one before the LJ'S

Re: History

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:40 pm
by j373mud
Hope Motor Company
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Japanese Wikipedia.


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

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 5:59 pm
by Offroadrunner
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 ;)

Re: History

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:54 pm
by mk1joe
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!

Re: History

Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 4:24 pm
by mk1joe
just found this one. thought it was pretty good.

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

Re: History

Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 4:25 pm
by mk1joe
this one is pretty cool too