Saturday, September 12, 2009

AICHI MACHINE INDUSTRY (J) 1955-1969

AICHI MACHINE INDUSTRY (J) 1955-1969 They were small Japanese car and commercial maker where there is little known

But from a internet site "Cony cars were built by the Aichi Machine Industry Company in Nagoya. The company was founded in 1943 and in 1965 it became part of the Nissan group. Aichi is still operating today, building the Nissan Serena mini-bus. Cony's speciality was building micro-cars with 2 cylinder engines below 360cc. The under 360cc class in Japan was taxed at a very low rate, making the cars very inexpensive. So the Cony cars took every possible shape, from the sedan to the pick-up, including the break.
Source: http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/classic-cars/19482-cony-360-wide.html.

"Aichi still builds engines for cars today but Nissan purchased Aichi in the late 60s." quote 1

"Most Cony trucks imported to the US went to large sites for yard work or light industrial work." quote 2

Source: http://www.littlecartrader.com/2006conytruck.html who were selling a truck "This Cony was originally owned by Oregon state university. This truck was originally white... We are currently rebuilding the engine with hardened valves. Washington state requires all trucks to be weighed before they can be titled. As soon as this truck can drive to the scale it will be titled." quote 3

With regard to references found by me from magazines
Is just this one:

They were also known as CONY a number of their small 354cc Flat 2 engined (Boxer) commercials were sold in the US

Road & Track Magazine did a driving impression for Cony 360 Wide light truck
See November 1969 Road & Track (US) Page 53-54
Road & Track (US) 1969 NOV pages 53-54

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