JC new year's puzzle - Solved by DynaMike - Junior 1956, a DAF 600 prototype

DeAutogids · December 31, 2010, 06:36:34 AM

I found the picture of this car and did not find a great deal of it.
What I need is the full name of the car and the actual builder. I also would like to know the purpose of the car.

DeAutogids · January 04, 2011, 08:44:14 AM

Moved to experts, sure they will know

Carnut · January 04, 2011, 10:16:20 AM

Looks a bit Mini-based?

DeAutogids · January 04, 2011, 11:29:26 AM

Not Mini-based...

microcars · January 04, 2011, 11:38:06 AM

Australian?

DeAutogids · January 04, 2011, 11:39:17 AM

Not Australian either...

Carnut · January 04, 2011, 12:13:15 PM

French wheels?

DeAutogids · January 04, 2011, 01:09:17 PM

Might be, but the car is definitely not...

Amsterdam · January 04, 2011, 01:14:55 PM

From Germany?

DeAutogids · January 04, 2011, 01:16:26 PM

The car is not German either...

microcars · January 04, 2011, 01:34:14 PM

would it have been a "service car" used by a manufacturer or dealer?

DeAutogids · January 04, 2011, 01:44:47 PM

Not a service car...

pguillem · January 04, 2011, 01:48:17 PM

Maybe the 1963 Autocars Sussita ?

DeAutogids · January 04, 2011, 02:00:02 PM

The year is wrong, the make is wrong and the country is wrong as well.

Oguerrerob · January 04, 2011, 07:10:46 PM

Eastern Europe?

DeAutogids · January 05, 2011, 04:01:22 AM

No, not Eastern Europe either...

Carnut · January 05, 2011, 10:29:18 AM

Is it Dutch?

DeAutogids · January 05, 2011, 10:37:47 AM

It is!

Carnut · January 05, 2011, 12:10:33 PM

OK, first obvious question: Anything to do with DAF?

DeAutogids · January 06, 2011, 04:06:50 AM

The question is obvious, but also it is so. It is related to DAF.

Carnut · January 06, 2011, 07:57:20 AM

Is it 4WD?

DeAutogids · January 06, 2011, 08:22:15 AM

It is not 4wd.

D-type · January 08, 2011, 05:02:51 AM

Just speculating:
Was the purpose of the car to investigate the possibility of using the DAF 'Variomatic' transmission in a front-wheel-drive configuration?

DeAutogids · January 09, 2011, 09:43:58 AM

Not it was not.
I will give you this hint: It was to investigate something and it did feature the variomatic. But being a Daf, I suppose that goes without saying.

whcgt · January 10, 2011, 02:15:16 AM

Is it a Trabant station wagon, from eastern europe?

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JC new year's puzzle - Solved by DynaMike - Junior 1956, a DAF 600 prototype