Puzzle #874 - Solved! 1953 DMS

[Otto Puzzell]

Know what it is?

Please, respond below and let us know the make and model designation of the car posted here.

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[jotage21]

Porsche 356 customized by Dean Jeffries?

[Otto Puzzell]

No sir.

[shamrock]

wheels could be vw golf, so a kit car based on a 356 using modern parts.

[Otto Puzzell]

Not a kit car; not Porsche-based, with the possible exception of the wheels.

[neilshouse]

The wheels look like they came from a Ford Fiesta Mk1.

[Otto Puzzell]

If so, they are a retro-fit. This car predates the Fiesta by a couple of decades.

[Arthur Dent]

Looks like its Alfa based to me. Alfas are one of the few older cars that share the Ford Fiesta's 108mmx4 bolt pattern.

[Otto Puzzell]

Not an Alfa...

[jotage21]

Ascort Coupe

[Otto Puzzell]

No sir.

[D-type]

Fiat-based?

A Siata maybe?

[jimjarron]

DB HBR4?

[Otto Puzzell]

None of the above.

[jotage21]

Apal?

[Otto Puzzell]

Nope. This is a one-off, named for it's builder, who was influenced by Porsche, but used a motorcycle engine in this diminutive car.

[neilshouse]

Is it a Denzel?

[Otto Puzzell]

No sir.

The drivetrain was of mixed German origins - some motorcycle bits, some run-of-the-mill automotive.

I have only this one other picture, of much lower resolution:

[Otto Puzzell]

Time for the Pro's to show us what they know's

[Quiller]

I've just come across this - it's the 1953 DMS De Mooy Special, a one-off

[Otto Puzzell]

Quite right! 

[grobmotorix]

Some pics I´ve made in Maastricht 01 2009:

[DeAutogids]

The book-shot (screenshot word play) says it all, but it's a Dutch build car.