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Title: Solved: Wendax 497 - Moke
Post by: Wendax on February 22, 2012, 02:10:03 AM
Looking forward to the beach party in summer...

For one point, please respond and identify this car and its base.
Title: Re: Wendax 497
Post by: Wendax on February 22, 2012, 04:34:43 AM
Thanks for front page coverage  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Wendax 497
Post by: chapel on February 22, 2012, 04:30:22 PM
Looks like a Willys and a Moke had a little baby
Title: Re: Wendax 497
Post by: Wendax on February 22, 2012, 04:41:23 PM
 ;D

No Willys involved
Title: Re: Wendax 497
Post by: fgsavoia on February 22, 2012, 04:50:03 PM
It has the shape of Mini Moke but Citroen 2CV wheels.
Title: Re: Wendax 497
Post by: chapel on February 22, 2012, 04:51:54 PM
Maybe a prototype Mehari?

Title: Re: Wendax 497
Post by: Wendax on February 22, 2012, 04:53:14 PM
Quote from: fgsavoia on February 22, 2012, 04:50:03 PM
It has the shape of Mini Moke but Citroen 2CV wheels.
You are close to the base car!
Title: Re: Wendax 497
Post by: chapel on February 22, 2012, 04:53:35 PM
is it a 'Baby-Brousse'?
Title: Re: Wendax 497
Post by: Wendax on February 22, 2012, 04:55:20 PM
Neither a prototype Méhari nor a Baby-Brousse
Title: Re: Wendax 497
Post by: chapel on February 22, 2012, 05:00:15 PM
Dyane based?
Title: Re: Wendax 497
Post by: chapel on February 22, 2012, 05:01:27 PM
is it a 'pony'?
Title: Re: Wendax 497
Post by: Wendax on February 22, 2012, 05:02:10 PM
Quote from: chapel on February 22, 2012, 05:00:15 PM
Dyane based?
No, but heading in the right direction
Title: Re: Wendax 497
Post by: Wendax on February 22, 2012, 05:02:53 PM
Quote from: chapel on February 22, 2012, 05:01:27 PM
is it a 'pony'?


No, it is a private one-off with a very straightforward name
Title: Re: Wendax 497
Post by: chapel on February 22, 2012, 05:05:30 PM
Ami based?
is it a Yagan?
Title: Re: Wendax 497
Post by: Wendax on February 22, 2012, 05:11:05 PM
Yes, it is Citroen Ami based. What would be the first name that comes to your mind when you see this car? (Already mentioned)
Title: Re: Wendax 497
Post by: fgsavoia on February 22, 2012, 05:22:57 PM
Moke?
Title: Re: Wendax 497
Post by: chapel on February 22, 2012, 05:37:45 PM
Quote from: Wendax on February 22, 2012, 05:11:05 PM
Yes, it is Citroen Ami based. What would be the first name that comes to your mind when you see this car? (Already mentioned)

Jeep? GP?
Title: Re: Wendax 497
Post by: Wendax on February 23, 2012, 02:23:34 AM
Quote from: fgsavoia on February 22, 2012, 05:22:57 PM
Moke?
Yes, that's it, a private one-off called Moke, based on a Citroen Ami 6.

One point for fgsavoia. Bad luck, chapel.
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 497 - Moke
Post by: D-type on February 25, 2012, 05:39:25 AM
I wonder: is that name legal?  Given that BMC probably registered "Mini Moke" and "Moke".
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 497 - Moke
Post by: Carnut on February 25, 2012, 08:18:56 AM
Quote from: D-type on February 25, 2012, 05:39:25 AM
I wonder: is that name legal?  Given that BMC probably registered "Mini Moke" and "Moke".

Not if they tried marketing it as that in the UK I don't suppose, no!
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 497 - Moke
Post by: Wendax on February 25, 2012, 03:22:58 PM
This car was never intended to be marketed, just a personal one-off without economic interests.
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 497 - Moke
Post by: Carnut on February 25, 2012, 07:02:32 PM
Quote from: Wendax on February 25, 2012, 03:22:58 PM
This car was never intended to be marketed, just a personal one-off without economic interests.

...which is why the builder could get away with naming it 'Moke'..
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 497 - Moke
Post by: Djetset on April 26, 2020, 10:32:48 AM
Does anyone have any idea who built this one-off 'Moke' special please? Thanks.
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 497 - Moke
Post by: Wendax on April 27, 2020, 01:50:03 AM
Unfortunately not. I took those pictures in 1988 and haven't seen the car ever since.