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Vanclee Highway buggy, mid 1980s, Belgium
« on: October 27, 2010, 06:37:09 AM »
Who knows this one? The car, not the 80´s lady with her plastic trousers, of course... ;)
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Re: grob: bling buggy
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2010, 06:42:10 AM »
Cool one!
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Re: grob: bling buggy
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2010, 03:28:16 AM »
No rookie reaction so far - expert´s time.
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Re: grob: bling buggy
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2010, 04:20:03 AM »
Vanclee Highway, I think.
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Re: grob: bling buggy
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2010, 04:22:56 AM »
Wow - there´s not too much information around.

And you´re right, of course!

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Re: Vanclee Highway buggy, mid 1980s, Belgium
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2010, 05:12:41 AM »
Van Clee appear to have been existence 1967-1996 in different countries -

Pvba Van Clee, Egem
Van Clee Motors NV, Schoten
Van Clee, Belfast
Garage Centrale, Pernes-en-Artois

Are they all the same manufacturer or licensees for a single manufacturer?
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Re: Vanclee Highway buggy, mid 1980s, Belgium
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2010, 05:40:18 AM »
I´m not sure, but in my picture you can see a Belgian license plate with the custom letters "Highway".

To my knowledge they´ve produced at Roeselare, Belgium in Trakelweg 45 and moved to Egem in 1977. In the 1980´s they went to Brugge.
So they stayed in belgium all the time during those years.
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Re: Vanclee Highway buggy, mid 1980s, Belgium
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2010, 06:39:07 AM »
Thanks for that.
I guess the other companies I listed may have been licensees or concessionaires for Vanclee.
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Re: Vanclee Highway buggy, mid 1980s, Belgium
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2010, 03:28:58 PM »
Might be a good idea to move to solved?
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Re: Vanclee Highway buggy, mid 1980s, Belgium
« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2010, 05:28:52 PM »
I found this picture in 'Autotest 1978' (yearly catalogue of all cars sold in the Netherlands and Belgium) anouncing the soon release of the Vanclee Highway. Other pictures of the (ready to drive) car in the editions of 1979-1982.
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Re: Vanclee Highway buggy, mid 1980s, Belgium
« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2010, 06:01:29 PM »
The puzzle photo was taken on the inner courtyard of the former Autotron museum in Drunen, the Netherlands
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Re: Vanclee Highway buggy, mid 1980s, Belgium
« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2010, 06:05:26 PM »
Quote from: guido66 on November 04, 2010, 06:01:29 PM
The puzzle photo was taken on the inner courtyard of the former Autotron museum in Drunen, the Netherlands
It did look familiar. I was there in 1994 (I think it was there anyway in 1994)
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Re: Vanclee Highway buggy, mid 1980s, Belgium
« Reply #12 on: November 04, 2010, 06:18:21 PM »
The buildings are still there, but the cars left for Rosmalen in 1987 ;)

Here are a few other photos of the courtyard. Currently it's in use a cultural centre "de Voorste Venne" and awaiting restoration.
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Re: Vanclee Highway buggy, mid 1980s, Belgium
« Reply #13 on: November 04, 2010, 07:04:13 PM »
I´ll call you Sherlock now... :o
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Re: Vanclee Highway buggy, mid 1980s, Belgium
« Reply #14 on: November 08, 2010, 03:41:52 PM »
The Belfast-built Vanclees were made under licence from c.1984 to 1992, but no buggies were produced in Northern Ireland; just the 2CV-based 'jeeps' (Munga, etc.)
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Re: Vanclee Highway buggy, mid 1980s, Belgium
« Reply #15 on: November 08, 2010, 04:54:18 PM »
Mungo. Munga was the DKW 'jeep'  ;)
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Re: Vanclee Highway buggy, mid 1980s, Belgium
« Reply #16 on: November 08, 2010, 05:05:59 PM »
Golly, you're right.  A slip of the typing finger as it's been a very long Monday (or should that be Manday?)!
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Re: Vanclee Highway buggy, mid 1980s, Belgium
« Reply #17 on: November 10, 2010, 03:23:31 AM »
Quote from: grobmotorix on October 27, 2010, 06:37:09 AM
....not the 80´s lady with her plastic trousers, of course... ;)

That 'lady' seems to be quite happy about 'her' new car  ;)
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