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Solved: Allemano's № 525 - DAF P900
« on: November 23, 2010, 01:33:12 PM »
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Re: Allemano's № 525
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2010, 02:57:24 PM »
I do hope this one comes to me...
I think I will be able to tell a thing or two about it...
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Re: Allemano's № 525
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2010, 03:22:04 PM »
Could you please contribute more pictures of this interisting car after it has been solved?
I'm searching for ages..
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Re: Allemano's № 525
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2010, 04:20:18 PM »
Will try, but I think you know as well that for some reason pictures of this car are a bit harder to come by
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Re: Allemano's № 525
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2010, 07:24:41 AM »
DAF P900? The predecessor of the Volvo 300 series.
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Re: Allemano's № 525
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2010, 07:33:50 AM »
Yes indeed! Nice to have the honour to serve your first point! :applause:
I suppose it won't be your last... ;)
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Re: Allemano's № 525
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2010, 08:04:37 AM »
Quote from: Allemano on November 28, 2010, 07:33:50 AM
Yes indeed! Nice to have the honour to serve your first point! :applause:
I suppose it won't be your last... ;)

Thank you very much.  ;)
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 525 - DAF P900
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2010, 01:17:23 PM »
I don't have the pictures here, but will add them as soon as I have access to it.
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 525 - DAF P900
« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2010, 06:00:10 PM »
I understood Fiore designed the Volvo 300 series.
Is he one of the guys in the photo?  Perhaps the guy on the far left, although his hair is a bit long for Fiore?
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 525 - DAF P900
« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2010, 06:26:43 PM »
The gentlemen in the picture are all members of the winning Dutch DAF design team.  Fiore developed one of the alternative (rejected) proposals from outsiders--this was also comparatively later.  If anyone can document either that and/or the earlier Italian consultants' proposals, would be most appreciative.  My understanding is that scale models for them all are still existant in the DAF Museum, but not on display.  Thanks.
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 525 - DAF P900
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2010, 03:26:06 AM »
I have only two (and you know them..) pics of the Coggiola built proposals.
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 525 - DAF P900
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2010, 04:12:52 AM »
I have found these 2 pictures...
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 525 - DAF P900
« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2010, 03:46:19 PM »
The Coggiola proposal:
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 525 - DAF P900
« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2010, 03:49:58 PM »
For a small manufacturer, never having sold more then 150.000 cars per year, I think and in total just over 800.000 cars, DAF made a lot of prototypes.
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 525 - DAF P900
« Reply #14 on: December 01, 2010, 03:36:58 PM »
Like Carnut, I also understood that Trevor Fiore designed the Volvo 340.  Rumour has it that he was purposely told by DAF to make it a bit ugly so that it would look more like a Volvo, to make the sale of DAF cars to Volvo more tempting.  It obviously worked!
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 525 - DAF P900
« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2010, 06:35:15 PM »
Quote from: Djetset on December 01, 2010, 03:36:58 PM
 Rumour has it that he was purposely told by DAF to make it a bit ugly

Coincidentally that was John Heffernan's excuse for the SsangYong Rodius too, so that it stood out as being 'a bit different'!
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 525 - DAF P900
« Reply #16 on: December 02, 2010, 03:57:45 AM »
You see those Rodius' here everywhere...
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 525 - DAF P900
« Reply #17 on: December 02, 2010, 05:09:14 AM »
When spoken, isn't the R in Rodius silent  :lmao:
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 525 - DAF P900
« Reply #18 on: December 02, 2010, 07:45:29 AM »
Quote from: Djetset on December 02, 2010, 05:09:14 AM
When spoken, isn't the R in Rodius silent  :lmao:

You're not too keen on it then?!
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 525 - DAF P900
« Reply #19 on: December 02, 2010, 09:59:45 AM »
Quote from: Carnut on December 02, 2010, 07:45:29 AM
Quote from: Djetset on December 02, 2010, 05:09:14 AM
When spoken, isn't the R in Rodius silent  :lmao:

You're not too keen on it then?!
Except taxi drivers, who is??
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