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Solved: Wendax 497 - Moke
« 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.

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Re: Wendax 497
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2012, 04:34:43 AM »
Thanks for front page coverage  :thumbsup:

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Re: Wendax 497
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2012, 04:30:22 PM »
Looks like a Willys and a Moke had a little baby
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Re: Wendax 497
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2012, 04:41:23 PM »
 ;D

No Willys involved

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Re: Wendax 497
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2012, 04:50:03 PM »
It has the shape of Mini Moke but Citroen 2CV wheels.

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Re: Wendax 497
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2012, 04:51:54 PM »
Maybe a prototype Mehari?

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Re: Wendax 497
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2012, 04:53:14 PM »
It has the shape of Mini Moke but Citroen 2CV wheels.
You are close to the base car!

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Re: Wendax 497
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2012, 04:53:35 PM »
is it a 'Baby-Brousse'?
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Re: Wendax 497
« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2012, 04:55:20 PM »
Neither a prototype Méhari nor a Baby-Brousse

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Re: Wendax 497
« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2012, 05:00:15 PM »
Dyane based?
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Re: Wendax 497
« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2012, 05:01:27 PM »
is it a 'pony'?
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Re: Wendax 497
« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2012, 05:02:10 PM »
Dyane based?
No, but heading in the right direction

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Re: Wendax 497
« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2012, 05:02:53 PM »
is it a 'pony'?


No, it is a private one-off with a very straightforward name

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Re: Wendax 497
« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2012, 05:05:30 PM »
Ami based?
is it a Yagan?
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Re: Wendax 497
« Reply #14 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)

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Re: Wendax 497
« Reply #15 on: February 22, 2012, 05:22:57 PM »
Moke?

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Re: Wendax 497
« Reply #16 on: February 22, 2012, 05:37:45 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?
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Re: Wendax 497
« Reply #17 on: February 23, 2012, 02:23:34 AM »
Moke?
Yes, that's it, a private one-off called Moke, based on a Citroen Ami 6.

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Re: Solved: Wendax 497 - Moke
« Reply #18 on: February 25, 2012, 05:39:25 AM »
I wonder: is that name legal?  Given that BMC probably registered "Mini Moke" and "Moke".
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Re: Solved: Wendax 497 - Moke
« Reply #19 on: February 25, 2012, 08:18:56 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!
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Re: Solved: Wendax 497 - Moke
« Reply #20 on: February 25, 2012, 03:22:58 PM »
This car was never intended to be marketed, just a personal one-off without economic interests.

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Re: Solved: Wendax 497 - Moke
« Reply #21 on: February 25, 2012, 07:02:32 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'..
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Re: Solved: Wendax 497 - Moke
« Reply #22 on: April 26, 2020, 10:32:48 AM »
Does anyone have any idea who built this one-off 'Moke' special please? Thanks.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 497 - Moke
« Reply #23 on: April 27, 2020, 01:50:03 AM »
Unfortunately not. I took those pictures in 1988 and haven't seen the car ever since.