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Solved: Wendax 890 - Wooden "Jeep" on a Bretta chassis
« on: May 03, 2013, 02:12:45 AM »
Despite its looks you probably wouldn't want to join the forces with this one.

For one point, please respond and identify this car as so far as telling the base and the country it was built in.

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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2013, 02:11:04 AM »
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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2013, 03:04:56 AM »
any relation to the mighty mite? from usa

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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2013, 03:15:26 AM »
Not from the USA, no connection to Mighty Mite

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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2013, 05:29:22 PM »
could it be based on a Fiat 126?

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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2013, 05:37:29 PM »
No, it isn't.

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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2013, 01:43:54 AM »
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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2013, 04:55:17 AM »
Birish, on Mini.

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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2013, 05:26:09 AM »
Not Mini-based

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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2013, 05:57:10 AM »
German, isn't it?
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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2013, 06:02:32 AM »
Not German

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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2013, 06:22:41 AM »
Fiat based?

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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2013, 06:44:12 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2013, 07:01:35 AM »
European?
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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2013, 07:18:45 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #15 on: May 27, 2013, 03:10:53 PM »
French?
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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2013, 03:17:03 PM »
Built in France, but the base car originates from another country.

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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #17 on: May 27, 2013, 03:20:34 PM »
So I assume the base car was Italian (as in a Lawil?).
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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #18 on: May 27, 2013, 03:43:33 PM »
Yes, Italian base, but not Lawil, though you are not far away...

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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #19 on: May 27, 2013, 03:48:27 PM »
Oophs, been away for too long and my brain is not working!  Heavily modified Casalini Sulky?
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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #20 on: May 27, 2013, 04:07:57 PM »
Locked for you. It is based on a Casalini, not the three-wheeled Sulky, but ...

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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #21 on: May 27, 2013, 04:11:47 PM »
Casalini Kore 500?
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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #22 on: May 27, 2013, 04:22:46 PM »
Judging by the wheels, it is probably older, so it must be the ...

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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #23 on: May 27, 2013, 04:35:01 PM »
Bretta?  As this one was modified in France, I guess it would have been badged as a Willam
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Re: Wendax 890
« Reply #24 on: May 27, 2013, 04:48:07 PM »
Yes, it is a homemade "Jeep" from France based on a Casalini (resp. Willam) Bretta. Its body was made of wood by a local carpenter.