Topic: Solved: PN #433 -- Cock VT15

[pnegyesi]

Please identify this small LCV for a point

[pnegyesi]

Experts?

[kwgibbs]

was this vehicle called the -Tug?

[pnegyesi]

no, it wasn't

[kwgibbs]

any connection with mahindra?

[pnegyesi]

nothing I am aware of

[kwgibbs]

maybe Eicher?

[pnegyesi]

no

[DeAutogids]

Cock (sorry, it is the name) of Assen, Netherlands.

[pnegyesi]

somehow I guessed, it will be you who comes up with the right answer. It is locked for you to come up with the model designation

[DeAutogids]

Well it was made about 20 kilometer away from where I lived, so I have seen these vehicles. Nowadays they're gone to the scrapyards probably.

[DeAutogids]

The type is VT15 and was posted by myself for the first time probably on "the internet". The name Cock was derived from the founder. Cock is a famous name in the Netherlands, as it was the main character in a Dutch detective. It was made into a television series called "Baantjer" in which the main protagonist was also "De Cock, met Cee Ooh Cee Kaa". The company was also responsible for the so-called "Witkar", a project for electrical cars which could be picked up from special rental stations in Amsterdam using a membership card in a similar scheme to what is nowadays used in a couple of cities in Germany.

[pnegyesi]

thanks for the detailed explanation. A very well deserved point for you

[DeAutogids]

It might be interesting to note that it is actually not so straight forward to identify this vehicle, as actually there were about a dozen active, all looking quite similar. It might be interesting if some puzzles of WFK, Zwalve, Mulder, Spijkstaal, Geha and some other ones.