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Solved: Wendax 1393 - Velam TA 6
« on: October 24, 2014, 03:07:48 AM »
Edgy design.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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Re: Wendax 1393
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2014, 03:39:26 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1393
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2014, 09:12:08 PM »
It looks like a home-built,russia?
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Re: Wendax 1393
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2014, 02:38:52 AM »
Not home-built and not from Russia.
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Re: Wendax 1393
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2014, 03:13:54 AM »
was it a mass produced French car?
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Re: Wendax 1393
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2014, 03:24:31 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1393
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2014, 09:55:04 AM »
was this a eastern European prototype?
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Re: Wendax 1393
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2014, 10:03:02 AM »
Looks like a prototype of some sort and those look like Simca 1000 wheels, so the chassis/floorpan from that car?

One interesting thing is that at least this designer has thought about how hard it is to get one's feet into and out of the rear door of most cars, with their B-posts so close to their rear seats. As one gets older your feet tend to snag. I suppose, though, the post has to be as central as possible to make for better strength in a side-impact accident.  ???
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Re: Wendax 1393
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2014, 12:56:11 PM »
from the middle east?
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Re: Wendax 1393
« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2014, 06:14:40 PM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on November 01, 2014, 09:55:04 AM
was this a eastern European prototype?
No

Quote from: richard cuyler on November 01, 2014, 10:03:02 AM
Looks like a prototype of some sort and those look like Simca 1000 wheels, so the chassis/floorpan from that car?
I don't know, if it was based on another car.

Quote from: CrazyAutopuzzler on November 01, 2014, 12:56:11 PM
from the middle east?
Yes!
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Re: Wendax 1393
« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2014, 08:28:36 AM »
It is the Velam TA6, prototype of an israelite people's car, built in 1961 for Kaiser-Ilin of Haifa.

No production, though !
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Re: Wendax 1393
« Reply #11 on: November 02, 2014, 08:48:35 AM »
Nice to see you here again, Thierry. You certainly are right. I just had it as Voiture Populaire by Kaiser-Ilien. Was it built by the French company Velam, as the name implies, or is it just pure coincidence?
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Re: Wendax 1393
« Reply #12 on: November 02, 2014, 09:11:32 AM »
According to period magazines like l'Auto Journal, that car was indeed a study made and built by Velam for Kaiser-Ilin. Moreover, two books are telling the same story ("les voitures hors-série" by Borgé & Viasnoff and "toutes les voitures du monde des années 60" by René & Serge Bellu).

I suppose the "TA6" is just the codename used by Velam. It had a twin-cylinder air cooled 640 cc and 105 kph top speed.
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Re: Wendax 1393
« Reply #13 on: November 02, 2014, 11:45:19 AM »
A well-earned point is on its way.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 1393 - Velam TA 6
« Reply #14 on: November 02, 2014, 12:10:52 PM »
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Re: Solved: Wendax 1393 - Velam TA 6
« Reply #15 on: November 02, 2014, 12:18:32 PM »
Aaaah, I know that picture. I did not make the connection to the puzzle pic.  :bag:
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Re: Solved: Wendax 1393 - Velam TA 6
« Reply #16 on: November 02, 2014, 08:11:12 PM »
Quote from: Wendax on November 02, 2014, 12:18:32 PM
Aaaah, I know that picture. I did not make the connection to the puzzle pic.  :bag:

Neither did I...  :bag:
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Re: Solved: Wendax 1393 - Velam TA 6
« Reply #17 on: June 25, 2015, 05:05:30 AM »
This is the front view of the puzzle car I believe; main difference is the little bustle at the rear:

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