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SOLVED: Djetset #164 - Akkermans Citroen 2CV
« on: May 27, 2009, 02:53:42 AM »
Please tell me all that is humanly possible about this car (e.g. base, coachbuilder, etc.) and I will award a point to you.
« Last Edit: March 21, 2016, 08:45:15 AM by Wendax »
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Re: Djetset #164
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2009, 06:34:44 PM »
I know that you know that I know that you know........
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Re: Djetset #164
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2009, 07:14:29 PM »
 :) Citroën 2CV with a body by Akkermans from Oud Gastel, Netherlands. Two of these were built for a newspaper publisher to be used at the world exhibition of 1958 in Brussels.

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Re: Djetset #164
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2009, 02:36:33 AM »
 ;) Well done DynaMike, I thought you would be the first Puzzler to get this one right.  A well-deserved point to you.  I don't suppose you, or anyone else, knows if either of these two cars still exist as I would love to see one?
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Re: SOLVED: Djetset #164 - Akkermans Citroen 2CV
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2009, 05:31:48 AM »
Alas! I've never heard anything any more about these two marvels  :(  I had the above info from a book about Dutch car design, and now I found an article about these two cars in the (usually very well informed) Dutch Citroën magazine CitroExpert (January 2001):
On two new chassis with (of course) th 425 cc 12 bhp engine, delivered by the Belgian Citroën factory, Akkermans built these futuristic aluminium bodies in three months of time. They had a big hatch (from the top of the tailfin down to the floor) to get easy access to the huge luggage space. Most probably these cars will have found their end on a junkyard, but who knows, maybe sometime somebody will find them in a Belgian barn...
[Between 1994 and 2002 I had a Belgian built 1956 2CV AZL (aluminium bumpers, special long bootlid with central Hella brakelight, taillights of a Traction Avant, oddly shaped rear window, etc. etc.), the one and only known in Holland. But one day driving around in the region of Amsterdam an elderly man on wooden shoes signed me to stop. He said he had the same car, only in a different colour. And indeed he did: original light grey paint with darg green wheels, original interior and roof, even the original tires and battery... But the car needs a total restoration and the man was not willing to sell. He planned to restore the 2CV after he'd finnished his Ford Model T...]

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Solved - NEH 4570: Akkermans DKW advert car
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2016, 08:37:15 AM »
What's this and who built it - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 4570
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2016, 06:55:15 PM »
DKW bodied by Carrosserie Akkermans.

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Re: NEH 4570
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2016, 05:55:36 AM »
DKW bodied by Carrosserie Akkermans.

Yes indeed; I was surprised to see this car hadn't been puzzled already..
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Re: Solved - NEH 4570: Akkermans DKW advert car
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2016, 08:46:24 AM »
It has been puzzled before, but there it was identified as a Citroen 2 CV by Akkermans, not a DKW. Who's right?
(see http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2009-37/solved-djetset-164-akkermans-citroen-2cv)

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Re: Solved - NEH 4570: Akkermans DKW advert car
« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2016, 08:56:13 AM »
Wheels seem to match with those of an AZL so it's most probably 2cv-based

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Re: Solved - NEH 4570: Akkermans DKW advert car
« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2016, 09:35:57 AM »
I don't know, but it is identified elsewhere as a DKW (which is how I found it) while I found no mention of it being a 2cv any other place. But then again it does seems like DynaMike had a previous knowledge of the model so perhaps he is right ...

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Re: Solved - NEH 4570: Akkermans DKW advert car
« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2016, 09:41:54 AM »
Yes, the picture came from Michiel van den Brink's new site and his information is usually very reliable.
I believe he is a member here so maybe he can enlighten us?
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Re: Solved - NEH 4570: Akkermans DKW advert car
« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2016, 01:20:23 PM »
I had it as a Citroën 2 CV.  It is identified as such on four sites. Here is the best image I found today