Topic: Solved: PN #304 -- Yak, 1969

[oko94]

Can the car be found on an Hungarian website ?

[pnegyesi]

yes. Hmm, I wait a little bit and then reveal the article because I believe it did not identify this one properly

[Wendax]

This one is not based on a VW, but there was a 2nd prototype which was built on a Beetle chassis.

I just came across the second car, the 1969 Yak. It shared the same basic body, of course without the front engine bonnet. The two cars were developed by Kunststoffbüro Osnabrück Dr. Reuter GmbH + Co. KG, which was part of the Elastogran company, taken over by BASF in 1972.

[pnegyesi]

This one is not based on a VW, but there was a 2nd prototype which was built on a Beetle chassis.

I just came across the second car, the 1969 Yak. It shared the same basic body, of course without the front engine bonnet. The two cars were developed by Kunststoffbüro Osnabrück Dr. Reuter GmbH + Co. KG, which was part of the Elastogran company, taken over by BASF in 1972.

And this gives you two points. This was indeed called Yak. Can you post the details on the 2nd car please? Thank you for solving this!

[Wendax]

Here is the VW-based Yak:

[grobmotorix]

 

I just keep wondering why a West German company decided to take Moskvich components for a buggy project (the original puzzle car) in the 1960s - very strange...