Author Topic: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!  (Read 9011 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline grobmotorix

  • Professional
  • *
  • Posts: 15118
  • Country: de
  • Puzzle Points 457
  • Please play fair guys
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • My car photography
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #25 on: January 03, 2014, 06:15:50 AM »
Thatīs why I love this website!

Thank you very much for this information!

Offline thorax

  • Expert
  • *
  • Posts: 4809
  • Country: it
  • Puzzle Points 391
  • AutoPuzzles
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #26 on: January 05, 2014, 06:21:08 PM »
great!
FRIUL LIBAR

Offline grobmotorix

  • Professional
  • *
  • Posts: 15118
  • Country: de
  • Puzzle Points 457
  • Please play fair guys
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • My car photography
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #27 on: January 06, 2014, 12:56:50 AM »
Iīve found another photo:

Offline pnegyesi

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 30045
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 1177
  • Our Pal
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • Motoring Museums' Lighthouse
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #28 on: January 11, 2014, 04:39:09 AM »
A Trabant-based plastic-bodied buggy from Hungary, made in the late 1960s
https://rareandunique.media - Rare&Unique Vehicles magazine
http://magyarjarmu.hu - detailed Hungarian motoring history (Hungarian language)
http://automuseums.info - motoring museums' guide

Offline grobmotorix

  • Professional
  • *
  • Posts: 15118
  • Country: de
  • Puzzle Points 457
  • Please play fair guys
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • My car photography
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #29 on: January 11, 2014, 08:57:29 AM »
Oh come on - this is really a cool find!

Thank you for sharing!

Offline pnegyesi

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 30045
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 1177
  • Our Pal
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • Motoring Museums' Lighthouse
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #30 on: January 11, 2014, 09:38:59 AM »
It is in my book. It has a really nice story, involving Janos Kesjar (father of Csaba Kesjar, a talented Hungarian racer who died young in a racing accident) and the Villamosipari Kutatointezet (Research Institute for the Electric Industry) aka VKI
Some guys at VKI looked at electric vehicles - over the years they converted an Ikarus bus to hybrid powertrain, made a couple of electric Barkas conversions and also a few one-off prototype city cars with plastic bodies.
Now Kesjar got hold of one such bodyshell and mated it to an lengthened Trabant chassis. Eventually at least three were built in around 1969-1971.

This is what was able to put together. But there is another angle here. There was a very good Hungarian industrial designer, Jozsef Cserny. He designed boats, trailers, buses etc. Unfortunately he died a few years ago and his widow is not very cooperating. But it seems it was Cserny who designed the bodies for the VKI prototypes and it was also him who created these bodies. But this needs to be proved.
https://rareandunique.media - Rare&Unique Vehicles magazine
http://magyarjarmu.hu - detailed Hungarian motoring history (Hungarian language)
http://automuseums.info - motoring museums' guide

Offline grobmotorix

  • Professional
  • *
  • Posts: 15118
  • Country: de
  • Puzzle Points 457
  • Please play fair guys
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • My car photography
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #31 on: January 13, 2014, 12:37:59 PM »
Quote
Now Kesjar got hold of one such bodyshell and mated it to an lengthened Trabant chassis

So, this is the first buggy chassis I know that had to be LENGTHENED - :D

Offline grobmotorix

  • Professional
  • *
  • Posts: 15118
  • Country: de
  • Puzzle Points 457
  • Please play fair guys
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • My car photography
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #32 on: March 02, 2014, 08:52:25 AM »
A nice one from the Netherlands:

Offline grobmotorix

  • Professional
  • *
  • Posts: 15118
  • Country: de
  • Puzzle Points 457
  • Please play fair guys
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • My car photography
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #33 on: August 25, 2014, 01:13:04 PM »
Some more buggies I have seen liva at fabulous Spa Bug Show 2014:

Online Wendax

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 62738
  • Country: de
  • Puzzle Points 2349
  • e^^(i*pi)+1=0
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #34 on: February 29, 2016, 03:29:36 PM »
A nice homebuilt one currently for sale:

Offline grobmotorix

  • Professional
  • *
  • Posts: 15118
  • Country: de
  • Puzzle Points 457
  • Please play fair guys
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • My car photography
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #35 on: February 29, 2016, 03:46:40 PM »
Cool!

 :thumbsup:

Offline Otto Puzzell

  • Founder and
  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 31556
  • Country: us
  • Puzzle Points 444
  • Open field, with a window.
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • AutoPuzzles
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #36 on: June 11, 2016, 09:14:49 AM »
Hot and humid in Motown today - time to hit the sand and surf! Suit and tie are optional :)
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

Offline grobmotorix

  • Professional
  • *
  • Posts: 15118
  • Country: de
  • Puzzle Points 457
  • Please play fair guys
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • My car photography
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #37 on: June 11, 2016, 10:06:07 AM »
I love your June Dunes, esp. #2!  :thumbsup:

Offline grobmotorix

  • Professional
  • *
  • Posts: 15118
  • Country: de
  • Puzzle Points 457
  • Please play fair guys
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • My car photography
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #38 on: January 29, 2017, 02:53:25 PM »
Autozodiaco + some nice decorative women...

Online Wendax

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 62738
  • Country: de
  • Puzzle Points 2349
  • e^^(i*pi)+1=0
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #39 on: May 14, 2017, 12:15:02 PM »
Half way between Beetle and Buggy:

Offline grobmotorix

  • Professional
  • *
  • Posts: 15118
  • Country: de
  • Puzzle Points 457
  • Please play fair guys
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • My car photography
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #40 on: May 14, 2017, 12:50:10 PM »
A funcar anyways!

 :thumbsup:

Offline grobmotorix

  • Professional
  • *
  • Posts: 15118
  • Country: de
  • Puzzle Points 457
  • Please play fair guys
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • My car photography
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #41 on: July 19, 2017, 03:24:24 PM »
A rare German language childrenīs book about buggies edited around 1970 by a Belgian publisher:

Online Wendax

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 62738
  • Country: de
  • Puzzle Points 2349
  • e^^(i*pi)+1=0
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #42 on: July 19, 2017, 03:40:40 PM »
Great!  :thumbsup:

Offline jotage21

  • Expert
  • *
  • Posts: 3981
  • Country: br
  • Puzzle Points 335
  • Contributor
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #43 on: August 26, 2017, 05:41:21 PM »
Some more from book "Dunne Buggies" by Ed Radlauer

Offline grobmotorix

  • Professional
  • *
  • Posts: 15118
  • Country: de
  • Puzzle Points 457
  • Please play fair guys
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • My car photography
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #44 on: August 26, 2017, 05:43:03 PM »
 :thumbsup:

Online Wendax

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 62738
  • Country: de
  • Puzzle Points 2349
  • e^^(i*pi)+1=0
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #45 on: November 29, 2017, 06:45:50 AM »
A little off topic, but too nice to neglect:

Offline grobmotorix

  • Professional
  • *
  • Posts: 15118
  • Country: de
  • Puzzle Points 457
  • Please play fair guys
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • My car photography
Re: Buggy album + 1950-1990 beach cars / Your contributions are welcome!
« Reply #46 on: November 29, 2017, 11:57:27 AM »
 :)