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Re: Wendax 2795
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2019, 01:03:06 PM »
Renault

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Re: Wendax 2795
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2019, 01:14:50 PM »
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Re: Wendax 2795
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2019, 02:27:45 AM »
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Re: Wendax 2795
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2019, 02:59:44 AM »
Alpine A220 with a shortened rear end?

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Re: Wendax 2795
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2019, 03:15:44 AM »
Certainly A220-inspired, but not the real thing.

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Re: Wendax 2795
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2019, 11:03:29 AM »
ah yes, I forgot Autopuzzle's rule #1  :)

is there a donor car underneath, or was it built from scratch?

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Re: Wendax 2795
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2019, 12:29:06 PM »
Built from scratch, but some Renault parts used.

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Re: Wendax 2795
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2019, 12:34:07 PM »
Built in France?

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Re: Wendax 2795
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2019, 12:37:26 PM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 2795
« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2019, 02:39:12 AM »
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Re: Wendax 2795
« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2019, 03:25:17 AM »
This is a reduced-scale A220 made by D.O.G. (Diffusion d'Outillage General)/CIJ in 1968 using a 75cc JLO motor.
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Re: Wendax 2795
« Reply #12 on: February 14, 2019, 04:39:28 AM »
That's the one, well found!

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Some more on this car:

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I have some old pre-digital print photographs somewhere which I will dig out, as the main entrance gate to the (pre-revamped) Alpine works in Dieppe used to have two of these D.O.G.-built A220s displayed in the security shed.
A car is for life, not just for Christmas.