carsntrucks4you Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) Here the next car for our weekly auto quiz. As usual sent a PM with Year, Make and Type. Special thanks goes to blunc for this idea Edited June 20, 2020 by carsntrucks4you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete J. Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Bingo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonW Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Studebaker Hawk meets Daimler Dart. I doubt it. I haven't got a clue but I'm looking forward to finding out what it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 16 hours ago, DonW said: Studebaker Hawk meets Daimler Dart. I doubt it. I haven't got a clue but I'm looking forward to finding out what it is! Looks like a rebody of another car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotrod 97 Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Hmm...looks so familiar, like I've seen one of these at a car show or somethin'. Looks cool. Not quite sure what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carsntrucks4you Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 (edited) This weeks car of the autoquiz was a 1958 Alken D2. It is based in a Beetle chassis and uses the beetle engine. Some were replaced by a Porsche 356 engine. About 25 were build. The correct answer were sent in by the following members: Pete J. porschercr Ace-Garageguy dw1603 GeeBee Well done, congratulations Edited June 27, 2020 by carsntrucks4you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonW Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 It does look like a very professional effort, and one I'd never heard of. Thanks Michael and Blunc for the suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dw1603 Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 (edited) I thought it was the work of Dutch Darrin, he did the Flintridge Darrin which was Auto Union based. He was also also commissioned to design a prototype for the Dyna Panhard, which was very similar to this. If you screw you eyes up a bit, it is reminiscent of the Kaiser Darrin too. Once again, I wasted a lot of time on a wild goose chase searching for a “Darrin Porsche” which does not exist, but eventually chanced on the Alken D2. Lucky me! Edited June 27, 2020 by dw1603 Auto spell ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 The wheels, front bumper, seat and steering wheel seemed to me like a Porsche 356, but I couldn't find this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonW Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Kaiser Darrin! I see the connection. Acquired tastes, both! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dw1603 Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 8 hours ago, sjordan2 said: The wheels, front bumper, seat and steering wheel seemed to me like a Porsche 356, but I couldn't find this one. Yeah, I was sure it was a Porsche, but then I also thought Autoquiz 479 was an Auto Union, so what do I know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dw1603 Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Not really obvious from the image but the Alken D2 has suicide doors too. Apropos of nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete J. Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 For me it was the rims and steering wheel that gave it away. Definitely one of the 356 based models . Took me far less time that I thought it would Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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