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This ist the last quiz for 2020. This year was strange. We still have a pandemic, a country that will we leave a union, a country that had an election and a great group of modeller and participant of the quiz that I did in 2020. I hope that 2021 will be different from 2020. So please sent a PM with Year, Make and Type. Deadline will be (Deadline Jan. 3, 2021 0:00 CET)

This time I was looking for an Italian car a 1964-1970 Autobianchi Primula. The Primula was a prototype for Fiat's rack and pinion steering and is widely known for its innovative Dante Giacosa-designed front-wheel drive, transverse engine layout — that would be later popularized by the Fiat 128 to ultimately become an industry-standard front drive layout. The correct answer were sent in by GeeBee DonW TimJ otherunicorn dw1603 matthijsgrit Congratulations

A bit more progress. I had added the auxiliary transmissions and the air tank. Next will be the routing of the air lines from and to the air tanks. I also mad a second pintle hook with frame

The car for this weeks quiz was provide by Matt Bacon. Thanks Matt Please sent as usual a PM with Year, Make and Type.

So here is the solution of this weeks quiz. This car is a 1971 - 1975 Monica 560. Between 1972 and 194 about 40 cars were build. It was intend to be the succssor of the Facel Vega HK500 the last french build luxury sedan. The design combines stying ideas from A Maserati Indy/ Lotus Elan, Aston Martin DBS, Jaguar Mk II and the the american Coke Bottle design. It has named after the wife of Jean Tastevin, a graduate engineer of the École centrale de Paris. The correct answer were sent in by: DonW Earl Marischall otherunicorn GeeBee dw1603 Richard Bartrop jokar124 Congratulations

Got to today the cable car. Lots of wood and pewter parts and it is huge. Before I start it I'll have to finish the Oshkosh and the trial.

Yes I got the last 2 of them I think. I had a look for a locomotive as a load. They are way too expensive $450 plus. Now a San Francisco Cable car from Ocre will be the load. I got it for a good price.

It will get a modular trailer unit from KFS. I'm thinking about an old locomotive as a load

Some more progress on my OShkosh.

It seems that this one is not an easy one as DonW said. This car was powered by a 5.60l Chrysler LA V8 engine and the time considered to be by many automobile aficionados a magnificent F...... luxury GT.

After the box design from last week I want to know Year, Make and Type of this sporty looking car.

The solution of autoquiz 501 is: 1968 - 1971  Kalmar-DAF or Torjven as it was called in Sweden. This viehicle was the result of a request of the Swedish Post. They were looking for a car to deliver mail. It is based on a DAF 44, while the protoype was based on the DAF 33. A total of 2170 cehicle were build. Most of them fro Swedish Postal Service. The car in the picture was used by the Netherlöands Postal Service. The correct answer had sent matthijsgrit otherunicorn GeeBee dw1603 ChrisR Congratulations

It seems it is too tough. So one last hint. It was build in the time where the VW Type 147 Fridolin was build.

It seems that this one isn't easy. So let me give you a hint. It is special designed for mail delivery and it can drive in the same speeed forward and backwards. So that should be enough for a hint.

Here is the new quiz for this week. As usual sent a PM with Year, Make and Type.

1969 Thomassima III a one-off son of Ferrari Deisgner was Tom Meade. The donor car was a 1958 Ferrari 250 GT Pininfarina Coupé (chassis number 1065GT) powered by a 3L V12 engine. The gearbox was replaced with a 5-speed ZF and the brakes were upgradedThe bodywork was altered dramatically, even further than the earlier "Thomassima Zero", resulting in an extremely low, muscular, front-engined coupe featuring gullwings, twisted exhausts on both sides and centerlock wheels. Interiors were lavish, with a steel-casted steering wheel. Meade claimed to have put a particular emphasis into the finish. You can get a scale replica from CMK (1:18) or Hotwheels The correct answer were sent in by draggon Matt BAcon Thom gbtr6 Pete J. Congratulation

Excellent job

It is time for the next One-Off-Build Quiz. Richard Bartrop had contributed the idea for this car. That I didn't know. As usual sent a PM with Year, Make and Type. Deadline is Dec, 6. 2020 0:00 CET

The WSK Mirkus MR 500 from Poland was inspired by on the Goggomobil TS250 from Hans Glas GmbH. The car was able to carry 2 adults and 2 children with a small amount of luggage. It cost the equally of 4 average salary of a polish worker during that time. For such a small car very expensive. Serial production started in 1958. After 1728 units including 17 cabriolet production ends in 1960. The correct answer were sent in by GeeBee blunc matthijsgrit stitchup dw1603 Pete J. sjordan2 Congratulation

Interesting project

180 autoquiz that I did and now #500. Please sent PM with Year, Type and Make. This weeks idea for the quiz was provided by Peteski. Thnaks Peteski.

This week the car is from Poland. It is a 1982 FSR Tarpan 233. It was build as a pickup or station wagon. It was powered by a 4 cyl. engine either from Fiat 125p or Warszawa. it was build from 1973 on. The correct answer were sent in by: GeeBee dw1603 peteski Earl Marischal Congratulations

Off to a new week with a new challenge. Please sent PM with Year, Make and Type.

This tim I was looking for a 1995 - today Midas Cortez 2+2 Coupe. The 2+2 models (Cortez and Excalibur) combine the unique features of the Midas all-GRP monocoque with modern mechanicals to give an exciting, yet practical, car that stands out from the crowd. Both use the Rover 100 (Rover Metro) as the donor car, giving a range of engines from 1100 to 1800cc. I'm not sure when Midas had start to produce the Cortez, here the source say sometimes 1992 some say 1995. The correct answer were sent in by: matthijsgrit GeeBee DonW dw1603 TimJ Brizio Congratulations

A bit more on the engine