Dutch military car

[Colin Alford]

Hanno,

Given the two Registration plates visible (N-44943 and N-44945) is it possible that there was more than one prototype?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Colin Alford

Given the two Registration plates visible (N-44943 and N-44945) is it possible that there was more than one prototype?

Colin,

Well spotted! Actually these registration plates are a type of trade plate as they have been spotted on other DAF vehicles under test at times before WW2.


N-44943 - also used on DAF Trado command car prototype:
N-44943_DAFMuseum_Trado_commandowagen_1936.jpg


N-44945 - also used on Ford tractor towing DAF trailer with automated container loader:
N-44945_NCAD_daf_2_1964.jpg

[David Dunlop]

So it could very well be one vehicle being tested at two different times with whatever registration plates were on hand.

Are those small bumperettes either side of the front plate, Hanno, or small ditching wheels?

David

[Lang]

David

They certainly look like "ditching wheels". A good idea and obviously of some use though these tiny ones would not be much help on a soft bank. You can see similar wheels and rollers on cross country vehicles and machinery going back well before WW1.

That pretty little 6 wheeler looks a much better proposition than the push-me pull-you 4 wheeler. But as Hanno said it was a proof of concept machine experimenting with several different ideas.

Lang