History 1943 DAF RAIN COAT…

So just poking around the internet and what did I find? Why it is a 1943 DAF RAIN COAT.



I can see it now! 392 Hemi, with a 6-71 …

And no need to cut it down to make it smaller.

 

I see taildragger with a hard chop.........

 

Needs an I-4, split manifold and a pair of Cherry Bombs. Hehe.

 

Another thought. Bonneville. Stretch the nose out 10-12 feet, inline 6 or 8 cylinders. Again no need to alter the main body.

 

I know this is going to sound crazy, but according to the "Bible of Antique Cars", the DAF Rain Coat was designed by a guy named Hub van Doorne specifically to be able to drive thru doorways to avoid the rain. He also designed it so thin to be able to hide it from the Nazi's as during WWII. Can't make this up!

 

I'm without words, rare occasion!

 

Thats the same DAF ( Netherlands ) from the big modern semi-trailers. Huub Van Doorne also had a deal early 1990s with Williams F1 Racing where they would use the CVT transmission he had also invented. FIA put a stop to that as a F1car had to have 7 gears at that time but CVT is actually endless amount of gears. That CVT was allready on the road in the 1960s with the little DAF cars. Floor shifter was forward or reverse. My missus had a sporty Daf Marathon Coupe. In the 1980s the old Dafs were used up in a special racing class "backwards /reverse racing " at the Zandvoort F1 circuit here in The Netherlands as they went just as fast in reverse as in forward. 100 mph most ended up on their roof before reaching 100 . The races were even live televised here.

 

And what we all want to know is how many of these cars were built. When I came across the car I read that it was able to drive through a doorway. The article didn’t mention being able to be hidden. To think, my current daily driver is a descendant of those cut equipped cars.

Maybe that’s the drivetrain to use for Bonneville.

 

Reminds me of the teacher (I don't know), went to get in his car to go home, found his old Austin Mini Cooper stuck between some bicycle parking racks.
That DAF would be a sure target for some shenanigans.

 

That’s why you drive into the kitchen. Lol
Dan

 

I had to do some reading on these things as I never saw or heard of such an animal. The reason they go as fast in reverse as foward is because to go backwards you simply turn the steering 180 degrees. Cool stuff

 

I recall seeing an ad in a late '50s/early '60s Mechanics Illustrated for "The Shiftless DAF".

 

We had a mechanic in our small South Dakota town who for some unknown and unforgivable reason had one of the early Honda cars, an N600. I'm not sure how much it weighed but it was pretty easy for a few guys to lift one end and roll it into a tight spot. Ol' Jerry walked home from the bar more than once when he found his tiny car wedged into a spot between a couple buildings.

 

Sounds like a good deterrent to getting a DWI

 

You could drive one of them there things in the 'bike lanes' that are everywhere these days.

 

When I first started teaching, I found my MG Midget "re-parked" a couple of times. My fun was to not say a word about it and wait to see who cracked first.

 

That was the first commercially available CVT. It was a belt drive with variable width pulleys as are seen on some lathes and whatnot. I believe the car was called the "Dafodil".

 

Yep, Sure was the Dafodil. Twin belts. As they got older belts would break and just fly off out the rear of the car . You could still drive with one belt but the car would pull to the left or right when you hit the gas, depending on which belt was gone

 

Not a DAF, but a Berkley. In 1958 3 of my buddies and I put a Berkley on the owners front porch. The owner took it well, and said, " you had your fun, just put it back where you found it "

 

That transmission sounds like what we called a “torque converter”. Had one on an old Rupp mini bike. The longer you held the throttle open, the faster it would go, without reaching a “redline” (if that makes any sense…)

 

A supercharged Allison is the only thing that makes sense here.

 

with a bit of fancy metalwork you could make a tiny 1937 Ford out of that... maybe a 36-37 hybrid since it is a 3 window. it already has tiny 37 fenders on it

 

Now we’re talking! That engine and a 500 hp shot of nitrous. No need for safety equipment, because if you have an accident, the cleanup will take a sponge and a pressure washer

 

The vertical chrome thing behind the side window might be a flip out turn signal.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafficators

 

That’s cool! Could be repurposed as a downforce device to keep the rear tires from spinning at speed. Which could be very useful with that V12 stuffed in there. Or for lift, in case we decide that it should be able to fly, like in Chitty Chitty, Bang Bang.