Challenge:  Identify this car in Cuba

"Manwich - now Keto-Friendly" (manwich) 03/08/2015 at 22:19 • Filed to: None

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I was recently in Cuba. It's probably the most Jalop place in the world. I took A LOT of pictures of cars.

So I have a group of pictures of cars that I can't figure out what the hell they are. Here is the first challenge... what year, make and model is this blue and white car:

I think this writing says 'Fabrica Habana'.

And I find it odd that the radiator seems to be blocked off.

I wish I had the time to take more detailed pictures... but my girlfriend was waiting for me.

Looking at the exhaust, I suspect this may just be an old car body or a kit stuck on a VW Beetle chassis.

What do you all think?

Jedidiah > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 03/08/2015 at 22:21

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Reminds me of an Austin 7, but I have no idea what it is

Bandit > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 03/08/2015 at 22:23

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I think this is a VW Beetle.

Your boy, BJR > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 03/08/2015 at 22:23

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Is 100% beetle based.

Bandit > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 03/08/2015 at 22:24

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Engine access under this hinged "suitcase"

jkm7680 > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 03/08/2015 at 22:25

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I definitely see that VW Beetle DNA in there. Really strange looking car though.

Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 03/08/2015 at 22:27

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Definitely some sort of Beetle-based kit car.

lonestranger > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 03/08/2015 at 22:30

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VW steering wheel, and the pedals, shifter, and wheels look Beetle-ish. Something built on a Beetle platform.

Round headlight enthusiast > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 03/08/2015 at 22:33

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looks like he's got some camber there...

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 03/08/2015 at 22:38

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Definitely a Beetle kit. Radiator is blocked off because there isn't one, and that box on the back is the access hatch to the engine. Also the fenders at the back and the bumpers.

Svend > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 03/08/2015 at 22:39

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I think in the most parts it was a 1929 Ford Model A

ranwhenparked > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 03/08/2015 at 22:50

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This would be a Ford Model A replica on a Beetle platform. It may be a hodgepodge of original and reproduction parts, but, if it is, I doubt it has that much original Ford body panels, since the proportions are so different compared to the real thing.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 03/08/2015 at 22:55

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Fiberglas and gas shock. Def not from the 30s

stuttgartobsessed > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 03/09/2015 at 00:08

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lol someone tried to make a beetle look like an Austin Six.

greenagain > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 03/09/2015 at 00:08

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A fiberglass Model A replica. With a nameplate like that there's probably more than one.