'I Am Nomad, I Am Perfect'

Looks fun, bet that "park bench" seat is comfortable...

Along those lines there was the Africar built out of wood,



the six wheel version



Based on 2CV.

It's very complex for a third-world car. Does it really need four-wheel drive and a dual-range transfer case? Surely the stock VW transaxle would be cheaper to produce. With a light car and enough ground clearance, two wheel drive will get you through almost any terrain. Something resembling a shortened VW floorpan with a wooden pickup truck tray over the engine would be good. Use the Kombi/Country Buggy drop-boxes on the rear axles and matching raised front spindles on it. Just like a Country Buggy with less bodywork. If required, you could even make it forward-control using Kombi bits. Nice and simple, using off-the-shelf VW bits.





The car in the OP mostly just reminds me of the Haflinger.

As far as I can recall, the 'two examples' are simply small scale models cleverly photographed!

Cheers for putting this up, I'll have a proper read of the article a bit later

Aha! Clever/sneaky stuff! ;D