PetrolPunx | The car nerds heaven on Instagram: "It's ages ago, that I posted something for #ObscureMonday - which is one of the best thing, @carsrob invented for us. And here is the Dacon 828. The rarest thing you are about to see today. What the hell you ask? Yes, it's from Brazil, with quite a lot of #Volkswagen involved. Dacon started as a #VW dealership, and in the 1970s they started to built prototypes for Volkswagen - soon offering an array of all sorts of modifications, based on the brazilian Passat and, of course, the Gol. The strangest was the 828. A luxurious #microcar, designed by Anisio Campos and Paulo Goulart of #Puma fame. The design screams #Porsche928, with the neat feature of vertically installed rear lights from a Volkswagen Kombi (the T1,5), giving the perfect impression of a... 928. The engine however came from VW, the 1600. It was a massive success with... 48 being built. And how on earth this ended up in Germany, I wish in knew. It was offered a while ago for...
7,401 likes, 149 comments - petrolpunx on July 29, 2024: "It's ages ago, that I posted something for #ObscureMonday - which is one of the best thing, @carsrob invented for us. And here is the Dacon 828. The rarest thing you are about to see today. What the hell you ask? Yes, it's from Brazil, with quite a lot of #Volkswagen involved. Dacon started as a #VW dealership, and in the 1970s they started to built prototypes for Volkswagen - soon offering an array of all sorts of modifications, based on the brazilian Passat and, of course, the Gol. The strangest was the 828. A luxurious #microcar, designed by Anisio Campos and Paulo Goulart of #Puma fame. The design screams #Porsche928, with the neat feature of vertically installed rear lights from a Volkswagen Kombi (the T1,5), giving the perfect impression of a... 928. The engine however came from VW, the 1600. It was a massive success with... 48 being built. And how on earth this ended up in Germany, I wish in knew. It was offered a while ago for 19.000€ and I hope, it does not found it's fate on a scrapyard. Btw, swipe to the last picture for a glorious Dacon Passat. #vintagecar #vintagecarspotting #cars #carspotting #instacars #classiccars #classiccarspotting #classiccarsofinstagram #veteranbil #voitureancienne #oldtimer #radwood #retrorides #tuning".