Sussita car

Hi,

When you think of Israel and cars, you are probably think about mobile-eye, or other Israeli start-ups that help make the self-driving car possible.

But there was an Israeli car company (put a side the military vehicles) – The Sussita! that named after a old settlement on an hill above Sea of Galilee. It was produced by Autocars Co.  between 1957 and 1980. The company made various models but they all referred as Sussita.

We have one thrown away in the parking under a building in the street we live. And when Guri moved to live a house in a Moshav near us, we found another two thrown away in the field behind the house =)

The Sussita car in our street

And near it another old thrown car

The front

The name of the model “Carmel Dukas”

Side View

Back view

Side-back view

Another side view

The inside. The first cars bottom was made from Particle board

 The Sussita pick-up truck in the Moshav. This model was produced in 1960.

 

Front with the flag The engine cover, the car body was made of fiberglass

Flag over the front window

The driver seat

The back – the cabin with seats and roof. The roof is made of steelThe cars belong to the homeowner father

Second Sussita in the far edge of the field

 

A closer lookA look from the side

The frontThe engine cover. There used to be an urban legend that if you leave the car in the desert  a camel will eat the fiberglass body =) It looks like this car was an appetizer….

The car engine and mechanical parts were of Ford and Triumph companies.

The driver cabin.

The back