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1952-55 Minerva 80 from the Belgian army, based on the 80" (i.e 2.03 m wheelbase) Land Rover Series I. About 8,000 cars were made (fr, en).
According to the pictures present in this other English site (which is just a copy-paste of the already linked English article, without credits...), this Minerva has the grille badge of a late model.
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[...] Now something extremely obscure. It shall be a 1959, still with cable-haulage-brakes, styled in a late-1940ies colour, but the body looks much newer IMO, mid-60ies, I'd say. What do you think?
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From the little I know about the Käfer, this one has the 1958+ rear window, a pre-1964 plate light cover, pre-62 taillights and 1958-63 blinkers. The Wolfsburg's logo on the hood is indeed missing, but as all shiny trim has been removed from this car, I'm not sure that it should be used as a hint to identify a 1963+ vehicle...
So unless later modifications or additions (or details I missed
), all of these details indicate a 1958-62 model. Which matches with the 1959 MY you're talking about?