One of DAF's few armoured vehicles, the M39 Pantserwagen, used developments of this Trado drivetrain. Huenges left the company in 1936 and the DAF company was then completely in the hands of the van Doorne brothers.ĭAF developed the Trado conversions to convert 4×2 Ford trucks to an off-road 6×4 drive. In 1932, the company, by then run by Hub and his brother, Wim van Doorne, changed its name to Van Doorne's Aanhangwagen Fabriek (Van Doorne's Trailer Factory), abbreviated to DAF. Hub started to work in a small workshop on the grounds of the brewery. Van Doorne had repaired Huenges' car several times, and Huenges, pleased with his work, offered to finance him in business. In 1928, Hubert 'Hub' van Doorne founded the company as Commanditaire Vennootschap Hub van Doorne's Machinefabriek. History DAF Truck type G1300DA325 Classic DAF 2600 cab over truck DAF fire truck A DAF YA-328 military truck DAF YP-408 used by UNIFIL Some of the truck models sold with the DAF brand are designed and built by Leyland Trucks at its Leyland plant in the United Kingdom.
Cabs and axle assemblies are produced at its Westerlo plant in Belgium. Its headquarters and main plant are in Eindhoven. DAF originally stood for van Doorne's Aanhangwagen Fabriek.
DAF Trucks is a Dutch truck manufacturing company and a division of Paccar.
