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Solved - NEH 313: AFM 50 - 1950

Started by Carnut, February 01, 2010, 11:59:25 AM

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Carnut

February 01, 2010, 11:59:25 AM Last Edit: April 29, 2020, 11:25:35 AM by Wendax
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Carnut

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February 10, 2010, 07:59:28 AM
Go on then Experts!
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Carnut

#2
February 18, 2010, 10:45:44 AM
The Pros'll know..
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Carnut

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March 24, 2010, 08:02:14 PM
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Allemano

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March 24, 2010, 08:13:37 PM
German, though?

Carnut

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March 25, 2010, 06:18:34 AM
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Allemano

#6
March 25, 2010, 06:38:40 AM
Borgward?

Carnut

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March 25, 2010, 08:36:50 AM
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Allemano

#8
March 25, 2010, 08:56:36 AM
Eastern Germany?

Carnut

#9
March 25, 2010, 11:58:17 AM
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Allemano

#10
March 25, 2010, 12:51:56 PM
BMW underneath?

Carnut

#11
March 25, 2010, 01:03:13 PM
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white12

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March 28, 2010, 07:42:13 PM Last Edit: April 29, 2020, 11:28:29 AM by Wendax
I have found this picture and I think it is the same car.
The photo description says: Bechem in the self-converted AFM Sportscar, rebodied in 1952, at the Schauinsland hillclimb of 1953.
The series chasis of this car is is AFM 50-5 . And its story: Ordered by Karl Gommann, debut Eifelrennen 1950 as F2. Badly damaged Grenzlandring 1950. Sold to Günther Bechem for 1951, rebuilt and converted into sports car 1952 converted to 1.5l engine capacity and reconverted to 2-litre capacity in 1953.

But this souce could be wrong because I have found other photo of the AFM 50-5 and the puzzle photo with the name AFM-Küchen probably with te chassi 50-4 ( I can´t undertand German). This second source tells that was driven by Hans Stuck.
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Carnut

#13
March 29, 2010, 07:45:07 AM
As usual white12 you are spot on with your answer!
It is indeed an AFM 50 from 1950.
AFM stands for Alexander von Falkenhausen Motorenbau, and Mr von Falkenhausen ran a Munich-based racing team in the late 1940's / early 1950's using cars he built himself including the car featured in my puzzle, which used a 1971 cc BMW engine (I don't know if all his cars were BMW-based or not).
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Wendax

#14
May 01, 2020, 10:22:52 AM
White12 has been basically right, but mixed up the misleading information running through the web. The puzzle car is in fact the restored first AFM 50 with a recreation of its third body. The car started its life as a Monoposto driven by Karl Gommann who crashed the car fatally. Then Karl-Günther Bechem built his sports car on this chassis (https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2012-41/solved-neh-1643-eigenbau-built-by-karl-gunther-bechem-on-crashed-afm-50-1950/). The car received an interchangeable body by Rappold in 1952 which is shown in the first picture of reply #12. In its later life the car was changed to a Borgward engine and stripped of its body in an attempt to make it road legal. In 2007 Herbert Freese who had already driven this very car in 1953 bought the remains and restored it to what it is today. The second picture in reply #12 (cf. https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2008-36/puzzle-947-solved!-afm-rennsportwagen-modified-bmw-328/) has nothing to do with this car, despite its owner claiming it.
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