Solved - NEH 953: Lindner Porsche designed by Reimann brothes

Started by Carnut, February 22, 2011, 10:55:14 AM

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Carnut

What's this and for whom was it built, for 1 point?
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Carnut

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whcgt

1954 Benno Kleinau ??? Maybe a hint shall help me to solve?

Carnut

Quote from: whcgt on March 14, 2011, 07:33:17 PM
1954 Benno Kleinau ??? Maybe a hint shall help me to solve?

Good guess but no.
You don't need a hint with a car shaped like that do you?!
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Aaron65

Coachbuilt Porsche 356?

whcgt

1948 Gmund coupe porsche prototype  ???

Tackitt

1950 Porsche 356 "Ferdinand"?

Carnut

Quote from: Aaron65 on March 14, 2011, 08:51:52 PM
Coachbuilt Porsche 356?

Yes!

Quote from: whcgt on March 14, 2011, 08:57:55 PM
1948 Gmund coupe porsche prototype  ???

No.

Quote from: Tackitt on March 14, 2011, 10:05:42 PM
1950 Porsche 356 "Ferdinand"?

No.

Who's gonna be first to find it?!
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whcgt

Can't find this #$%^*&@ car on google, so I wiill guess it as a 1952 Zweiter Coachworks Porsche 356 one of 2 built.

Carnut

Quote from: whcgt on March 15, 2011, 01:26:20 PM
Can't find this #$%^*&@ car on google, so I wiill guess it as a 1952 Zweiter Coachworks Porsche 356 one of 2 built.

It's not what I have it as.
Where are Zweiter Coachworks?
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Carnut

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woodinsight


Carnut

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Allemano

From a German speaking country?

Carnut

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Wendax

It is a Miersch-Porsche, built in the early fifties in eastern Germany for the shoe manufacturer Hans Miersch. Three cars were built using prewar Volkswagen chassis. Two cars are known to exist, the restored white one and the unrestored yellow one. Some development work was done at Dresden university.

Allemano

Wow! Never heard of this one before.

Carnut

Yes, that's what it is. Well done Wendax!
I might have some more pics of it on my computer at work which I'll post tomorrow.
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autospeurder

Why do you call it a Porsche.It doesnt have a Porsche chassis.
Because it is prewar I would call it a  KdF-wagen rebodied by Miersch or eventually a KdF Porsche replica by Miersch

Carnut

It's not my choice what it's called, it seems to be what it is generally known as.  I doubt whether it had an official name.  In fact I didn't know they were all based on pre-war VW chassis.

It has a Porsche 356 engine and don't forget the 356 was developed from the VW in the first place.  I don't think it's entirely misleading to call it a Miersch Porsche as it looks rather like a 356 and it has a Porsche engine.

Here are the promised more pictures:

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Wendax

I'm rather sure that the blue one is not a Miersch, but another East German Porsche lookalike. The body is quite different to the Miersch. The chassis is from a 1944 VW Kübelwagen, chassis number 2-048504. The car was registered for road use at August 17, 1957. The body is a steel body on a wooden frame, the engine is a VW 30hp. The car was recently for sale in Stendal, Germany.

Carnut

I see what you mean.
It was described as such on a German website so I believed it..
I did notice it was substantially different from the puzzle car, but I thought since no 2 such cars are alike it must have been an earlier version...!
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Wendax

And two period pictures of the Miersch Porsche:

Wendax

When the white Miersch-Porsche was for sale on ebay in 2008, it was accompagnied by an old bill of the coachbuilder. It was Arno Lindner from Mohorn in Saxony.

Wendax

#24
There is a new site online about the first "Porsche" built by Lindner for Knut and Falk Reimann in 1953/1954. The site is made by the Reimann twins. So there are loads of period pictures, of which I have attached one. According to that site Lindner built 14 of those Porsche copies on VW chassis. If you want to have a look at those pictures, just google "Porsche-Eigenbauwagen 1954 in Dresden".