Solved: Wendax 927 - IFA F9 by Arbeitsgruppe Chemnitz

[Wendax]

Here comes Number 1!

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

[Wendax]

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[nicanary]

Can't find it on my usual site. I'm guessing it's German - BMW base ?

[Wendax]

German, but not BMW based

[nicanary]

DKW engine ?

[Wendax]

Closely related

[nicanary]

It's not a good photo, but that's part of the fun with Autopuzzles. I can't think what it is, and research into Wartburg and IFA has not given me an answer.

It looks 1950-55 , so it's not Auto-Union. It has vague similarities to an IFA F9 coupe from 1954, and I wonder if it an early version of this, later converted to a coupe ?

[Wendax]

You are getting very close. It is an IFA F 9 racer.
You are in the right timespan. 1954 is too late though.
The photo is not good, and there is a reason for it.

Locked for you to dig a little deeper.

[nicanary]

Helmut Richter's "eigenbau" ?

[Wendax]

Helmut Richter was one of the drivers. Tell me the year, then you'll obtain the point.

[nicanary]

My source says that other drivers were Erich Hofmokel and Erich Hochmogel (surely the same man ?) - is the year 1950?

[Wendax]

Yes, 1950 is correct. I think the name of the second driver was Erich Hofmogel, but I have to look it up.

The car was designed and built by the "Arbeitsgruppe Chemnitz", a team of racing enthusiasts at the former Wanderer factory. Although it was an Eigenbau and not factory-built, the IFA combinate used it, slightly retouched, in an advertisement where I took the picture from.

One more point for you.

[nicanary]

No wonder I couldn't find it on my usual sites ! They changed the appearance for the ad.

[Wendax]

A better look on the puzzle picture ad:

[Wendax]

No wonder I couldn't find it on my usual sites ! They changed the appearance for the ad.

You are right, the real car looked like this: