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Puzzle #864 - Solved! Mauser Monotrace
« on: May 26, 2008, 08:56:15 AM »
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« Last Edit: March 16, 2013, 03:25:30 AM by Otto Puzzell »
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Re: Puzzle #864
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2008, 10:19:03 AM »
Looks as if it should be a prototype of Count Peter Schilovsky's Gyrocar.
« Last Edit: May 26, 2008, 11:13:19 AM by Allan L »
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Re: Puzzle #864
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2008, 10:25:45 AM »
This is the Mauser Monotrace from the 1920s, there is a bit on info here - <<< LINK REMOVED >>>
One survives!
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Re: Puzzle #864
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2008, 11:14:12 AM »
My word, I'd overestimated the technical quality, hadn't I?
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Re: Puzzle #864
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2008, 12:19:48 PM »
This is the Mauser Monotrace from the 1920s

Yep!
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Re: Puzzle #864 - Solved! Mauser Monotrace
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2012, 08:55:24 AM »
Some contemporary views of its frame
https://rareandunique.media - Rare&Unique Vehicles magazine
http://magyarjarmu.hu - detailed Hungarian motoring history (Hungarian language)
http://automuseums.info - motoring museums' guide

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Re: Puzzle #864 - Solved! Mauser Monotrace
« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2012, 09:22:50 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #864 - Solved! Mauser Monotrace
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2012, 01:34:36 PM »
A perfect car for the winter:

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Re: Puzzle #864 - Solved! Mauser Monotrace
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2013, 10:54:02 PM »
Needs more color

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Re: Puzzle #864 - Solved! Mauser Monotrace
« Reply #9 on: April 18, 2014, 09:42:09 AM »
In 1925 the chassis seems to have been heavily modified.
And there were plans for a racing version, too!

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Re: Puzzle #864 - Solved! Mauser Monotrace
« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2014, 02:53:00 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #864 - Solved! Mauser Monotrace
« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2015, 05:00:02 AM »
A rear view:

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Re: Puzzle #864 - Solved! Mauser Monotrace
« Reply #12 on: June 20, 2015, 02:51:32 PM »
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Re: Puzzle #864 - Solved! Mauser Monotrace
« Reply #13 on: July 07, 2015, 03:40:24 PM »
Another rear view:

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Re: Puzzle #864 - Solved! Mauser Monotrace
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2015, 06:08:15 PM »
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Re: Puzzle #864 - Solved! Mauser Monotrace
« Reply #15 on: July 11, 2015, 04:43:28 AM »
The licence-built Monotrace from France:

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Re: Puzzle #864 - Solved! Mauser Monotrace
« Reply #16 on: April 15, 2016, 05:39:58 PM »
Participant and class winner of the Deutschlandfahrt 1925:

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Re: Puzzle #864 - Solved! Mauser Monotrace
« Reply #17 on: April 16, 2016, 01:45:07 AM »
With those tiny safety wheels you could not take that contraption too seriously, really...

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Re: Puzzle #864 - Solved! Mauser Monotrace
« Reply #18 on: June 13, 2018, 04:28:50 PM »
Yet a slightly different version of the French Monotrace:

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Re: Puzzle #864 - Solved! Mauser Monotrace
« Reply #19 on: August 15, 2019, 04:34:28 PM »
From an old photo album: