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Title: #A022 by Amsterdam Solved: Phänomenwerke (Phänomobil) motordreirad type C
Post by: Amsterdam on April 03, 2010, 03:41:41 AM
Name this car..... and I will award you with a point
Title: Re: #A022 by Amsterdam
Post by: DeAutogids.nl on April 06, 2010, 11:37:32 AM
Looks like a Phänomobil for me a layman
Title: Re: #A022 by Amsterdam
Post by: Amsterdam on April 06, 2010, 04:30:48 PM
You almost have the name as my source .but not a 100% the same  Locked for you for 48 hours to come up with this name or to send PM with proof of your aswer.
Title: Re: #A022 by Amsterdam
Post by: DeAutogids.nl on April 07, 2010, 04:55:05 AM
Well, the company marketing the Phänomobil was the Phänomenwerke from Zittau. Later, this company would become Robur.

(http://www.histo-tech.de/images/oldtimer/sonstiges/dreirad2_big.jpg)
Here we can see the name Phänomobil.
Title: Re: #A022 by Amsterdam Solved: Phänomenwerke (Phänomobil) motordreirad type C
Post by: Amsterdam on April 07, 2010, 03:15:06 PM
That is the complete answer. My source mentioned it as the Phänomen Motordreirad type C.
It was not named as Phänomobil.

Well done! point is yours!
Title: Re: #A022 by Amsterdam Solved: Phänomenwerke (Phänomobil) motordreirad type C
Post by: Allan L on April 07, 2010, 04:11:39 PM
That must be a very late one as most that you see look more like the one in the drawing. Probably it's a post-war four-cylinder, say 1925 or so
Title: Re: #A022 by Amsterdam Solved: Phänomenwerke (Phänomobil) motordreirad type C
Post by: Amsterdam on April 07, 2010, 04:53:52 PM
According to my source it is an aircooled version from 1918. it does not say how many cilinders it has, but looking at the size in the photo you are most certanly right on the four cil.
Title: Re: #A022 by Amsterdam Solved: Phänomenwerke (Phänomobil) motordreirad type C
Post by: Wendax on March 02, 2013, 03:32:10 PM
Three Phänomobil tricycles in service of the German Reichspost:
Title: Re: #A022 by Amsterdam Solved: Phänomenwerke (Phänomobil) motordreirad type C
Post by: Wendax on January 05, 2014, 09:12:30 AM
Because of the umlaut ä in its name, it was marketed as the Fenomobil in some export markets:
Title: Re: #A022 by Amsterdam Solved: Phänomenwerke (Phänomobil) motordreirad type C
Post by: grobmotorix on January 05, 2014, 09:17:40 AM
They even were successful in cyclecar racing before WW1:
Title: Re: #A022 by Amsterdam Solved: Phänomenwerke (Phänomobil) motordreirad type C
Post by: grobmotorix on June 10, 2014, 02:28:52 PM
QuoteAccording to my source it is an aircooled version from 1918. it does not say how many cilinders it has, but looking at the size in the photo you are most certanly right on the four cil.

In 1911 it featured a proper 4cylinder engine sitting above the front wheel:
Title: Re: #A022 by Amsterdam Solved: Phänomenwerke (Phänomobil) motordreirad type C
Post by: Wendax on April 01, 2015, 01:55:23 PM
A nice early one:
Title: Re: #A022 by Amsterdam Solved: Phänomenwerke (Phänomobil) motordreirad type C
Post by: Wendax on May 26, 2016, 04:01:49 PM
One, two and three Phänomobil cars: