Finally solved by pnegyesi: 54. of All. - Menix 2

Arunas · November 11, 2008, 08:12:55 AM

Your meaning of "typical" is so hard to decribe.. :-) Frua involved?

Allemano · November 11, 2008, 08:16:18 AM

I meant it was the brainchild of one particular Swiss man - and it isn't related to any common coachbuilder.

Allemano · April 19, 2009, 09:17:32 AM

I don't know if this helps at all, but at least it brings it back to the spot light!

The following pic shows the predecessor of the mystery car.

Arunas · April 19, 2009, 09:37:48 AM

Baldi?

Allemano · April 19, 2009, 10:00:04 AM

Not those!

Arunas · April 19, 2009, 10:13:35 AM

This second one is Fiat 500 based?

Allemano · April 19, 2009, 10:52:07 AM

On both cars I have no information regarding engine or any other technical stuff, All I can contribute is the name and the country where it was built, I'm sorry! $:-\$

Allemano · July 18, 2009, 07:23:06 AM

I recently figured out what the second car's engine was: NSU!

Allemano · July 22, 2009, 04:52:39 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE8lLLkhWeg

Allemano · August 10, 2009, 01:43:30 PM

The countdown is running. I will reveal this puzzle in 6 months!

Arunas · August 10, 2009, 02:02:57 PM

Congrats! You'll be the pioneer!

Allemano · August 10, 2009, 02:53:07 PM

Quote from: Arunas on August 10, 2009, 02:02:57 PM
Congrats! You'll be the pioneer!

was just kidding... on the 22th of August this puzzle will be nine months old. It won't grow much older...

It's a self-built car from a Swiss hobbyist. His first car (second pic) has an NSU Prinz engine from 1962 and was built 1971-75. It's still owned by its builder in a very good condition. Coincidentally (!) I've found it for sale today on a website for enthusiast of the engine's brand.

Unfortunatly I have no additional info of the second and more important car. As far as I know it was built at the beginning of the eighties. (~1983)

more on the 20th of August...

Allemano · August 21, 2009, 01:27:10 PM

Damned I'm too late! $:-\$
I guess ultimo ratio I move it to the "black hole" before it gets burned..

pnegyesi · August 21, 2009, 02:01:01 PM

Franco Sbarro?

Allemano · August 21, 2009, 03:02:30 PM

Not so famous, or rather, completely unknown. This man only built two different cars.
And he was very creative in naming the cars: they were called "1" and "2"...
The name of the make is a pun of his own name.

pnegyesi · August 22, 2009, 10:24:55 AM

I have turned my attention to books, in this case a book on Swiss coachbuilt and small-series cars. These are not featured

Allemano · August 22, 2009, 10:42:31 AM

Quote from: pnegyesi on August 22, 2009, 10:24:55 AM
I have turned my attention to books, in this case a book on Swiss coachbuilt and small-series cars. These are not featured

Maybe it's because both cars were one-offs...?

Allemano · December 03, 2009, 05:55:31 AM

pnegyesi · February 05, 2010, 02:48:32 PM

Oh, well, sometimes it just takes a little time to solve old puzzles. The name what you are looking for is: Menix. Menix 1 and Menix 2

Beat Menzi, a car repairman in Obergrösgen, a Swiss village created these two cars in the early 1970s

Paul Jaray · February 05, 2010, 05:28:47 PM

Great! Finally!!!!

Allemano · February 06, 2010, 10:20:39 AM

Quote from: pnegyesi on February 05, 2010, 02:48:32 PM
Oh, well, sometimes it just takes a little time to solve old puzzles. The name what you are looking for is: Menix. Menix 1 and Menix 2

Beat Menzi, a car repairman in Obergrösgen, a Swiss village created these two cars in the early 1970s

Great pnegyesi!

Two points for this!

Allemano · February 06, 2010, 10:23:55 AM

And with those two points you entered the hall of fame of Autopuzzlers: the magic <<<<< Professional >>>>> ranking!

pnegyesi · February 06, 2010, 10:30:03 AM

It took a bit less time than I thought! It's not even half-a-year ago that I started contributing to this great site.

Oh, well. From next week on 'til late March I won't have too much time to spend here. I was asked to hold lectures on automotive history at a university in Budapest. A new restoration course has been launched and I'll have over 30 students

But let me tell you, it is an enormous task to be really prepared for these classes

Paul Jaray · February 06, 2010, 10:40:48 AM

Congratulations!!

Otto Puzzell · February 06, 2010, 11:31:41 AM

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Finally solved by pnegyesi: 54. of All. - Menix 2