Know this? One point for the correct answer!
reminds me to a opel ascona ???
joe
Oh, that's still a long way to go.. :-[
(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g106/pan1968/Gifs/krabbel.gif) Moved again!
French car?
Nope!
British?
Not British.
Italian !?
Yes, it's Italian! :)
as far as I know..... :-\
Correction: It's obviousely not Italian, sorry!!! :-[
EDIT: It's definetely not Italian! ;)
So, it's not from Italy?
I need a Scotch!!
(No, that is not a geographical hint!)
European?
Yes! ;D
German?
So, it's not from Scotland?
It's not German!
I've guessed Ultra is the joker! ;D
Swiss, then? I think I've seen it long ago, but I cannot find it back... Felber?
Switzerland is correct, but it's not a Felber.
Monteverdi?
No, not a Monteverdi!
Is it a Swiss-coachbuilt car?
Not built by a typical coachbuilder
Your meaning of "typical" is so hard to decribe.. :-) Frua involved?
I meant it was the brainchild of one particular Swiss man - and it isn't related to any common coachbuilder.
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.
Baldi? ???
Not those!
This second one is Fiat 500 based?
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! :-\
I recently figured out what the second car's engine was: NSU!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE8lLLkhWeg
The countdown is running. I will reveal this puzzle in 6 months! (http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g106/pan1968/Gifs/ange.gif)
Congrats! You'll be the pioneer!
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... ;)
Damned I'm too late! :-\
I guess ultimo ratio I move it to the "black hole" before it gets burned..
Franco Sbarro?
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.
I have turned my attention to books, in this case a book on Swiss coachbuilt and small-series cars. These are not featured ???
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...?
;)
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
(http://www.nsu-cars.ch/Menix/5.jpg)
Great! Finally!!!! :applause: :applause:
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
(http://www.nsu-cars.ch/Menix/5.jpg)
Great pnegyesi! :applause: :applause: :applause:
Two points for this!
And with those two points you entered the hall of fame of Autopuzzlers: the magic <<<<< Professional >>>>> ranking! :drink: :cheer: :applause:
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 :)
Congratulations!! :applause: :applause: :applause:
:yeah: :yeah: :cheer: :cheer: pnegyesi :cheer: :cheer: :yeah: :yeah:
Well done on all counts! ;D
(hope you'll still have time to visit the Geneva Motor Show...)
Thanks to everyone.
No, if I will not be forced to go, then I will skip Geneva this year - just like I skipped it last year.
Nice work Pal. Shocked to hear that you won't be going to Geneva; it won't be the same without you! :'(
So, now that we know this is the Menix 2, do we know what car it was based on?
Thanks again
It was based on a NSU Prinz 4, 1962.
Well, we'll see about the show - this year I'd rather be at Goodwood than Geneva :)
Quote from: Djetset on February 08, 2010, 04:14:15 PM
Nice work Pal. Shocked to hear that you won't be going to Geneva; it won't be the same without you! :'(
So, now that we know this is the Menix 2, do we know what car it was based on?
The Menix 1 is definetely based on a NSU Prinz, but I'm not sure about the Menix 2.
Any side pics? Or any other pics at all of the Menix 2?
Quote from: ImpishGrin on February 10, 2010, 06:35:13 AM
Any side pics? Or any other pics at all of the Menix 2?
Unfortunately not! I've search almost everywhere, asked other luminaries from German forums, but got nothing.
I've found that particular pic on a German forum. The author of that thread posts scanned snippets from old German car mags.
I even tried to get in contact with Beat Menzi. There's someone with the same name (similar adress) on Facebook, but he refused to reply...Mabye he wasn't related to the builder.. :idea:
There is a website where Beat Menzi-Maurer offers his Menix 1 for sale. There you can find his adress. Just google "Menix Beat Menzi": first hit.
Quote from: Wendax on February 20, 2012, 03:25:41 AM
There is a website where Beat Menzi-Maurer offers his Menix 1 for sale. There you can find his adress. Just google "Menix Beat Menzi": first hit.
Thanks, but that's online for at least 4-5 years
Menix 2 under construction:
Finally another pic! :thumbsup:
It's not a beautiful car from this view either..
I forgot to add that Menix 2 was based on an Alfa Romeo Alfasud.
A three-quarter edge view of the completed car:
:thumbsup:
Not too bad for a self made car.
Happy new year everyone!
That's great, thank you Wendax!
I love it about AP that fifteen years will pass and then suddenly a new photo appears of something very obscure and never before seen in full.