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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2010 => Topic started by: Allemano on July 13, 2010, 05:22:28 AM
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home-built one-off?
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Yes, I believe it remained the only one..
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from Western Europe?
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Yes and no...
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From Eastern Europe with West European engine?
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I know from which country the builder came from, but not from which donor he took the engine.
Only its specific capacity and fuel consumption is mentioned in my source.
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in former times it was part of eastern Europe, yes! (we had that discussion before ;))
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Another East German wunderbar kleinwagen?
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This one's from East Germany! ;D
If you like it it's wunderbar! :D
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Same question applies: from Leipzig :)?
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Not Leipzig.
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I love microcars, so to me it looks great. Hmm, 1960s?
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not from the 1960s
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1950s?
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Yes.
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do you know anything about its builder beyond his name? Like his profession?
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He was a motor vehicle master technician
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August »Gustl« Sieper?
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No.
I think now it's only a matter of time....
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And this one is the GRM Economy by George Rode, Magdeburg. This one was built around 1953.
Google translation: It offers two adults with luggage , weighs 380 kiles, develops a speed up to 60 kilometers an hour and uses about 4.5 liters of gasoline per 100 kilometers to 200 cubic centimeters displacement and together with the three-speed gearbox and the differential gear a block.
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Well done, well done! Now it was easy, eh?
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well, once I had trouble finding the other one via Google search, I had an idea about where you found these pictures and I was right :)
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:thumbsup:
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Hello,
I found this site via google, searching for information about the Rode Microcar.
A few weeks ago someone offered me a 1953 Rode Magdeburg Microcar in very poor condition, that I bought today,
It´s just a wreck, but an exiting microcar.
Here are my informations about it, but I need a lot more:
Found on a Magdeburg junk yard, someone bought it an used it for growing flowers in it in his garden for 10, may be 20 years. In this time most of the wooden framework , seats ... was lost.
´The alloy front was destroyed by corrosion, where alloy meets steel, most parts have to be rebuilt.
The rear bodywork is lost completly, no idea about the style.
The complete surviving parts are painted light blue, the original paint inside seemed to be a kind of pale green.
Frame , wheels, brakes , engine, gearbox, transmission survived.
Now I need pictures of the back and the interior of the car an any information about it.
The only information I have , is a small artilcle and photo in the "Kraftfahrzeugtechnik" magazine No. 1/ 1954, Page 29.
The photo is very similar to the foto in this forum, but not exakt the same. So where did You find this foto???
Photographs of my wreck will follow here next days.
Kaimann
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That's a very interisting project! Hope we can help!
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Photographs of my wreck will follow here next days.
Yes, please!
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Pictures:
(http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/4692/apix.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/802/apix.jpg/)
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/2744/olmp.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/706/olmp.jpg/)
(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/702/id4m.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/708/id4m.jpg/)
(http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5381/59up.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/163/59up.jpg/)
(http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/9203/6ip7.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/571/6ip7.jpg/)
Kaimann
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Wow! I expected a much worse looking wreck. It's unmistakable the puzzle car.
Do you want to do a complete restoration?
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I just noticed, that the pictures are not completly shown above.
To see the full size, click the photos.
Restauration or not, I don´t know yet. There are a lot of exiting microcars in my stock, a lot easier to do and very interesting too .
Have You ever heared about the MAB Schkeuditz "Isetta" from 1959, three cars built , or the Rogowsky microcar, 1959 too , made by "Waggonbau Bautzen", seven cars buillt?
Both cars are very seldom but in better condition.
So it might take a while ...
Now the Rode is in warm and dry rooms and safe for the next years.
Kaimann
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(...) Have You ever heared about the MAB Schkeuditz "Isetta" from 1959, three cars built? (...)
No, but I'm curious about what it looks like! :o
Seems you're a happy man with a wonderful hobby! :thumbsup:
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I've seen pictures of the Schkeuditz Isetta before and it surprises me that it hasn't been featured here as a puzzle yet. :o
What engine is fitted in the GRM?
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I think I need to introduce you to a friend of mine here in Hungary, who's collecting one-off Hungarian microcars :)
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The engine:
(http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/5079/5h45.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/845/5h45.jpg/)
Hungarian microcars , never heared about them, but that might a language problem. I`m always interested in historic microcars post world war II and up to 600 cm³.
(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/4558/81dt.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/27/81dt.jpg/)
(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/574/rutx.JPG) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/198/rutx.JPG/)
(http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/6316/9ewg.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/560/9ewg.jpg/)
(http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/9166/qg88.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/600/qg88.jpg/)
Look at steering !
Heinkel and Hoffmann had big problems with ISO because og that.
Kaimann
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:thumbsup:
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Is there anyone who can upload again those pics?
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I guess it were those photos:
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Grazie! :thumbsup:
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An article from 1954: