Whaddyacallit #156 - Solved! 1951 AWS Elsbett

[Ray B.]

Ever seen this ?

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[DynaMike]

Looks like something related to Borgward or Hansa 2400...

[hugo90]

I does look so Borgward.  The hood emblem has two diamonds instead of Borgward single diamond, or it may be meant to represent M and W.  It has to be postwar and German.  I'm trying, and haven't been here for many months.

[Ray B.]

German it is, Borgward it isn't.

[Ray B.]

Promoted...

[jotage21]

Elsbett Wagen 1951

[Ray B.]

Correct.
1951 AWS Elsbett. Wagen being german for car, I'm not sure it applies here. Could be Kombi instead, but I am not sure.

[guido66]

Almost posted this as a puzzle. I found 2 sources that call the man Elsbeth instead of Elsbett

[Ray B.]

So did I.

[DeAutogids.nl]

My source is clear.On top of that, the logo says
A
W
with an S in the middle of it.

[guido66]

Surely you are not suggesting that it should be ASW? 

The logo is styled with the S in the middle, but AWS is short for AutoWerke Salzgitter.

[pnegyesi]

1951 is dubious as AWS went into bankruptcy in December, 1950

[guido66]

According to my source It was an attempt to revive AWS. This car was shown at the Berliner autoschau which was held in September 1951

[DeAutogids.nl]

Surely you are not suggesting that it should be ASW? 

The logo is styled with the S in the middle, but AWS is short for AutoWerke Salzgitter.

I am nut suggesting anything, I am merely stating that it is not made out of a diamond, as suggested above.

[DeAutogids.nl]

1951 is dubious as AWS went into bankruptcy in December, 1950

Bankrupt does not mean that the work stopped (neccessarily) immediately.

[grobmotorix]

I really like this one, because it was a kind of very early modern van project.

It featured a radial 50HP 4-cyl. air-cooled engine ("Sternmotor"), and offered 9 seats.

AWS went bankrupt in 1950, that´s true, but it was right this car and another light truck, they´ve presented in 1951 to start from new again.

The attempt failed, of course...

[DeAutogids.nl]

I really like this one, because it was a kind of very early modern van project.

It featured a radial 50HP 4-cyl. air-cooled engine ("Sternmotor"), and offered 9 seats.

AWS went bankrupt in 1950, that´s true, but it was right this car and another light truck, they´ve presented in 1951 to start from new again.

The attempt failed, of course...

One of thousands "could've beens"

[Allemano]

These pics might be new for the most of our community.
Below the interisting X-tubular frame chassis with the 50 HP 2 liter 4cyl. two-stroke radial front Diesel engine. The car was the brain-child of Ex-Junkers engineer Ludwig Elsbett. I think the upper photo shows the car in an earlier state.

[grobmotorix]

Wow!

I´ve never seen this version before...

[grobmotorix]

More technical details of the second version from the second last post: