Solved - NEH 542: Kohlruss VW

Carnut · May 13, 2010, 09:33:34 AM

Identify this for 1 point:

milos62 · May 13, 2010, 10:31:06 AM

Steyn 50 Baby.

Carnut · May 13, 2010, 11:12:56 AM

Quote from: milos62 on May 13, 2010, 10:31:06 AM
Steyn 50 Baby.

Whatever that is, it's not the car in the picture!

milos62 · May 14, 2010, 07:45:13 AM

This is a STEYR 55 as "Krautwagen" , form there certainly is.

Carnut · May 14, 2010, 07:54:43 AM

Hmmmm.. looks like the same car to me too, but it's not what I have it as!
Will have to do some further investigating.
Meantime it's locked for you.

Carnut · May 14, 2010, 08:05:21 AM

No, I've checked further and have definitive proof it is what I have it as, and that's not a Steyr.
If you can prove otherwise then I'll have a re-think, but I have to stick to saying you have not identified it.

Can't actually find any reference at all to 'Steyr' in connection with this car. Don't know what website you are looking at, but don't think anyone would seriously call any beetle "Krautwagen". That would be more a generic term used perhaps mainly by Americans to describe any Beetle, or any German car come to that!

Here are some more pictures to help you on your way:

Carnut · May 14, 2010, 08:07:12 AM

P.S. It's now unlocked again!

milos62 · May 14, 2010, 09:47:59 AM

I found this -- Steyr - Volkswagen , 1939.

Carnut · May 14, 2010, 10:17:42 AM

I agree it looks very similar, but not the same.
Compare the rear side window, the headlight position, the front wings. All different.
There may be a connection, of course, and they may even be built by the same coachbuilder.
But Steyr is not what I am looking for!

woodinsight · May 16, 2010, 01:23:41 AM

Simply Volkswagen then? Coachbuilder could be Reutter or even Steyr.

Brokkenpiloot · May 16, 2010, 03:16:25 PM

Volkswagen proto made by Zündapp

Carnut · May 16, 2010, 03:16:58 PM

It's a VW of course, but coachbuilder is neither Reutter or Steyr.

Carnut · May 16, 2010, 03:17:25 PM

Quote from: Brokkenpiloot on May 16, 2010, 03:16:25 PM
Volkswagen proto made by Zündapp

Nope

woodinsight · May 16, 2010, 07:19:21 PM

perhaps Wendler?

Carnut · May 17, 2010, 05:51:17 AM

Quote from: woodinsight on May 16, 2010, 07:19:21 PM
perhaps Wendler?

Sorry - No again!

milos62 · May 20, 2010, 05:58:55 AM

KDF - Kohlruss Carosserie, Wien, Austria

Carnut · May 20, 2010, 08:04:13 AM

You got it!
Well done.

DeAutogids.nl · May 20, 2010, 08:43:48 AM

My understanding is that this company apparently made shells for Steyr and used that shell on a Kuebel-chassis. Which would make a Kohlruss KdF.

Carnut · May 20, 2010, 11:04:45 AM

A couple more pics:

DeAutogids.nl · May 20, 2010, 11:07:56 AM

There are pictures of the car fully restored as well.

Wendax · December 26, 2013, 02:00:34 PM

On a magazine title:

grobmotorix · January 02, 2014, 03:48:53 PM

I saw the fully restored car at the 2011 Bad Camberg veteran VW meeting:

Wendax · September 27, 2015, 10:34:38 AM

Some pictures from when it was new:

grobmotorix · September 28, 2015, 06:26:12 PM

Wendax · October 06, 2015, 03:38:22 PM

Service on a Kohlruss:

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