Solved: Wendax 167 - Heinz Elschenbroich's project on Opel Kapitän base

[Wendax]

Kurt Faust = Passat?

Passat yes, Kurt Faust no (I think Faust was not involved with Pinguin)

[Wendax]

Another source reports that there was initially a four wheeler on a VW chassis constructed by Kurt Volkerath (of Opel RAK fame). Due to high costs they proceeded the three wheeled Pinguin while the fourwheeler project was rejected.

Not this one

[Allemano]

Then I have to give up I'm afraid.

[Allemano]

  found something on the internet..

The picture shows a 1:5 wooden model of a virtually 1951 Opel Kapitän based car.
It was Heinz Elschenbroich's own former, but never realized car project.
H. Elschenbroich was main sponsor and shareholder of M.E.V. (Müthing, Eschenbroich & Volkhart) Studiengesellschaft für Fahrzeugentwicklung in Herne.

[Wendax]

Finally you found it, congratulations. I guess that is the only public source about this project as it wasn't mentioned in any microcar books I know.

[Allemano]

Yes, I read all the Passat/Pinguin articles twice to find something. Frustrated I started a last try and to my amazement Google provided something suitable.

Nice puzzle!  

[Wendax]

Two more pictures:

[Allemano]

wasted trunk capacity.

[Wendax]

H. Elschenbroich was main sponsor and shareholder of M.E.V. (Müthing, Eschenbroich & Volkhart) Studiengesellschaft für Fahrzeugentwicklung in Herne.

Not so astonishing similarities to the Volkhart Sagitta proposal: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=8177.0

[grobmotorix]

A side view of this scale model:

[Wendax]

Volkhart originally made this model for a VW chassis, so the design is the final stage of his Sagitta: