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Puzzle #1243 - 1952 Porsche Glöckler Roadster
« on: March 15, 2009, 03:22:01 AM »


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« Last Edit: March 21, 2021, 06:25:16 AM by Wendax »
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Re: Puzzle #1243
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2009, 07:05:17 PM »
This reminds me of a really early Porsche, but I don't suppose that's actually what it is.
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Re: Puzzle #1243
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2009, 03:13:36 AM »
You may be on to something...
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Re: Puzzle #1243
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2009, 04:38:01 AM »
a Glocker  Porsche

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Re: Puzzle #1243
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2009, 05:41:59 AM »
Good to see you back -especially on this day, of all days.

1952 Porsche Glockler Roadster is correct.

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Re: Puzzle #1243 - 1952 Porsche Glockler Roadster
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2009, 07:02:41 AM »
Slainte! I used to be Irish in a former life.
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Solved - NEH 1134: Glöckler Porsche 356 bodied by Weidenhausen - 1952
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2011, 11:30:15 AM »
Looks easy?
Well maybe it is, but before I award a point I need to know not only what it is but who built it and when?
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Re: NEH 1134
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2011, 05:30:39 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 1134
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2011, 05:47:39 AM »
Porsche 356 with special aluminum body. Owner: Helm Glöckler, Racing driver and Porsche dealer, Frakfurt. Year: 1952

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Re: NEH 1134
« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2011, 05:56:32 AM »
Porsche 356 with special aluminum body. Owner: Helm Glöckler, Racing driver and Porsche dealer, Frakfurt. Year: 1952


All correct, yes.
But for that point I still need to know who built it?
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Re: NEH 1134
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2011, 06:07:56 AM »
C.-H. Weidenhausen, Frankfurt?

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Re: NEH 1134
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2011, 06:20:04 AM »
C.-H. Weidenhausen, Frankfurt?

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Re: Solved - NEH 1134: Glöckler Porsche 356 bodied by Weidenhausen - 1952
« Reply #12 on: April 14, 2012, 05:43:02 AM »
Top goes on, top comes off, time to merge these, cough cough cough
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Re: Puzzle #1243 - 1952 Porsche Glockler Roadster
« Reply #13 on: November 21, 2017, 04:49:04 PM »
No visible puzzle pic....

A rare contemporary 1952 photo:

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Re: Puzzle #1243 - 1952 Porsche Glöckler Roadster
« Reply #14 on: April 25, 2021, 04:08:56 PM »
This car is also known as the Glöckler-Porsche Nr. 4 or as the Glöckler-Porsche 1500 with Porsche 356 chassis, while Nr. 3 had a tubular chassis: https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2017-46/wendax-3523/