Author Topic: Solved by grobmotorix: PN #10 -- Ribic self-built car , 1969  (Read 4621 times)

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Re: PN #10
« Reply #25 on: November 30, 2009, 12:00:46 PM »
Yes, the donor was a Mercedes-Benz. Now, this was the easy part :)
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Re: PN #10
« Reply #26 on: December 19, 2009, 11:36:44 AM »
Let's give you a little clue: builder is from Dortmund and the family business is still active, but there's no word on this car anywhere on their site.
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Re: PN #10
« Reply #27 on: December 19, 2009, 04:18:45 PM »
Rose?

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Re: PN #10
« Reply #28 on: December 19, 2009, 11:51:35 PM »
Nope
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Re: PN #10
« Reply #29 on: December 20, 2009, 05:48:41 AM »
Was the builder a Mercedes dealer? (like Rose still is!)

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Re: PN #10
« Reply #30 on: December 20, 2009, 06:38:37 AM »
No, the guy who built this was involved in, let's say, the auto-parts business. Not a mechanical part, but a part. Today the company, which bears his name is being run by someone else. He's still active in another field.
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Re: PN #10
« Reply #31 on: January 04, 2010, 01:02:24 PM »
Another one goes to the Black Hole
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Re: PN #10
« Reply #32 on: January 17, 2010, 06:35:08 AM »
any more pics available?
Was the builder active in the tuning scene?

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Re: PN #10
« Reply #33 on: January 18, 2010, 09:46:14 AM »
I never heard about this guy, just found this article from 1971...
It says that the guy who built this planned a yearly run of 15 units. I doubt it ever happened
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Re: PN #10
« Reply #34 on: January 20, 2010, 06:56:57 PM »
Was Hans Gunther Schmid, of ATS wheels fame, from Dortmund?
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Re: PN #10
« Reply #35 on: January 21, 2010, 12:17:25 AM »
I don't know, but this is not from him.
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Re: PN #10
« Reply #36 on: August 16, 2010, 12:23:43 PM »
Is the company 9FF Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH of Dortmund?

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Re: PN #10
« Reply #37 on: August 16, 2010, 12:25:09 PM »
No, it was a rather unknown company, and as I see it, the family is loosely connected to the automotive industry today
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Re: PN #10
« Reply #38 on: August 17, 2010, 04:01:28 PM »
This is the 1969 RIBEC, built in Dortmund, powered by a Mercedes Benz 600´s modified engine.
It was supposed to be built in little numbers - obviously it turned out as a one-off...

I´ve found the same pictures in a 1969 "auto motor und sport" magazine:
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Re: PN #10
« Reply #39 on: August 17, 2010, 04:23:32 PM »
Wow, very cool! You've found it!

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Re: PN #10
« Reply #40 on: August 18, 2010, 12:25:19 AM »
Congratulations!  :bow: :applause:

There's a small tipo: Walter Ribic built this car, you can find his bio at Ribic Systems.

And you are probably right, Swiss Automobile Revue probably just took over the article from AMS a little late.

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Re: Solved by grobmotorix: PN #10 -- Ribic self-built car , 1969
« Reply #41 on: April 07, 2011, 03:16:45 AM »
Contacted the Ribic-company in Dortmund. Maybe I get a phone call of Mr. Ribic later...

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Re: Solved by grobmotorix: PN #10 -- Ribic self-built car , 1969
« Reply #42 on: April 07, 2011, 04:27:36 AM »
Contacted the Ribic-company in Dortmund. Maybe I get a phone call of Mr. Ribic later...

Good luck! Would love to see more about this nice mystery =]

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Re: PN #10
« Reply #43 on: April 07, 2011, 05:26:28 AM »
I´ve found the same pictures in a 1969 "auto motor und sport" magazine:


...sans kilt fragment  :D
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Re: Solved by grobmotorix: PN #10 -- Ribic self-built car , 1969
« Reply #44 on: February 27, 2021, 02:04:16 AM »
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