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

Wendax · May 14, 2011, 05:06:17 PM

No

guido66 · May 14, 2011, 05:08:14 PM

LLoyd?

Wendax · May 14, 2011, 05:17:56 PM

Neither

guido66 · May 14, 2011, 05:32:24 PM

Zündapp?

Wendax · May 14, 2011, 05:35:26 PM

Again no

Allemano · May 15, 2011, 02:18:21 AM

Gutbrod?

guido66 · May 15, 2011, 03:04:35 AM

Heinkel?

pnegyesi · May 15, 2011, 03:51:03 AM

Kleinschnittger?

Allemano · May 15, 2011, 04:00:35 AM

Wendax?

Wendax · May 15, 2011, 05:10:01 AM

Neither of the above

pnegyesi · May 15, 2011, 05:19:06 AM

Brütsch?

Allemano · May 15, 2011, 05:20:34 AM

Staunau?

Wendax · May 15, 2011, 05:22:32 AM

No to both

Still some left

pnegyesi · May 15, 2011, 05:25:35 AM

Hoffman?

Wendax · May 15, 2011, 05:26:59 AM

Not Hoffmann either

Allemano · May 15, 2011, 05:29:58 AM

This looks like a four wheeled Pinguin...

Wendax · May 15, 2011, 05:35:24 AM

Quote from: Allemano on May 15, 2011, 05:29:58 AM
This looks like a four wheeled Pinguin...

Locked for you until your next reply to follow that track and supply the wanted information

Allemano · May 15, 2011, 05:50:04 AM

The main man after the Pinguin/Passat project was Romanus Müthig (after Kurt Faust left) the company's name was officialy Ruhrfahrzeugbau R. Müthing. There were several other man involved (such as cunstructor Norbert Stevenson of Fuldamobil) as well as companies which were about to take over the Pinguin brand (Rotenburger Metallwerke for instance). Unfortunately none of them finally succeeded.
Are these sufficient infos?

Wendax · May 15, 2011, 06:15:49 AM

This model predates the Pinguin and is connected with a man not mentioned so far. He was involved in another microcar project, where this model was a leftover. The base car is still missing.

Allemano · May 15, 2011, 06:15:59 AM

I read a little further now...

Rudolf Stierlen of Rotenburger Metallwerke ordered a four-wheeled car at Wickenbrock in Recklinghausen to improve the not successful concept of the Pinguin. Due to much too high production costs he finally abandoned the whole Pinguin project.

Sectretly Stierlen was about to continue the Pinguin project with another name. But "Hobby" and "Bel Ami" couldn't be trademarked. Motorcycle producer Express was only interested in a four-wheeled car which wasn't finished, yet. Kreidler was interested as well, but the asking price for the whole company was too expensive.

Wendax · May 15, 2011, 06:22:47 AM

This model was based on a much bigger car. Still not the right man.

Allemano · May 15, 2011, 06:25:37 AM

Edited my last post.

Alas I don't know the big based car you're talking about!

Wendax · May 15, 2011, 06:32:20 AM

Quote from: Wendax on May 15, 2011, 06:15:49 AM
This model predates the Pinguin and is connected with a man not mentioned so far. He was involved in another microcar project, where this model was a leftover. The base car is still missing.

Look for someone who was involved in another microcar project before the Pinguin.

Open to all again.

Allemano · May 15, 2011, 06:35:19 AM

Kurt Faust = Passat?

Allemano · May 15, 2011, 06:43:07 AM

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.

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