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Title: Whaddyacallit #290 - Solved! Porsche 356 with a four-seat coupe body by Wendler
Post by: Ray B. on March 11, 2009, 10:22:07 AM
(http://www.autopuzzles.com/RayB.stuff/wdyci290.jpg)

Ever seen this ?

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Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #290
Post by: Ray B. on March 18, 2009, 05:09:34 PM
Moved
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #290
Post by: DynaMike on March 18, 2009, 07:33:41 PM
Porsche 356 with a four-seat coupe body by Wendler.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #290
Post by: Ray B. on March 19, 2009, 05:38:34 AM
Yessir! And pretty car.
Title: SOLVED Araknid #14 - 1957 Porsche 356 4-seater prototype by Wendler
Post by: araknid on August 09, 2011, 07:03:24 PM
What, when and by whom?
Title: Re: Araknid #14
Post by: Allemano on August 15, 2011, 02:19:03 AM
Did you check if it has been posted before...?
Title: Re: Araknid #14
Post by: araknid on August 15, 2011, 06:16:49 PM
not this picture
Title: Re: Araknid #14
Post by: Allemano on August 16, 2011, 01:40:07 AM
not the same picture or not the same car?
Title: Re: Araknid #14
Post by: olavr on August 16, 2011, 06:43:57 AM
Some variant of the theme special body based on a Porsche 356 or VW beetle
Title: Re: Araknid #14
Post by: araknid on August 16, 2011, 11:52:53 AM
You are on the right track.  But, who did it and when.

I'll lock this for you for 24 hours.
Title: Re: Araknid #14
Post by: araknid on August 17, 2011, 04:50:42 PM
Any experts care to have a go?
Title: Re: Araknid #14
Post by: SACO on August 17, 2011, 05:41:28 PM
VW Ghia Aigle ?
Title: Re: Araknid #14
Post by: araknid on August 17, 2011, 05:41:59 PM
nope
Title: Re: Araknid #14
Post by: SACO on August 18, 2011, 02:04:07 AM
Porsche 356C Wendler ?
Title: Re: Araknid #14
Post by: araknid on August 19, 2011, 12:06:23 PM
Oh, so close.  Yes, it is a Porsche prototype by Wendler, but not based on a 356C.  If you can come up with the basis of this car and when it was built that matches the documentation I have, I'll give you the point.

Puzzle locked until Monday morning (9:00am US Pacific time).
Title: Re: Araknid #14
Post by: SACO on August 19, 2011, 02:59:32 PM
356 extended 1957 ?
Title: Re: Araknid #14
Post by: araknid on August 19, 2011, 05:00:04 PM
Well, at least you got the year I had in the documentation I have. The documentation says that it was built on a 356A Cabriolet chassis with 356B bits added. But, that's kind of splitting hairs so I'll give you the point.    ;D

There is also some disagreement in the material I found, so it's unclear when the car was actually built. Some sources say 1957 and other say 1959-60.

Here is the material I found along with some pictures of the car in happier times.



Title: Re: Araknid #14
Post by: araknid on August 19, 2011, 05:04:53 PM
Here are some more pictures of the car as it looked in 2007.  The guy who found it lives in Atlanta, GA.  He contacted the Porsche Museum for information about the car that could help him restore it.  They had nothing and thought the car had been destroyed.  They were happy to discover that it was intact, albeit in very bad shape.

Title: Re: SOLVED Araknid #14 - 1957 Porsche 356 4-seater prototype by Wendler
Post by: araknid on August 19, 2011, 05:12:58 PM
This puzzle can now be merged with this:
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=7240.0
Title: Re: SOLVED Araknid #14 - 1957 Porsche 356 4-seater prototype by Wendler
Post by: Allemano on August 20, 2011, 01:40:40 AM
Quote from: Allemano on August 16, 2011, 01:40:07 AM
not the same picture or not the same car?
Quote from: araknid on August 19, 2011, 05:12:58 PM
This puzzle can now be merged with this:
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=7240.0
Maybe you  know what I meant by now!  8)
Title: Re: SOLVED Araknid #14 - 1957 Porsche 356 4-seater prototype by Wendler
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 20, 2011, 04:22:07 AM
Quote from: araknid on August 19, 2011, 05:12:58 PM
This puzzle can now be merged with this:
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=7240.0

So what exactly was the point of pretending it wasn't a re-post?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #290 - Solved! Porsche 356 with a four-seat coupe body by Wendler
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 20, 2011, 04:22:13 AM
Merged.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #290 - Solved! Porsche 356 with a four-seat coupe body by Wendler
Post by: jotage21 on August 22, 2011, 07:31:49 PM
Please, which is that book that´s in your picture Araknid?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #290 - Solved! Porsche 356 with a four-seat coupe body by Wendler
Post by: araknid on August 22, 2011, 07:40:37 PM
The guy who now owns the car refers to "Porsche 356 Driving in its Purest Form" by Dirk-Michael Conrad.

<<<< links removed >>>
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #290 - Solved! Porsche 356 with a four-seat coupe body by Wendler
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 23, 2011, 03:07:22 AM
araknid: posting of links in the puzzles threads - including Solved Puzzles - is forbidden. Please read:

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=15017.msg136313#msg136313 (http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=15017.msg136313#msg136313)

This is your first warning.

Feel free to send the links to  jotage21 via PM or e-mail
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #290 - Solved! Porsche 356 with a four-seat coupe body by Wendler
Post by: Allemano on August 23, 2011, 03:22:02 AM
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on August 23, 2011, 03:07:22 AM

This is your first warning.

Apparently it's not!

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=15194.0
(reply#11)
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #290 - Solved! Porsche 356 with a four-seat coupe body by Wendler
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 23, 2011, 03:57:45 AM
Well then - araknid, your 1-week ban for this second infraction of the "no links" rule begins today.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #290 - Solved! Porsche 356 with a four-seat coupe body by Wendler
Post by: jotage21 on August 23, 2011, 09:29:42 AM
Thank you Araknid