JC latest puzzle - Solved by Wendax - Ilse 4/16 PS

Allan L · January 03, 2011, 04:22:54 AM

Quote from: DeAutogids on December 13, 2010, 09:28:37 AM
I believe the car's name is derived from the city, but is not an exact match.

So not Gaggenau, but possibly NSU?

DeAutogids · January 03, 2011, 07:47:58 AM

It could have been, but it isn't.
I believe this was there only product and I doubt if they made many.

DeAutogids · January 12, 2011, 06:53:13 AM

Ok, a big clue (in my opinion).

The car's name starts with the letter I.

Wendax · January 12, 2011, 07:00:11 AM

Ilse from Ilsenburg, Germany?

DeAutogids · January 12, 2011, 07:03:00 AM

Quote from: Wendax on January 12, 2011, 07:00:11 AM
Ilse from Ilsenburg, Germany?

Where did you get that from? It's not complete yet.
Apparently you know more? I'd love to find out a bit more...
Locked for you for 24 hrs

Wendax · January 12, 2011, 07:05:19 AM

I'll write more this evening, when I'm at home.

DeAutogids · January 12, 2011, 07:09:44 AM

I've locked it for you.

Wendax · January 12, 2011, 12:52:32 PM

Well, because of your clue, that the names of the car and the city, where it was built, are related, I already had figured out, that it could be Habag (from Hamburg), Ilse (from Ilsenburg) or Lipsia (from Leipzig), since Nowa (from Nowawes) looked different. But I didn't have any pictures of the other three on hand. But I can tell you what my one source tells about the Ilse:
In 1926, Hans Lorbach (former chief engineer of Phänomen) built the Ilse for the Fürst-Stolberg-Hütte (i.e. Count Stolberg Ironworks) in Ilsenburg near Wernigerode. The Fürst-Stolberg-Hütte was founded in 1530, built steam engines since 1833 and locomotives from 1924 to 1931. The Ilse had a 4-cylinder 2-stroke engine of 1100 cc capacity. That makes it a "6-PS-Wagen". There was never a series production.

DeAutogids · January 13, 2011, 04:37:16 AM

Right you are!
I found the car in an advert. I wasn't looking for the car, but I thought I would google it, then I took some books and I found there was no info. Actually, the advert advertises the car as a 4/16 PS. It also states a different founding date (by a good margin as well, though the company website does show this date), but all the rest is true, so therefore you got the point.

The advert showed the chassis only, there was an Ilse logo and we can even find the name J. Lorbach (maybe he was baptised Johannes?), Fürst-Stolberg-Hütte, and the technical details of the motor.

Wendax · February 19, 2013, 08:35:33 AM

The ad:

DeAutogids · February 19, 2013, 10:37:01 AM

Indeed!

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JC latest puzzle - Solved by Wendax - Ilse 4/16 PS