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Title: Puzzle #1749 - Hand-built 1935 Leichtbau Maier Prototype for a ?
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 12, 2010, 04:20:25 AM: Please, respond below and share your knowledge of what this is.

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Title: Re: Puzzle #1749
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 19, 2010, 04:25:04 AM: Experts: remove the dust of uncertainty!
Title: Re: Puzzle #1749
Post by: gilescooperuk on October 21, 2010, 02:56:28 PM: Tatra?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1749
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 21, 2010, 06:53:12 PM: No
Title: Re: Puzzle #1749
Post by: Carnut on October 22, 2010, 08:36:38 AM: German?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1749
Post by: woodinsight on October 22, 2010, 11:15:03 AM: Anything to do with Weiss Manfred/Pente?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1749
Post by: Oguerrerob on October 22, 2010, 12:43:00 PM: Based on VW beetle 1967. Made by a Berlin-based company called Leichtbau Maier
Title: Re: Puzzle #1749
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 22, 2010, 02:13:18 PM: Quote from: Oguerrerob on October 22, 2010, 12:43:00 PM
Based on VW beetle 1967. Made by a Berlin-based company called Leichtbau Maier

You are half-right, but it's much older than a 67 Beetle.

I'll lock this one for you for 24 hours.
Title: Re: Puzzle #1749
Post by: Oguerrerob on October 22, 2010, 02:58:54 PM: My source says that the Leichtbau Maier was design in 1935
Title: Re: Puzzle #1749
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 24, 2010, 05:10:50 AM: Yep - a 1935 protoype by a Berlin-based company called Leichtbau Maier. The Beetle chassis and engine were added by the current owner as a means of moving the car around. The owner himself doesn't know much about the vehicle, and has asked for info from anyone who might recognize it.
Title: Re: Puzzle #1749 - Hand-built 1935 Leichtbau Maier Prototype for a ?
Post by: Oguerrerob on October 24, 2010, 07:10:25 AM: Just for the record, did you add the point?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1749 - Hand-built 1935 Leichtbau Maier Prototype for a ?
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 24, 2010, 08:07:42 AM: Oops - I did now
Title: Solved: Allemano's № 684 - 1937/38 DKW based Leichtbau by Eugen Maier
Post by: Allemano on September 14, 2011, 06:56:51 AM: Please respond below if you know this forgotten car.
One point for the right and complete answer!

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~~Apologize the fuzzy pic~~. :-\
For some reason I changed the picture...
Title: Re: Allemano's № 684
Post by: Allemano on September 18, 2011, 10:42:23 AM: moved.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 684
Post by: SACO on September 18, 2011, 10:51:41 AM: "Leichtbau Maier" 1935 Berlin ?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 684
Post by: Allemano on September 18, 2011, 10:56:43 AM: Quote from: SACO on September 18, 2011, 10:51:41 AM
"Leichtbau Maier" 1935 Berlin ?
Again you're right, but the answer is incomplete. :-\

• according to my source the year you've mentioned is wrong
• what is the base of this car?
• my sourece provides a little bit different spelling

locked for you till your next reply!
Title: Re: Allemano's № 684
Post by: SACO on September 18, 2011, 11:12:50 AM: "Leichtbau Maier"1935 is not exactly the same car ?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 684
Post by: pguillem on September 18, 2011, 11:17:46 AM: I am confused. Is it a Leichtbau Maier or not ? If it is, does this puzzle complete Puzzle #1749 ?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 684
Post by: Allemano on September 18, 2011, 12:48:37 PM: Quote from: pguillem on September 18, 2011, 11:17:46 AM
I am confused. Is it a Leichtbau Maier or not ? If it is, does this puzzle complete Puzzle #1749 ?
Interisting! I didn't checked as my source gives different infos, almost on all counts! My source mentions indeed a mechanical base, a different year and a slightly different name. So, take it or leave it! ;)

Maybe the different spelling of the name is one reason why it's still a mystery on some online source....

But of course, it seems to be the same car as Otto's #1749
Title: Re: Allemano's № 684
Post by: Allemano on September 23, 2011, 07:03:49 AM: Pro's?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 684
Post by: Wendax on September 23, 2011, 07:11:26 AM: Leichtbau Mayer LM 0501 / 35
DKW Meisterklasse engine, built 1935/36, first registered 1937
Title: Re: Allemano's № 684
Post by: Allemano on September 23, 2011, 11:07:00 AM: Again I have a different spelling for the company's name, but year is now correct, also the based car.
Locked for you till your next reply or PM me to prove that your source is right and not mine.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 684
Post by: Allemano on October 29, 2011, 07:56:14 AM: Moved to the BH till it's definetly identified.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 684
Post by: Wendax on November 28, 2011, 03:03:15 PM: I found some photos of the car in a 1980 veteran car magazine, one picture showing it lying on its roof in Berlin in 1945. The license plate was IA 212919, but unfortunately they didn't find an answer who built it.
Title: Re: Allemano's № 684
Post by: Wendax on December 12, 2011, 03:46:56 PM: How the Mayer was found in 1945:
Title: Re: Allemano's № 684
Post by: Wendax on December 12, 2011, 03:55:05 PM: Back on its feet again:
Title: Re: Allemano's № 684
Post by: Allemano on December 13, 2011, 03:49:07 AM: Very interisting pictures!
Title: Re: Allemano's № 684
Post by: Oguerrerob on January 16, 2012, 12:30:01 PM: I have this car in my HD as Leightbau (lightweight) Marier body VW based
Title: Re: Allemano's № 684
Post by: D-type on May 31, 2012, 04:48:29 PM: :bump:

Can anybody close this one out?
Title: Re: Allemano's № 684
Post by: Allemano on June 06, 2012, 04:29:37 AM: You're right, it's ridiculous to wait any longer.
I added two different spellings to the title and awarded another point to Wendax.
Title: Re: Solved: Allemano's № 684 - 1937/38 DKW based Leichtbau Mayer/Meier?
Post by: hermanoto on August 08, 2013, 02:13:45 AM: The designer/builder of this car is Friedrich Eugen Maier who lived and worked in Berlin. He had some patents on this design (already communicated with recent owner of the car).
Title: Re: Solved: Allemano's № 684 - 1937/38 DKW based Leichtbau Mayer/Meier?
Post by: Allemano on August 08, 2013, 03:11:58 AM: The restored car was shown at Schloss Dyck Classic Days last weekend. You could even see it running!
Probably the Nazis deleted all records of this car as Eugen Maier was a Jew.

I'll post another feature of Schloss Dyck soon.
Title: Re: Solved: Allemano's № 684 - 1937/38 DKW based Leichtbau Mayer/Meier?
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 08, 2013, 04:42:09 AM: Quote from: Allemano on August 08, 2013, 03:11:58 AM
I'll post another feature of Schloss Dyck soon.

Gear! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Solved: Allemano's № 684 - 1937/38 DKW based Leichtbau Mayer/Meier?
Post by: Carnut on August 08, 2013, 05:42:39 AM: There's another spellling of the name to add to the title!
Title: Re: Solved: Allemano's № 684 - 1937/38 DKW based Leichtbau Mayer/Meier?
Post by: Allemano on August 08, 2013, 05:45:46 AM: I changed the topic title to Maier instead of Mayer/Meier.
Title: Re: Solved: Allemano's № 684 - 1937/38 DKW based Leichtbau Mayer/Meier?
Post by: Allemano on August 08, 2013, 05:46:17 AM: Quote from: Carnut on August 08, 2013, 05:42:39 AM
There's another spellling of the name to add to the title!
I was about to change it just in this moment...
Title: Re: Solved: Allemano's № 684 - 1937/38 DKW based Leichtbau by Eugen Maier
Post by: Wendax on November 12, 2014, 08:31:59 AM: There is a nice article in Motor Klassik this month, and there is a website dedicated to the Leichtbau Maier (with hyphen and .de ;) ) meanwhile. The car was originally equipped with the DKW engine in the rear, but was later modified to VW mechanics. The "1945 picture" showing it lying on its roof is from the 1970's, when it was used as a movie prop. Only this single prototype was built, and the chassis number LM 0501 / 35 probably refers to its date of completion. I'm looking forward to seeing it next year at the Prototyp museum in Hamburg.

It should be merged with this one: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=14070