Puzzle #1749 - Hand-built 1935 Leichtbau Maier Prototype for a ?

[Otto Puzzell]

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[Otto Puzzell]

Experts: remove the dust of uncertainty!

[gilescooperuk]

Tatra?

[Otto Puzzell]

No

[Carnut]

German?

[woodinsight]

Anything to do with Weiss Manfred/Pente?

[Oguerrerob]

Based on VW beetle 1967. Made by a Berlin-based company called Leichtbau Maier

[Otto Puzzell]

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.

[Oguerrerob]

My source says that the Leichtbau Maier was design in 1935

[Otto Puzzell]

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. 

[Oguerrerob]

Just for the record, did you add the point?

[Otto Puzzell]

Oops - I did now

[Allemano]

Please respond below if you know this forgotten car.
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Apologize the fuzzy pic.  :-\
For some reason I changed the picture...

[Allemano]

moved.

[SACO]

"Leichtbau Maier" 1935 Berlin ?

[Allemano]

"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!

[SACO]

"Leichtbau Maier"1935 is not exactly the same car ?

[pguillem]

I am confused.  Is it a Leichtbau Maier or not ?  If it is, does this puzzle complete Puzzle #1749 ?

[Allemano]

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

[Allemano]

Pro's?

[Wendax]

Leichtbau Mayer LM 0501 / 35
DKW Meisterklasse engine, built 1935/36, first registered 1937

[Allemano]

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.

[Allemano]

Moved to the BH till it's definetly identified.

[Wendax]

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.

[Wendax]

How the Mayer was found in 1945: