Provide the year, make, and model of this car, for one point ! :)
Experts ?
German?
From Europe ?
Italian?
Yes ,German !
DKW?
Wendler Mercedes?
Not Wendler Mercedes !
Borgward?
Not a Borgward !
1939 Adler 3 litre on Diplomat base Airline Saloon by Autenrieth?
It certainly looks a lot like the Adler Diplomat by Autenrieth, previously puzzled here. But the headlights are completely different.
(and the front bumper, and the detailing on the front fenders, and the front fender skirts are missing)
The grill damage/photoshop adjustment, could be hiding the Adler emblem)
Also, the steering wheel has switched sides... Very strange.
Not an Adler Diplomat by Autenrieth !
And sorry for the photoshop ;
BMW 335 coupe by wendler?
Why say you that the steering wheel switched sides if you don't know the car ? ???
If it is not authorized to remove the name of the car, I delete the puzzle >:(
Thanks to Wendax I stand corrected. Smart ass post removed! ;)
Quote from: SACO on August 28, 2012, 03:35:32 PM
Why say you that the steering wheel switched sides if you don't know the car ? ???
If it is not authorized to remove the name of the car, I delete the puzzle >:(
Everything's okay! Please apologize!
Not BMW 335 coupe by wendler !
Does the make still exists ?
Veritas?
Not Veritas ,but the make still exists !
Still exists as a motor car producer?
Yes !
Maybach?
Yes !
Locked for you !
1936/7 Maybach SW 38 Stromlinien Limousine (Saloon) by Autenrieth?
Exactly right ! ( I don't know that the coachbuilder was Autenrieth )
1936 Maybach SW 38 Stromlinienwagen by Autenrieth?
1 point for you !
And the unmodified photo :
Michael Graf Wolf Metternich describes this car in his book:'Maybach - Distanz zur Masse', as by Autenrieth, and he is the foremost authority on Maybach, so I tend to believe him. It is also very similar to the front of the Adler first mentioned, which also was by Autenrieth.
It is also listed in the Autenrieth book.
Quote from: bentleybob on August 28, 2012, 05:32:42 PM
Still exists as a motor car producer?
Quote from: SACO on August 29, 2012, 01:43:03 AM
Yes !
Quote from: bentleybob on August 29, 2012, 01:59:23 AM
Maybach?
As a matter of fact Maybach no longer exists (again).
Production ended in June and Mercedes have just announced that it won't restart; the plug has been duly pulled.
Indeed ! :)
Doomed from the start, I'd say, but then as a Rolls-Royce and Bentley enthusiast, I would, wouldn't I?
Are there any more pictures of this car?
As far as I remember it's featured only with one picture in the Autenrieth book, but will check it when I'm at home again.
It's only a mobile phone picture, but better than nothing.
There is also a bad sideview in the Maybach book
This one?
Quote from: sixtee5cuda on August 29, 2012, 11:47:48 AM
Are there any more pictures of this car?
In a well-known forum about coachbuilding the mystery about the car's fate could be solved:
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The rumor has long persisted that the Maybach came to the USA after the Second World War. But after the Autopioneer miniature appeared, a customer contacted Sabrautzky and wrote that he knew the Maybach.
The customer also attached three photos and writes that the German General Kesselring had used the Maybach SW 38 as a personal car in Rome during and after the war. The customer's grandfather, Vincenzo Platania, bought the Maybach from General Kesselring's family in 1946 and was thus the last owner of the Maybach. Shortly after the purchase, the Maybach was painted green-metallic at Pininfarina in Turin and the interior was covered with light-green leather. The car had eight seats, four in the front and four in the back. The car was given registration number ROMA 96306. The car was used by the family for a few years but was then stored in the garage of a family villa outside Rome for a long time. In 1953, Vincenzo Platania scrapped the Maybach.