Solved (?) -- PN #375: Special on a Wartburg 311 chassis, owned by Toni Zeiler

[pnegyesi]

Do you know this car? I don't. I only know its donor. So for that elusive point, I'm asking you to identify the donor and the builder - and offer me some kind of proof.

Maybe this is a repost, but as I don't know the builder, I can't verify

[pnegyesi]

Experts?

[sixtee5cuda]

FWD donors with a transverse leaf spring front suspension...

Based on a DKW?

[pnegyesi]

Not a DKW, but not far off

[sixtee5cuda]

Adler

[pnegyesi]

No, you took a wrong path

[D-type]

If not a DKW, it's eastern cousin, the Wartburg?

[RayTheRat]

Or...Jowett Jupiter?

[pnegyesi]

Yes, a Wartburg, but which one? Locked for D-type

[D-type]

I haven't been able to find anything so I'll guess at a Wartburg 311.

If I'm wrong please unlock.

[pnegyesi]

Well, I gave you a point but I also move this puzzle. The car appeared at a recent meeting of Wartburg 313 Sport cars. I don't know who built it

[D-type]

The Wartburg 313 has an all enveloping body not a cycle-winged one.  The cycle winged body suggests it is an eigenbau which could have been based on any of the Wartburg range -it would take a Wartburg expert to identify which one.  I suggested the 311 as it's the most common of the early pre-Knight cars.

[Wendax]

It is listed at several races as a Wartburg SS (992 cc) from 1956, driver is Toni Zeiler.

[pnegyesi]

Let me get back to you on this one soon

[pnegyesi]

The owner of this car is looking for more information on this one.

He bought it in Slovakia and put it on a Wartburg 311 chassis




So a point to D-type and another to Wendax and I think I put into the heading what we know