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Title: Otto 27/85PS, built at Starnberger Automobilwerke
Post by: grobmotorix on April 01, 2013, 06:17:04 PM
Who knows this car?
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02)
Post by: grobmotorix on April 11, 2013, 12:21:09 PM
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Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02)
Post by: targhediferro on April 11, 2013, 03:25:08 PM
Austro-Daimler?
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02)
Post by: grobmotorix on April 11, 2013, 03:26:09 PM
Not from Austria.
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02)
Post by: mekubb on April 11, 2013, 04:17:52 PM
German ?
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02)
Post by: grobmotorix on April 11, 2013, 04:21:41 PM
Yes.
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Post by: ropat53 on April 11, 2013, 04:23:32 PM
NAG
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02)
Post by: grobmotorix on April 11, 2013, 04:25:17 PM
No.

And was not built in the Berlin area.
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02)
Post by: ropat53 on April 11, 2013, 04:30:41 PM
Stoewer
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02)
Post by: grobmotorix on April 11, 2013, 04:39:38 PM
No, this was the wrong geographical direction... ;)
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02)
Post by: targhediferro on April 12, 2013, 05:48:18 PM
Steiger?
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02)
Post by: grobmotorix on April 13, 2013, 10:25:02 AM
Good guess, but no.

It has a most known name, but most people wouldn´t know that there also were cars built under that (family) name....
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02)
Post by: targhediferro on April 13, 2013, 01:50:27 PM
Benz blitzen?
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Post by: 4popoid on April 13, 2013, 03:56:38 PM
Mannesmann?
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02)
Post by: grobmotorix on April 13, 2013, 06:12:11 PM
Good guesses, but no.
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Post by: 4popoid on April 13, 2013, 08:33:39 PM
Heim?
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Post by: targhediferro on April 14, 2013, 03:44:09 AM
Presto?
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02)
Post by: grobmotorix on April 14, 2013, 06:12:45 AM
No and no.


BIIIG hint:

It´s a world famous family name with a connection to a main automotive component...
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02)
Post by: Bill Murray on April 14, 2013, 07:42:20 AM
Scintilla??
Bill
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Post by: mekubb on April 14, 2013, 10:40:43 AM
Are they known for their domestic supplies as well ?
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02)
Post by: targhediferro on April 14, 2013, 02:18:38 PM
Bosch?
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02)
Post by: grobmotorix on April 14, 2013, 05:40:53 PM
THE main automotive component... ;)
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Post by: ropat53 on April 14, 2013, 06:01:16 PM
If it's not Bosch it has to be Schaeffler, I knew the made FAG bearings, but never thought they also made cars.
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02)
Post by: Bill Murray on April 14, 2013, 06:02:30 PM
Deutz??
Bill







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Post by: mekubb on April 15, 2013, 05:31:37 AM
Fulda ?
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Post by: nicanary on April 15, 2013, 06:26:45 AM
Diesel ?
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02)
Post by: grobmotorix on April 15, 2013, 01:08:19 PM
We´re coming veeeery close now!
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02)
Post by: Bill Murray on April 15, 2013, 01:16:11 PM
Otto??
Bill
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02)
Post by: grobmotorix on April 15, 2013, 03:59:26 PM
LOCKED for you.

Can you give me a model name?
Title: Re: LOCKED for Bill Murray: grob 2013.04.02 (02) / OTTO
Post by: Bill Murray on April 15, 2013, 06:01:42 PM
Hi Burkhard:

I am well and truly caught out here and please unlock the puzzle.

I ran across the " Otto car" some time ago on another search not connected with this puzzle and just barely remembered some details.

As I remember, a coachbuilder built a car, perhaps for the Otto family, I really am not sure.
I believe it was in the 1924/1925 framework and I believe it was a "one off".

I think the builder was perhaps Swiss but I could be mistaken.  Sadly, I did not save the photo or any other details.

Hopefully, someone with more knowledge of the era can finish the puzzle.
Bill
Title: Re: LOCKED for Bill Murray: grob 2013.04.02 (02) / OTTO
Post by: grobmotorix on April 15, 2013, 07:17:10 PM
O.K.

Open for all again.
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02) / OTTO
Post by: ropat53 on April 15, 2013, 08:08:38 PM
 Does it have a Hiero E or Hiero 6 engine made by Otto Hieronimus?
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02) / OTTO
Post by: 4popoid on April 15, 2013, 09:13:31 PM
I'm not sure how applicable this is, but, according to Wikipedia, the Otto-Mercedes was produced about 1923 by the Starnberger Automobilwerke, founded by Gustav Otto, son of the four stroke engine inventor Nikolaus Otto.  Gustav Otto was involved in airplane manufacture, as well as automobiles, but apparently suffered from depression all his life, and committed suicide, at age 43, in 1926, after a messy divorce.  I have been unable to locate any description of the automobile, other than the Otto-Mercedes.     
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02) / OTTO
Post by: targhediferro on April 16, 2013, 01:14:39 AM
According to Georgano, Gustav Otto produced some vehicles described as 27/85 PS. Nothing more to add.
Title: Re: grob 2013.04.02 (02) / OTTO
Post by: grobmotorix on April 16, 2013, 01:24:02 AM
Sorry 4popoid, you brought all those correct (and easy to find) facts,

but what I wanted to hear was the model designation.

So this is one more point for targhediferro.
Title: Re: Otto 27/85PS, built at Starnberger Automobilwerke
Post by: grobmotorix on August 22, 2014, 04:53:22 PM
Ernst Udet, WW1 airplane fighter ace at the wheel of another Otto in 1921. At his side Ada Otto:
Title: Re: Otto 27/85PS, built at Starnberger Automobilwerke
Post by: Wendax on April 18, 2018, 01:03:22 PM
Some more pictures of two impressive Ottos:
Title: Re: Otto 27/85PS, built at Starnberger Automobilwerke
Post by: grobmotorix on April 18, 2018, 01:07:55 PM
Wow!!!

 :applause: