Solved: Wendax 866 - Jakob Lauer's DKW F8 racecar

Wendax · April 10, 2013, 02:54:33 AM

When I grow up, I want to be a racing driver.

For one point, please respond and identify this car by naming its base, its builder and the year it was built.

Carnut · April 10, 2013, 04:53:35 AM

Quote from: Wendax on April 10, 2013, 02:54:33 AM
When I grow up, I want to be a racing driver.

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Wendax · April 10, 2013, 04:56:04 AM

Quote from: Carnut on April 10, 2013, 04:53:35 AM
Quote from: Wendax on April 10, 2013, 02:54:33 AM
When I grow up, I want to be a racing driver.
See the new rule (in the Humour section!)

Wendax · April 17, 2013, 03:13:22 AM

up

richard cuyler · April 17, 2013, 06:05:42 AM

Caption: "I knocked this up myself you know, between sleeping and feeding. It even has four-wheel-drive. I use it to chase the pigs through the mud. So much more stimulating than just sucking my dummy all day!" (said in Stewie Griffin voice)

frederick59 · April 17, 2013, 12:11:20 PM

not sure but it looks like somme Massey Ferguson 65 in that car

Wendax · April 17, 2013, 12:16:57 PM

Not that rural

ropat53 · April 17, 2013, 02:05:13 PM

Seems to be based on an Adler Trumpf, but with a Belgian Imperia like grille.

Wendax · April 17, 2013, 02:37:41 PM

Not Adler based. If the grill is from an Imperia, I don't know, but I doubt it.

nicanary · April 17, 2013, 06:38:44 PM

I'd say the grille is '38 Willys.

Wendax · April 18, 2013, 02:06:40 AM

I don't know where the grill comes from. This homebuilt racer first had the grill of its technical base, but was later changed to this appearance.

ropat53 · April 18, 2013, 09:22:12 AM

It's front wheel drive and not Adler is it DKW based?

Wendax · April 18, 2013, 09:32:21 AM

Yes

Wendax · April 25, 2013, 02:37:25 AM

up again

ropat53 · April 25, 2013, 10:20:04 PM

Is it Gert Reiher's 1949 DKW Rennwagen?

pnegyesi · April 26, 2013, 12:32:50 AM

I knew I've seen it before. Jakob Lauer's DKW F8-based small racecar originally built in 1944

Wendax · April 26, 2013, 02:13:06 AM

Quote from: ropat53 on April 25, 2013, 10:20:04 PM
Is it Gert Reiher's 1949 DKW Rennwagen?

No, because it is ...

Quote from: pnegyesi on April 26, 2013, 12:32:50 AM
I knew I've seen it before. Jakob Lauer's DKW F8-based small racecar originally built in 1944

I have it as being built shortly after WW2, but you are exactly right about the car which was much modified during its life. The puzzle photo and the picture below show it in its 1948 guise.

One more point for you.

faksta · April 27, 2013, 07:55:52 PM

Are you sure these are the same car and not different ones built by the same man? I mean, even steering wheel is placed in a different way on them - left on the dark car and center on the light one.

Wendax · April 28, 2013, 01:58:05 AM

According to the source which based its information on handwriiten notes of Jakob Lauer and interviews with his son it is the same car modified many times over the years. I'll PM you the link.

Carnut · December 11, 2013, 05:35:31 AM

Quote from: pnegyesi on April 26, 2013, 12:32:50 AM
I knew I've seen it before. Jakob Lauer's DKW F8-based small racecar originally built in 1944

Another picture of it here:

Tom_I · December 14, 2013, 06:20:13 PM

The radiator grille in the puzzle picture is a "Calandre Tonneline", an aftermarket accessory by Emile Tonneline of Corbevoie, designed to fit in place of the standard grille on a Citroen Traction Avant, and perhaps made for other cars as well.

Wendax · December 15, 2013, 03:17:28 AM

Thank you for that additional information.

grobmotorix · October 05, 2017, 02:39:40 PM

A ca. 1983 photo of the later version:

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Solved: Wendax 866 - Jakob Lauer's DKW F8 racecar