Solved: PN #315 -- Strela-BMW 1954

[pnegyesi]

Please identify this car for a point

[pnegyesi]

Experts?

[qwaszx]

Gordini?

[pnegyesi]

No

[D-type]

Biondetti's Jaguar special?

[pnegyesi]

Absolutely not

[RayTheRat]

Italian?

[pnegyesi]

Not at all

[bubenator]

The covered headlights remind me of the Figoni Talbots.
I'm going to guess it's French.

[pnegyesi]

It is not French at all

[pnegyesi]

Professionals?

[woodinsight]

European?

[pnegyesi]

Yes

[woodinsight]

German?

[barrett]

If I remember rightly this is from Czechoslovakia and is based on Skoda running gear. I do have a picture of it in a magazine but it will take some pretty dedicated digging to find it I think....

[pnegyesi]

You are partly right, it is from Czechoslovakia. And the one which was based on Skoda was a later one. This one is not based on a Skoda

[barrett]

Surprisingly I found the magazine pretty quickly, unfortunately there is no other information there though!

[pnegyesi]

Yes, that's the one. You receive a 24 hour lock - maybe you'll find this

[barrett]

I've had no luck I'm afraid, I had a good search online but it's hard to know what to even look for....

Does it use the engine from a car built in the Eastern Bloc?

[pnegyesi]

No, to begin with, it's engine wasn't sourced from an automobile

Open for all again

[woodinsight]

Sepal c.1950?

[pnegyesi]

Not a Sepal and younger

[Wendax]

Jawa motorcycle engine?

[pnegyesi]

A motorcycle engine - but not a Jawa

[woodinsight]

I know it hasn't been asked yet but is the car Tatra-based?