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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2013 => Topic started by: Wendax on November 21, 2013, 02:19:36 AM

Title: Solved: Wendax 1076 - Austin-Healey Sprite conversion by Wachtveitl
Post by: Wendax on November 21, 2013, 02:19:36 AM: Back into the sphere of one-off conversions done by obscure coachbuilders.

For one point, please respond and identify the base car and its coachbuilder.
Title: Re: Wendax 1076
Post by: Wendax on November 28, 2013, 02:36:27 AM: up
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Post by: Hiawatha on November 28, 2013, 04:23:11 AM: Swiss conversion on AH Sprite?
Title: Re: Wendax 1076
Post by: Wendax on November 28, 2013, 04:34:38 AM: A conversion on an Austin-Healey Sprite, but not Swiss
Title: Re: Wendax 1076
Post by: Wendax on December 05, 2013, 02:18:54 AM: up again
Title: Re: Wendax 1076
Post by: grobmotorix on December 05, 2013, 04:57:34 PM: I don´t have any details, but is this the same conversion?
Title: Re: Wendax 1076
Post by: 4popoid on December 06, 2013, 01:01:53 AM: A rare moment; I have been able to crack one of Gerd's obscure coachbuilders. According to their website, this Austin-Healey Sprite conversion was done by Karosseriebau Wachtveitl of Regensburg, Germany.
Title: Re: Wendax 1076
Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2013, 02:30:12 AM: Very well done, Wachtveitl is the name I was looking for. Their website is not absolutely clear whether the conversion was done by them or whether it was just Adolf Wachtveitl's car. Grob's picture of a similar car with Munich license plates puts a little question mark behind the assumed answer.
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 1076 - Austin-Healey Sprite conversion by Wachtveitl
Post by: grobmotorix on December 06, 2013, 04:59:26 AM: Who knows...
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 1076 - Austin-Healey Sprite conversion by Wachtveitl
Post by: 4popoid on December 06, 2013, 11:56:17 AM: You are correct that the website is unclear regarding the origin of the puzzle car, although I have my doubts that a coachbuilder would feature the work of another coachbuilder on his website. Regardless of the origin, I really don't think that Grob's car and the puzzle car are one and the same. While they are very similar, I think I see too many discrepancies to indicate that they are the same car, even if we allow that alterations could have been made over some time span. Rather, I would speculate that perhaps Karosseriebau Wachtveitl produced more than one Austin-Healy Sprite conversion.

Alternately, perhaps one of the conversions was done by a second coachbuilder, who was inspired by the other conversion. Assuming this scenario, who knows which was the earlier, although somehow I think Grob's example looks a bit older.
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 1076 - Austin-Healey Sprite conversion by Wachtveitl
Post by: grobmotorix on March 17, 2020, 09:37:00 AM: As my previously posted photo is obviously no more available I post this 1958 photo, not beeing sure if it was the same: