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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2013 => Topic started by: Wendax on March 24, 2013, 02:41:51 AM

Title: Solved:Wendax 847 - Omikron racecar
Post by: Wendax on March 24, 2013, 02:41:51 AM: Ready to race.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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Post by: Wendax on March 31, 2013, 02:54:32 AM: up
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Post by: mekubb on March 31, 2013, 06:25:26 AM: BMW related ?
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Post by: targhediferro on March 31, 2013, 07:51:10 AM: Canadian car?
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Post by: Wendax on March 31, 2013, 11:41:59 AM: Not Canadian and no BMW connection as far as I know.
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Post by: RayTheRat on March 31, 2013, 12:31:21 PM: There's something weird about this photo. The gent in the overstuffed chair with the missus by his side doesn't seem to belong in the alley with the car. Was that photoshopped into the puzzle pic?
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Post by: Wendax on March 31, 2013, 12:39:03 PM: No, it wasn't photoshopped. The lady is standing alongside another car the gent is sitting in. I just thought that one car is enough for a puzzle. ;D
I'll show the complete photo when the puzzle is solved.
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Post by: targhediferro on March 31, 2013, 01:34:37 PM: I asked if there was a Canadian connection because the Lady has something on her dress that looks like an oak leaf. Quiz car has some bagages on its back: were they leaving for a long journey? For a Raid?
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Post by: Wendax on March 31, 2013, 05:21:24 PM: The decoration is pure coincidence, no Canadian connection at all, I think.
Regarding their luggage I just can guess that they might have been heading for a race, but I don't have any information of the circumstances of this photograph.
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Post by: 4popoid on March 31, 2013, 08:58:19 PM: 1924/25 Spinell sports roadster?
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Post by: Wendax on April 01, 2013, 02:22:19 AM: Quote from: 4popoid on March 31, 2013, 08:58:19 PM
1924/25 Spinell sports roadster?
Close in several aspects, but not a Spinell.
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Post by: 4popoid on April 01, 2013, 02:45:19 AM: 1923/24 Staiger 12 PS Sports Roadster?
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Post by: Wendax on April 01, 2013, 02:47:04 AM: No
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Post by: 4popoid on April 01, 2013, 03:26:33 AM: 1922 Arimofa?
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Post by: Wendax on April 01, 2013, 03:35:03 AM: No, but the company in question was founded in 1922.
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Post by: targhediferro on April 01, 2013, 04:43:40 AM: So, are we about a 1922, quite obscure, german car?
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Post by: nicanary on April 01, 2013, 05:31:38 AM: Quote from: targhediferro on April 01, 2013, 04:43:40 AM
So, are we about a 1922, quote obscure, german car?

I think the driver's hat looks a bit Tyrolean, but the car is RHD (unless it's a mirror image), and the woman's dress looks like Northern France or Belgium to me. But what would I know about women's clothes !?
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Post by: 4popoid on April 01, 2013, 11:20:51 AM: 1922/24 Hagea sports roadster?
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Post by: targhediferro on April 01, 2013, 02:41:31 PM: Quote from: Wendax on April 01, 2013, 02:22:19 AM
Quote from: 4popoid on March 31, 2013, 08:58:19 PM
1924/25 Spinell sports roadster?
Close in several aspects, but not a Spinell.
Following this clue I guess: Sun Automobil kleinenkraftwagen, 1922. Alphabetically close to Spinell and from Berlin too. Perhaps the men on board could be Henry and Emile Jeannin.
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Post by: Wendax on April 01, 2013, 02:47:54 PM: Quote from: targhediferro on April 01, 2013, 04:43:40 AM
So, are we about a 1922, quite obscure, german car?
Yes
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Post by: Wendax on April 01, 2013, 02:49:15 PM: Quote from: nicanary on April 01, 2013, 05:31:38 AM
Quote from: targhediferro on April 01, 2013, 04:43:40 AM
So, are we about a 1922, quote obscure, german car?

I think the driver's hat looks a bit Tyrolean, but the car is RHD (unless it's a mirror image), and the woman's dress looks like Northern France or Belgium to me. But what would I know about women's clothes !?
As always, I didn't mirror the picture.
I leave the rest to fashionistas. ;D
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Post by: Wendax on April 01, 2013, 02:50:36 PM: Quote from: 4popoid on April 01, 2013, 11:20:51 AM
1922/24 Hagea sports roadster?
No
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Post by: Wendax on April 01, 2013, 02:51:41 PM: Quote from: targhediferro on April 01, 2013, 02:41:31 PM
Quote from: Wendax on April 01, 2013, 02:22:19 AM
Quote from: 4popoid on March 31, 2013, 08:58:19 PM
1924/25 Spinell sports roadster?
Close in several aspects, but not a Spinell.
Following this clue I guess: Sun Automobil kleinenkraftwagen, 1922. Alphabetically close to Spinell and from Berlin too. Perhaps the men on board could be Henry and Emile Jeannin.
Sun - no
Alphabetically close - no
From Berlin - yes
The men on board - I don't know
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Post by: 4popoid on April 01, 2013, 04:47:19 PM: 1922 EOS (once marketed as ERCO)?
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Post by: Wendax on April 02, 2013, 02:31:47 AM: No
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Post by: 4popoid on April 02, 2013, 03:19:51 AM: 1922/24 Club 5/18 PS?
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Post by: Wendax on April 02, 2013, 03:29:26 AM: No
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Post by: 4popoid on April 02, 2013, 04:05:46 AM: 1922 Omega (later Omikron)?
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Post by: Wendax on April 02, 2013, 04:21:36 AM: Quote from: 4popoid on April 02, 2013, 04:05:46 AM
1922 Omega (later Omikron)?
Omega started in 1921, but was renamed to Omikron in 1922. Well done!

I'll post the whole picture tonight.
Title: Re: Solved:Wendax 847 - Omikron racecar
Post by: Wendax on April 02, 2013, 11:46:48 AM: The picture was taken in 1923. I don't know whether the Omikron racecar was a 4/12 PS as well or if it used a larger engine. Here it is in all its beauty:
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Post by: Wendax on April 02, 2013, 11:49:05 AM: ... and the rarely seen badge:
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Post by: Wendax on April 19, 2013, 12:15:04 PM: The standard Omikron:
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Post by: grobmotorix on March 23, 2014, 12:44:17 PM: Another, "camouflaged" Omikron ad from 1922:
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Post by: Wendax on March 23, 2014, 12:47:49 PM: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: