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Title: Bob racing cars at the 1923 Avusrennen
Post by: grobmotorix on April 13, 2014, 03:21:28 PM
Who knows the two white racing cars?
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Post by: grobmotorix on April 25, 2014, 01:02:45 PM
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Post by: serra on May 01, 2014, 02:24:37 AM
Are they from Germany?
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Post by: D-type on May 01, 2014, 03:22:16 AM
A stab in the dark:  1914 GP Opels?
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Post by: grobmotorix on May 01, 2014, 06:17:40 AM
No, compared to those cars, the engine of the GP Opel was a monster...
And those here are from the early 1920s.
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Post by: grobmotorix on May 01, 2014, 11:57:33 AM
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Post by: Wendax on May 01, 2014, 12:08:08 PM
I think these are two Bob Rennwagen.
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Post by: grobmotorix on May 01, 2014, 01:29:45 PM
As this is the professional level, I need to know the year and maybe the place from you, too... ;)

But it is LOCKED for you, of course.
Title: Re: LOCKED for Wendax: grob 2014.04.13 (05) Bob racing cars
Post by: Wendax on May 01, 2014, 01:38:19 PM
I think it must be the 1924 Avus race:
Title: Re: LOCKED for Wendax: grob 2014.04.13 (05) Bob racing cars
Post by: grobmotorix on May 01, 2014, 02:03:55 PM
They also raced there in 1923.

But this is of course enough for this well earned point!
Title: Re: Bob racing cars at the 1923 Avusrennen
Post by: Wendax on May 01, 2014, 02:07:05 PM
Do you know which car is in the middle between those two Bobs in the puzzle picture?
Title: Re: Bob racing cars at the 1923 Avusrennen
Post by: grobmotorix on May 01, 2014, 02:53:31 PM
Unfortunately not.

But there were at least three of them:

Title: Re: Bob racing cars at the 1923 Avusrennen
Post by: grobmotorix on May 01, 2014, 02:56:52 PM
Here´s another more detailed shot of the 1923 Bob race car, driven by the Prinz von Reuß .
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Post by: serra on May 01, 2014, 04:01:41 PM
I have never heard about Bob race car as other many brands from Germany and It is difficult for me finding info in German pages but I have found some information  about cars that races that race in Avus 1923, there were two teams with 3 cars involved NSU and HAG so maybe the other cars could be HAG because I think NSU were easy to recognize for you.
Title: Re: Bob racing cars at the 1923 Avusrennen
Post by: grobmotorix on May 01, 2014, 04:09:12 PM
Serra, thank you very much for your research.

I´m quite sure those are NSU race cars.

Maybe someone can prove it?
Title: Re: Bob racing cars at the 1923 Avusrennen
Post by: Wendax on May 01, 2014, 05:14:54 PM
In Klaus Arth's book "NSU Automobile" you can find a picture of the 1923 NSU team. Those were different cars with oval radiators, having the starter numbers 14, 16 and 20.
Title: Re: Bob racing cars at the 1923 Avusrennen
Post by: grobmotorix on May 01, 2014, 05:29:19 PM
Right - meanwhile I´ve found a photo of one of the NSU racing cars from 1923 at the Avus.
So maybe the other cars were HAG´s...??
Title: Re: Bob racing cars at the 1923 Avusrennen
Post by: Wendax on May 01, 2014, 05:41:49 PM
Meanwhile I found the 1923 picture online:
Title: Re: Bob racing cars at the 1923 Avusrennen
Post by: Wendax on August 18, 2022, 05:00:08 PM
Another picture of a Bob racecar at the Avus, said to be from 1922. The car at the right end seems to be the same one as in the second picture of reply #16, just with a different starting number.