Solved: Wendax 1226 - Gerecke-VW and Reichenwallner-NSU-Fiat

Wendax · April 18, 2014, 03:31:48 AM

Two racecars on a rainy day.

For one point, please respond and identify these two cars.

Wendax · April 25, 2014, 02:49:15 AM

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serra · April 25, 2014, 07:47:18 AM

Are both from Germany and racing in Germany?

Wendax · April 25, 2014, 08:59:25 AM

Yes

serra · April 26, 2014, 01:04:16 PM

Was the photo taken between 1947 to 1950?

Wendax · April 26, 2014, 01:08:37 PM

I don't have an exact year, but the time span could be right.

serra · April 27, 2014, 06:47:06 AM

Do you know the drivers and the venue?

Wendax · April 27, 2014, 01:30:55 PM

The drivers, but I am not sure about the venue.

serra · April 27, 2014, 02:09:35 PM

I will try to guess, Finke (VW eigenbau) and Neuber (NSU-FIAT)?

Wendax · April 27, 2014, 02:17:20 PM

It is a VW-based car and a NSU-Fiat-based one, but I have different names. Locked for you.

serra · April 27, 2014, 02:25:32 PM

Im not sure I was eable to get more, is it correct any driver? please

Wendax · April 27, 2014, 03:21:00 PM

I had a second look. Max Neuber was the driver of the NSU-Fiat, but the car was built for a German prewar racing driver well connected with (NSU-)Fiat. Still locked for you.

serra · April 29, 2014, 09:27:23 AM

Sorry I have looked at more German pages than in the rest of my live, I have no found any except 2 prewar German drivers for NSU Zinn and Soergel and I have done searches with them with no results so you can unlock the puzzle for giving chance to others.

Wendax · April 29, 2014, 10:22:33 AM

You can find the solution not far away.

Unlocked and open for all experts.

Wendax · May 06, 2014, 03:05:06 AM

up again

nicanary · May 06, 2014, 05:41:11 AM

Can you please confirm - one car is an NSU-Fiat and one is a VW eigenbau? One driver IS Max Neuber (or are you looking for another name?) and the other has yet to be found?

Gunther Holz?

Wendax · May 06, 2014, 05:49:52 AM

I can confirm that, but I also want to know for whom the NSU-Fiat was built originally.

nicanary · May 06, 2014, 06:08:10 AM

Quote from: Wendax on May 06, 2014, 05:49:52 AM
I can confirm that, but I also want to know for whom the NSU-Fiat was built originally.

Was he better known as a motorbike racer?

Wendax · May 06, 2014, 06:31:41 AM

Not as far as I know

nicanary · May 06, 2014, 02:26:45 PM

Was the previous owner of the NSU-Fiat the same Adolf Reichwallner whose car has been a previous puzzle with a different body? He died in the war, and his car was raced post-war by Max Neuber. It had been rebodied in 1939 by Colli.

Wendax · May 06, 2014, 02:29:18 PM

Yes, Adolf Reichenwallner is the name I was looking for.

Locked for you to find the driver of the VW.

nicanary · May 06, 2014, 03:29:11 PM

The race number on the NSU-Fiat does not correspond with most of the entries made post-war with Neuber driving, There was a meeting at Rostock on 20.4.52 for which I cannot find race numbers, so I'm taking a gamble on that event.

Werner Kern ?

Wendax · May 06, 2014, 04:58:10 PM

Not the name I have

nicanary · May 06, 2014, 05:14:09 PM

Quote from: Wendax on May 06, 2014, 04:58:10 PM
Not the name I have

I have 5 names, and 2 of them are the above and Hans Finke, who has already been discounted.

So - my next guess is Klaus Reinsberger.

Wendax · May 06, 2014, 05:35:40 PM

No

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Solved: Wendax 1226 - Gerecke-VW and Reichenwallner-NSU-Fiat