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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2015 => Topic started by: pnegyesi on July 26, 2015, 11:00:36 AM

Title: Solved: PN #780 -- Hey Mk I, cca 1960
Post by: pnegyesi on July 26, 2015, 11:00:36 AM
Please identify this race car for a point
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: pnegyesi on August 02, 2015, 11:05:55 AM
Experts?
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: pnegyesi on August 09, 2015, 12:00:11 PM
Professionals?
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: Djetset on August 09, 2015, 12:08:39 PM
Falcon related?
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: pnegyesi on August 09, 2015, 12:14:27 PM
no
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: nicanary on August 09, 2015, 12:20:12 PM
So is it an Ashley?
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: pnegyesi on August 09, 2015, 12:21:55 PM
no
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: nicanary on August 09, 2015, 12:37:06 PM
British-built special?
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: Paul Jaray on August 09, 2015, 12:44:19 PM
From Down Under?
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: Carnut on August 09, 2015, 01:29:43 PM
Gemini?
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: pnegyesi on August 09, 2015, 01:37:29 PM
neither British, nor Australian and not a Gemini
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: nicanary on August 09, 2015, 02:15:36 PM
It looks like a period photo, and the car has a roll bar, which would be quite unusual in Europe. Is this North America?
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: pnegyesi on August 09, 2015, 02:31:54 PM
let's go back to Europe :)
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Post by: oko94 on August 09, 2015, 03:41:39 PM
From Scandinavia ?
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: pnegyesi on August 10, 2015, 12:13:03 AM
no
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: Carnut on August 10, 2015, 04:40:38 AM
Is it a Falcon shell?
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: oko94 on August 10, 2015, 04:41:39 AM
Made in Benelux ?
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: pnegyesi on August 10, 2015, 08:09:34 AM
not a Falcon shell, not from Benelux
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: oko94 on August 10, 2015, 09:21:54 AM
Made in Germany ?
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: pnegyesi on August 11, 2015, 01:55:13 AM
yes, this one was built in Germany
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Post by: oko94 on August 11, 2015, 02:45:37 AM
DKW/Auto Union underpinnings ?
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: pnegyesi on August 11, 2015, 02:48:51 AM
yes
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: oko94 on August 11, 2015, 03:30:06 AM
Home-made one-off or built by a company ?
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: pnegyesi on August 11, 2015, 07:10:25 AM
self-built
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: nicanary on August 14, 2015, 10:38:02 AM
Was Albrecht Mantzel involved?

Please ignore the above question. Whilst investigating further into the world of DKW tuners, I found the answer. It's the Hey Mk.1, built by Dr. Theophil Hey using what he called an Elva body/chassis (so it's probably an Elva frame with an Ashley shell), and a self-tuned DKW F12 engine. The year is a bit vague - he built it during his days as a medical student, in the early 1960s.
Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: Carnut on August 14, 2015, 11:13:42 AM
Quote from: nicanary on August 14, 2015, 10:38:02 AM
built by Dr. Theophil Hey using what he called an Elva body/chassis (so it's probably an Elva frame with an Ashley shell

Hence Djetset's question in Reply #3 and me repeating the same question (sorry!) in Reply #12!:

Title: Re: PN #780
Post by: pnegyesi on August 14, 2015, 03:49:44 PM
Guys, there was no mentioning of Ashley in the original caption, just Elva. I am not that fluent in the history of Elva :)

But nicanary nailed it
Title: Re: Solved: PN #780 -- Hey Mk I, cca 1960
Post by: nicanary on August 14, 2015, 07:14:05 PM
This is the photo which helped me solve the puzzle. The OP will know which website it is from!
Title: Re: Solved: PN #780 -- Hey Mk I, cca 1960
Post by: gte4289 on August 21, 2025, 01:40:43 AM
Additional period photo + undergoing restoration in 2020:
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