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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2015 => Topic started by: mekubb on January 06, 2015, 07:21:59 PM
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What's this and from when ?
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Too easy for the experts but unfortunately no guesses by the rookies, up
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Last chance for experts....
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Won't last long now....
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It´s a BMW DIXI Sport by Ihle, circa 1928.
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Certainly based on a Dixi or BMW 3/15 PS, but it is not an Ihle, rather a homebuilt Special. It was found in the Netherlands. During the restoration, the rear end was changed to look more like a DA3 Wartburg Sport. Before restoration:
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I will give the point to Joao because my well-known source called it 1928 BMW barchetta by Ihle. The pic is not longer online but photos of the same car on different websites claim it's a BMW Dixi DA1 barchetta by Ihle or BMW 3/15 by Ihle.
But Wendax's pics show indeed the same car and plate but with a different rear end. So the question is if it was originally by Ihle and later modified ?
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I took my pictures from a specialist Dixi site, where it is listed along many other specials.
The Ihle identification probably comes from Bonham's auction site where the car was offered last year for 30,000-35,000 pounds, but not sold. It wouldn't be the first time that a car gets a "creative" description in the sales ad. There it is described as a 1927 Dixi DA1, while the plate on the car says DA1 1928 and the car carries a BMW sign which would make it a 1929-1932 car. Even the barchetta description is not authentic, because those cars were named Zweisitzer or Roadster in Germany back then, but not barchetta. Ihle was not a specialist coachbuilder offering individual coachwork, but made its money with standardized bodies, later on even offering the same body for chassis from different makers. If you take a closer look, no parts on the puzzle car are like those on the Ihle cars: the radiator mask is edgy, not curved; the hood louvers are different; the wheelbase looks increased to me; the Ihle bodies with the pointed rear didn't have doors; the general body lines on the puzzle car look much more crude than those on the Ihle cars ...
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Wendax, sent you a PM