Solved - NEH 4835: AWZ P70 Coupé by Karosseriewerke Dresden (ex Gläser) for film

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August 19, 2016, 07:13:14 AM Last Edit: August 22, 2016, 07:02:06 AM by Carnut
What's this, for 1 point?:

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tobytwirl

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August 20, 2016, 01:44:35 PM
It's an AWZ P70 Coupe, but I understood it to be the series 2 version from about 1959.

Carnut

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August 22, 2016, 04:32:10 AM
Quote from: tobytwirl on August 20, 2016, 01:44:35 PM
It's an AWZ P70 Coupe, but I understood it to be the series 2 version from about 1959.

Indeed, although I have it as being called a Trabant by then..
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Wendax

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August 22, 2016, 04:52:18 AM
It was surely not called Trabant, as that always was the name of a car model, not of the factory. The manufacturing company was the former Audi factory, by then called AWZ (Automobilwerke Zwickau). In 1958, it was merged with the former Horch factory, the Sachsenring Kraftfahrzeug- und Motorenwerke, to become the VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau. So you might call it a Sachsenring P70 Coupé prototype. The photo isn't good enough to identify the logo. It certainly isn't the AWZ logo anymore, but I'm not sure whether it really is the Sachsenring-S.

Carnut

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August 22, 2016, 05:31:39 AM
Hmmm...
Here's another picture.  It's better quality but too small to identify the logo.
you might be able to enlarge it a bit and identify it?
Ignore the caption!

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Wendax

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August 22, 2016, 06:35:39 AM
It isn't the Sachsenring logo either. A little research shed some light on this special car. It was a regular P70 Coupé that was customized by the Karosseriewerke Dresden (ex Gläser) for a DEFA movie production in order not to look like a P70. The emblem is probably pure fantasy. It is not clear whether one or two cars were treated this way.

Carnut

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August 22, 2016, 07:01:30 AM
Quote from: Wendax on August 22, 2016, 06:35:39 AM
It isn't the Sachsenring logo either. A little research shed some light on this special car. It was a regular P70 Coupé that was customized by the Karosseriewerke Dresden (ex Gläser) for a DEFA movie production in order not to look like a P70. The emblem is probably pure fantasy. It is not clear whether one or two cars were treated this way.

Thanks - that's great.
None of the 'official' websites have got it right then..
I've given you a point for solving the correct ID of this car!
Well done.
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