On to the next off-road excursion.
Please state the manufacturer and type of this sports car.
Up to the Experts.
Is it German?
Yes.
Audi-Front?
No.
Stoewer?
No.
Röhr?
No.
DKW-Front?
No.
Wanderer?
Yes. Locked for three attempts to name the type.
Hornig Wanderer W 22 Sport-Roadster, 9 cars built in 1933/34?
No W 22, the coachbuilder is not required at all.
W 40?
Not a W 40.
W 50?
No, no W 50 either. Third attempt, therefore unlocked. But you're close, you've circled the right solution. Keep it up!
W 45, 1936?
No.
W 35?
No.
W 240?
Nearly.
W 235?
No.
W22
W40
W50
W45
W35
W240
W235
W21?
No, no W 21 either, but there's not much left...
W 26?
No. You were closer with the W 240.
Wanderer W24 Geländesportroadster? I was confused because I was only seeing the "Teutonic Shield" grille on W24s. But I found a few examples of the grille shown on this car.
No W 24.
W 25?
No.
W 22?
No, see answer #15
W 245?
No
W 250?
Yes, it's the Wanderer W 250! What lasts a long time will finally be good ;-)
Thanks! I had never heard of the whole Geländesport kind of 1930s off-road vehicles. There were several of them, including Mercedes-Benz and some Auto Union and Wanderer cars. Is there even a way to distinguish these 1930s Wanderer models visually? The only real differences I see are hood louvers, which vary with coachbuilder, and the Teutonic Shield vs. the standard grille.
Quote from: marmer on October 17, 2024, 11:20:50 AM
I had never heard of the whole Geländesport kind of 1930s off-road vehicles.
AP makes you smarter with every puzzle... The reasons for the upswing in off-road sport (with two and four-wheelers) in Germany in the 1930s are probably obvious.
he similarity with the aforementioned W 22 and the puzzle W 250 is probably due to the fact that they are technically very closely related. The coachbuilder was therefore obviously able to use many identical parts.
Sorry to intervene. :(
According to the Wanderer book by Erdmann / Westermann the Geländesport car with the registration number IV-54011 was a W 22, driven already in 1934 by Graf Carl Max von Sandizell at the Internationale Alpenfahrt (first picture below). The three 1935 W 250 Geländesport cars had the registration numbers IV-55097 to IV-55099 (second picture).
You can no longer rely on sources either :-(
Yours seems to be better founded...
Fortunately, marmer already mentioned the W 22 at the beginning.
I'll change the title.
It looks like those would be great fun to drive! I want one.
Have fun :thumbsup: