Q388 - solved - 1954 NSU-Fiat Ratzmann-Wagen by Weinsberg

Quiller · April 05, 2009, 05:20:17 PM

A point could be yours if you can ID the name and model designation of this car

Quiller · April 23, 2009, 06:05:52 PM

movin over

gilescooperuk · April 23, 2009, 06:25:16 PM

BMW Isetta 600

Quiller · April 23, 2009, 06:42:12 PM

No - it's a doppelganger ...

gilescooperuk · April 23, 2009, 06:46:02 PM

contemporary or later replica/kit ?

Quiller · April 23, 2009, 06:59:08 PM

In actual fact, it predated the BMW 600

Djetset · April 24, 2009, 09:21:56 AM

I have a feeling that this is a prototype NSU for a small economy car that pre-dated the first Prinz. Fiat help with the project from memory.

Quiller · April 24, 2009, 03:15:04 PM

Yes you've basically got it, and a point will duly be awarded to you. But do you know the name of the project manager, which is sometimes applied to this design as its moniker?

Djetset · April 25, 2009, 07:37:49 AM

Well, I know that in full this was called the NSU-Fiat Ratzmann-Wagen, so Ratzmann was the chap behind it I guess?

Quiller · April 25, 2009, 01:50:06 PM

Allan L · April 25, 2009, 03:10:20 PM

Quote from: Djetset on April 25, 2009, 07:37:49 AM
Well, I know that in full this was called the NSU-Fiat Ratzmann-Wagen, so Ratzmann was the cahp behind it I guess?

. . . from Hameln, by any chance?

Allemano · April 25, 2009, 03:14:48 PM

You're well educated I suppose!

Allan L · April 25, 2009, 03:40:39 PM

Quote from: Allemano on April 25, 2009, 03:14:48 PM
You're well educated I suppose!

I've had a copy of the Browning version of the tale on my bookshelf for 65-odd years!

Allemano · April 25, 2009, 03:52:51 PM

...never liked the story of the Pied Piper I've to admit. It's so scary!

targhediferro · March 19, 2013, 09:35:43 AM

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grobmotorix · February 09, 2017, 01:10:02 PM

Who knows this car?

grobmotorix · April 08, 2017, 03:17:57 PM

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kwgibbs · April 08, 2017, 03:19:51 PM

is this german?

grobmotorix · April 08, 2017, 03:34:49 PM

Yes - and no...

kwgibbs · April 08, 2017, 04:46:05 PM

was it a 4 wheeled car?

grobmotorix · April 08, 2017, 04:53:08 PM

Yes...

kwgibbs · April 08, 2017, 05:07:06 PM

was it a larger Dornier prototype?

studhamsmudger · April 08, 2017, 05:21:04 PM

Brutsch?

grobmotorix · April 09, 2017, 02:33:06 AM

Brütsch
Dornier

luisps · April 09, 2017, 02:30:54 PM

It looks a prototyp of the BMW 600, maybe from an italian designer

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Q388 - solved - 1954 NSU-Fiat Ratzmann-Wagen by Weinsberg