Not the best pic I know!
Potentially it's another re-post, but couldn't find it on a search. (admins merge if necessary!)
So, let's find out what it is, what engine it has, who built it and when!
You're grown-ups and know the rules! ;D Play fair!
A nice one! I don't think that it is a repost.
:thumbsup:
Experts!
Is there some Simca in there?
The centre section looks a bit like a Lancia.
From a Warsaw Pact or ex-Warsaw Pact country?
any Peugeot?
Quote from: Skut on December 16, 2018, 11:52:39 AM
The centre section looks a bit like a Lancia.
No Lancia parts used for this car.
Any Fiat 1200/1100 connection?
From Czechoslovakia?
There's a lot going on here! It has styling elements from so many contemporary cars, it could almost be anything.
A wild guess: a Mazda prototype for the Familia model, with rotary engine, from about 1966
Quote from: Allemano on December 16, 2018, 02:02:56 PM
Quote from: D-type on December 16, 2018, 12:16:48 PM
From a Warsaw Pact or ex-Warsaw Pact country?
Yes!
Quote from: barrett on December 17, 2018, 05:55:05 AM
There's a lot going on here! It has styling elements from so many contemporary cars, it could almost be anything.
A wild guess: a Mazda prototype for the Familia model, with rotary engine, from about 1966
;)
:-X
Bertone had a try
Sachsenring?
From a 'known' manufacturer, or a private project?
Quote from: barrett on December 17, 2018, 01:00:25 PM
From a 'known' manufacturer, or a private project?
At least one 'known' manufacturer was involved and a few rather obscure ones, too. These are not completely unknown for the Autopuzzles.com community though..
To carry on the process of elimination: is it East German?
Quote from: D-type on December 17, 2018, 06:38:25 PM
To carry on the process of elimination: is it East German?
Yes!
Wartburg prototype than become the NSU RO 80?
Quote from: targhediferro on December 18, 2018, 05:33:07 AM
Wartburg prototype than become the NSU RO 80?
I just have to ask: "Is it a Wartburg prototype that DID NOT become the NSU Ro80? ;)
Don't bother replying as I'm not serious.
Quote from: D-type on December 18, 2018, 09:43:28 AM
Quote from: targhediferro on December 18, 2018, 05:33:07 AM
Wartburg prototype than become the NSU RO 80?
I just have to ask: "Is it a Wartburg prototype that DID NOT become the NSU Ro80? ;)
Don't bother replying as I'm not serious.
that's almost correct, but the story is more complicated
Quote from: targhediferro on December 18, 2018, 05:33:07 AM
Wartburg prototype than become the NSU RO 80?
that's not entirely correct! 😉
So...is it a Wartburg prototype?
Guess you can say it was a Wartburg prototype, but a very special one..
Quote from: targhediferro on December 18, 2018, 02:51:57 PM
So...is it a Wartburg prototype?
My apologies - I didn't mean to disrupt your responses.
Was it Wankel-powered?
Quote from: D-type on December 18, 2018, 03:02:19 PM
Quote from: targhediferro on December 18, 2018, 02:51:57 PM
So...is it a Wartburg prototype?
My apologies - I didn't mean to disrupt your responses.
Was it Wankel-powered?
no
might not be too hard for Pros!
Wartburg P100 (BM 314) ?
Quote from: oko94 on December 27, 2018, 11:33:12 AM
Wartburg P100 (BM 314) ?
Wartburg yes, but not a P100
Kunststoffversuchswagen DDR
Glass-fibre reinforced plastic body made by Hans Wax on Wartburg 353 chassis, six-cylinder two-stroke engine by Müller-Andernach, built in 1968.
The engine was changed later on to a normal Wartburg engine. The car was scrapped around 1989/1990.
Yes.
Biography of Hans Wax is quite interisting. Tried to find out for years who he was regarding the Wax Alfa Romeo we had here long before.
https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2012-41/solved-allemano's-8470-732-1961-62-wax-alfa-romeo/msg188081/#msg188081
Reading about his life I'm not surprised anymore that his story was deleted from (West-German) history..
Another point for Wendax, the Eddy Merckx of Autopuzzles..
Thank you. I've had the pictures for about two years in my Unknown folder. When I saw your puzzle I thought it would be the right time to renew the search and I found a enlightening blog entry.
Thanks for posting the not cropped pictures. Found it by chance while searching for more info of Hans Wax and finally after five years it popped up.