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Title: Solved: Wendax 2446 - Eigenbau racecar by Bernd Cappenberg with Adler engine and Rometsch bodywork
Post by: Wendax on December 27, 2017, 02:34:07 AM
Inspired by silver arrows.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 03, 2018, 03:21:54 AM
up
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Post by: shamrock on January 06, 2018, 10:26:16 AM
An AFM
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 06, 2018, 11:21:52 AM
No
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 21, 2018, 03:32:27 AM
up again
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Post by: nicanary on January 21, 2018, 06:34:14 AM
Is it BMW 328-powered?
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Post by: Wendax on January 21, 2018, 07:01:46 AM
No
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Post by: nicanary on January 21, 2018, 07:10:51 AM
German?
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Post by: Wendax on January 21, 2018, 07:51:24 AM
Yes
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Post by: nicanary on January 21, 2018, 08:46:17 AM
Post-WW2 ?
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 21, 2018, 02:56:00 PM
Yes
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Post by: nicanary on January 22, 2018, 05:50:51 AM
I think it is very unlikely, but is this actually a Formula 3 500cc car?
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 22, 2018, 07:03:08 AM
No the engine size is between Formula 3 and BMW328.
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: nicanary on January 22, 2018, 07:06:57 AM
Hansa-based?
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 22, 2018, 08:22:00 AM
I don't know the mechanical base.
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Post by: nicanary on January 22, 2018, 01:06:00 PM
So - it's an eigenbau and you want to know the name of the car or the builder?
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 22, 2018, 02:32:06 PM
Yes, the name of the driver who also was the designer of the car, and I need the name of the coachbuilder (a well known company).
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: nicanary on January 22, 2018, 02:42:30 PM
Is this a car built for Paul Thiel?
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 22, 2018, 02:42:55 PM
No
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: oko94 on January 23, 2018, 10:11:35 AM
Was it built between 1945 and 1950 ?
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 23, 2018, 11:56:44 AM
Quote from: Wendax on January 22, 2018, 08:22:00 AM
I don't know the mechanical base.
I know now where the engine came from. It was not a Hansa.

Quote from: oko94 on January 23, 2018, 10:11:35 AM
Was it built between 1945 and 1950 ?
Yes
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: oko94 on January 23, 2018, 02:44:47 PM
Made in 1949 ?
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 23, 2018, 05:22:51 PM
Not according to my source
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Post by: oko94 on January 23, 2018, 05:28:00 PM
1948 ?
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 23, 2018, 05:32:50 PM
No
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Post by: oko94 on January 23, 2018, 05:37:45 PM
1947 ?
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Post by: Wendax on January 24, 2018, 02:37:40 AM
No
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Post by: oko94 on January 24, 2018, 03:52:34 AM
1946 ?
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Post by: Wendax on January 24, 2018, 06:37:29 AM
No
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Post by: oko94 on January 24, 2018, 06:44:15 AM
1950 then ?
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 24, 2018, 07:14:12 AM
Yes
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: oko94 on January 24, 2018, 07:20:40 AM
Is the engine smaller than 1000 cc ?
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Post by: Wendax on January 24, 2018, 12:27:46 PM
Yes
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Post by: oko94 on January 24, 2018, 12:30:00 PM
750cc ?
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 24, 2018, 12:37:58 PM
No, to cut this one short: it is close to 1000 cc.
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: oko94 on January 24, 2018, 02:42:09 PM
DKW engine ?
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Post by: Wendax on January 24, 2018, 04:12:52 PM
No
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: oko94 on January 24, 2018, 05:15:47 PM
Is the engine manufacturer still active ?
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Post by: Wendax on January 25, 2018, 02:39:11 AM
Not as an engine manufacturer
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Post by: oko94 on January 25, 2018, 03:37:49 AM
Motorcycle engine ?
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Post by: Wendax on January 25, 2018, 03:47:40 AM
No
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Post by: oko94 on January 25, 2018, 05:51:43 AM
So the engine is from a car manufacturer that is still active but doesn't build its own engines anymore ?
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Post by: Wendax on January 25, 2018, 06:31:05 AM
... and isn't a car manufacturer anymore.
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Post by: pnegyesi on January 25, 2018, 06:50:47 AM
Hanomag?
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 25, 2018, 07:05:48 AM
Good idea, but not Hanomag
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Post by: oko94 on January 25, 2018, 07:14:48 AM
Faun ?
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 25, 2018, 07:19:37 AM
No
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Post by: oko94 on January 25, 2018, 07:24:59 AM
Mannesmann ?
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Post by: Wendax on January 25, 2018, 07:31:31 AM
No
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Post by: oko94 on January 25, 2018, 07:50:40 AM
Mauser ?
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Post by: pnegyesi on January 25, 2018, 08:24:55 AM
Adler?
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 25, 2018, 08:28:11 AM
Yes, it has a (modified) Adler engine.
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: pnegyesi on January 25, 2018, 11:57:37 PM
Built by Kurt Baum?
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 26, 2018, 01:31:24 AM
No
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: pnegyesi on January 26, 2018, 03:23:03 AM
builder is from ex-DDR?
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 26, 2018, 05:26:24 AM
No
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: pnegyesi on January 26, 2018, 07:43:38 AM
did they attend races?
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Post by: Wendax on January 26, 2018, 08:02:04 AM
No
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: pnegyesi on January 26, 2018, 11:12:12 AM
has this photo been featured in a newspaper article?
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Post by: Wendax on January 26, 2018, 12:03:33 PM
Not this photo, but the car has been featured in an automotive magazine when it was new.
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Allemano on January 29, 2018, 08:43:10 AM
Let's try to uncover the coachbuilder.. Is it Wendler?
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 29, 2018, 09:18:07 AM
Not Wendler
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Allemano on January 29, 2018, 09:38:28 AM
Reutter?
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 29, 2018, 09:51:49 AM
No
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Post by: pnegyesi on January 29, 2018, 11:09:43 AM
Rometsch?
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 29, 2018, 11:42:44 AM
Yes!
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: pnegyesi on January 29, 2018, 12:39:04 PM
did you find the picture on Facebook?
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on January 29, 2018, 01:45:40 PM
No, I don't have a facebook account.
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: knewit on February 01, 2018, 11:42:00 AM
The car was never raced. It had an Adler engine (995cc) It was on exibition at the "Internationale Automobilausstellung unter dem Funkturm" in Berlin with the FWB-Nachwuchs. It was built by Bernd Cappenberg. I think it was named Cappenberg-Versuchsbau. Body was made by Rometsch.
Title: Re: Wendax 2446
Post by: Wendax on February 01, 2018, 12:44:48 PM
Bernd Cappenberg is the name I was looking for. One more point for you.
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 2446 - Eigenbau racecar by Bernd Cappenberg with Adler engine and Rometsch bodywo
Post by: Allemano on February 05, 2018, 04:18:25 AM
Beautiful coachwork!
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 2446 - Eigenbau racecar by Bernd Cappenberg with Adler engine and Rometsch bodywo
Post by: Wendax on August 18, 2025, 03:28:20 PM
And from a different angle:
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