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Title: Solved: Wendax 496 - Home-built threewheeler by Josef Schwarzenauer
Post by: Wendax on February 21, 2012, 02:15:20 AM
A very basic mode of transportation.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on February 21, 2012, 03:57:00 AM
 :o
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Post by: richard cuyler on February 21, 2012, 07:38:34 AM
Looks like something the Top Gear presenters would have cobbled up.   :D :D
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Post by: Wendax on February 28, 2012, 02:51:03 AM
up
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Post by: Wendax on March 06, 2012, 02:00:24 AM
up again
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Post by: Paul Jaray on March 27, 2012, 04:16:56 AM
Home-made?
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Post by: Wendax on March 27, 2012, 04:37:21 AM
Yes
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 27, 2012, 04:53:55 AM
From a broken home?  :D
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Post by: Wendax on March 28, 2012, 07:54:40 AM
Just a way to make use of your old garden shed.
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Post by: Wendax on June 25, 2012, 07:20:25 AM
Ready for its last journey...
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Post by: RayTheRat on June 25, 2012, 08:04:10 PM
Requiescat in pace
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Post by: pnegyesi on August 17, 2012, 01:37:02 AM
American?
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Post by: Wendax on August 17, 2012, 02:19:47 AM
No
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 17, 2012, 04:40:48 AM
Is the engine from a motorcycle?
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Post by: Wendax on August 17, 2012, 04:43:10 AM
Probably. I'll try to verify when I can get hold of the source again.
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 17, 2012, 04:50:55 AM
One wheel in back?
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Post by: Wendax on August 17, 2012, 04:57:46 AM
I don't know. I just have the picture above. I thought of the puzzle car being four-wheeled, but you really can't tell from the photograph.
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Post by: Wendax on August 17, 2012, 03:33:50 PM
The source tells that it is a threewheeler and the engine size (400 cc), but not its origin.
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Post by: kwgibbs on October 29, 2012, 02:41:18 PM
possibly swedish?
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Post by: Wendax on October 29, 2012, 02:50:19 PM
Not Swedish
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Post by: kwgibbs on October 29, 2012, 04:26:23 PM
homemade french microcar?
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Post by: Wendax on October 29, 2012, 04:30:00 PM
Not French
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Post by: kwgibbs on October 29, 2012, 04:31:17 PM
german?
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Post by: Wendax on October 29, 2012, 04:36:09 PM
Not German
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Post by: kwgibbs on October 30, 2012, 02:56:36 PM
english?
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Post by: Wendax on October 30, 2012, 03:04:16 PM
Not English
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Post by: woodinsight on October 30, 2012, 03:37:08 PM
European?
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Post by: Wendax on October 30, 2012, 05:22:19 PM
Yes, European
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Post by: woodinsight on October 30, 2012, 05:35:11 PM
Dutch?
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Post by: Wendax on October 30, 2012, 05:50:54 PM
Not Dutch
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Post by: kwgibbs on October 30, 2012, 05:57:27 PM
czechoslovakian?
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Post by: woodinsight on October 30, 2012, 05:58:08 PM
Scandinavian?
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Post by: Wendax on October 30, 2012, 06:00:08 PM
Neither Czechoslovakian nor Scandinavian
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Post by: kwgibbs on October 30, 2012, 06:12:01 PM
italian?
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Post by: Wendax on October 31, 2012, 03:14:39 AM
Not Italian
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Post by: Allemano on October 31, 2012, 05:02:43 AM
What's left...? :idea: Let's try Austria!  
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Post by: Wendax on October 31, 2012, 05:22:32 AM
Yes
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Post by: woodinsight on October 31, 2012, 08:55:22 AM
D-Rad-Rikscha of 1951?
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Post by: Wendax on October 31, 2012, 09:01:53 AM
No, a private one-off, not connected to any well-known name
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Post by: kwgibbs on November 01, 2012, 04:00:51 PM
this is a very hard one to solve
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Post by: pnegyesi on November 01, 2012, 04:03:50 PM
Made in 1951?
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Post by: Wendax on November 01, 2012, 04:58:31 PM
I don't know. The source is from the sixties, but then the car had already covered more than 17,000 km.
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Post by: kwgibbs on November 02, 2012, 10:46:58 AM
im dying to see what this thing is.
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Post by: Wendax on November 02, 2012, 10:53:24 AM
Quote from: kwgibbs on November 02, 2012, 10:46:58 AM
im dying to see what this thing is.
I guess at least some of our puzzlers might have access to that source.
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Post by: pnegyesi on November 05, 2012, 04:52:49 AM
two names or just one?
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Post by: Wendax on November 05, 2012, 05:08:46 AM
A single name
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Post by: kwgibbs on November 05, 2012, 06:42:12 AM
would the name be  Tiny?
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Post by: Wendax on November 05, 2012, 06:50:42 AM
No, I'm looking for the family name of its builder.
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Post by: kwgibbs on November 05, 2012, 08:43:16 AM
mueller ?
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Post by: Wendax on November 05, 2012, 08:50:49 AM
No, it is not one of the very common names. You won't find it by guessing.
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Post by: Allemano on November 05, 2012, 08:54:38 AM
The question of questions: is it to find online?
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Post by: Wendax on November 05, 2012, 09:04:41 AM
I'd rather say no, but I'm not sure whether there is a facsimile of this magazine online.
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Post by: kwgibbs on November 05, 2012, 03:54:05 PM
is ashenfelter the name ?
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Post by: Wendax on November 05, 2012, 04:34:16 PM
No
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Post by: kwgibbs on November 06, 2012, 02:42:29 PM
rosenbauer?
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Post by: Wendax on November 06, 2012, 03:09:18 PM
No
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Post by: kwgibbs on November 11, 2012, 10:44:26 AM
this car looks to be unsolvable ?
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Post by: pnegyesi on November 11, 2012, 10:48:58 AM
I don't think so
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Post by: Wendax on November 11, 2012, 11:03:16 AM
We had numerous "one-off" puzzles from that source before, so I wouldn't call it unsolvable.
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Post by: kwgibbs on November 11, 2012, 11:10:37 AM
what about the name puch ?
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Post by: Wendax on November 11, 2012, 11:14:25 AM
The name I'm looking for is not known as a car manufacturer.
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Post by: kwgibbs on November 14, 2012, 06:48:54 PM
could it be strauss ?
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Post by: Wendax on November 15, 2012, 02:08:49 AM
Quote from: Wendax on November 05, 2012, 08:50:49 AM
No, it is not one of the very common names. You won't find it by guessing.
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Post by: D-type on November 15, 2012, 06:46:52 PM
Rumpelstiltskin!



- I'll get my coat
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Post by: Wendax on November 16, 2012, 02:13:43 AM
Quote from: D-type on November 15, 2012, 06:46:52 PM
Rumpelstiltskin!



- I'll get my coat
:D
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Post by: kwgibbs on December 30, 2012, 11:20:46 AM
is this small car named after it,s builder?
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Post by: Wendax on December 30, 2012, 01:06:12 PM
Yes, in fact I only have the builder's name.
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Post by: kwgibbs on December 30, 2012, 01:36:21 PM
is his name pretty much unknown to most people?
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Post by: Wendax on December 30, 2012, 01:45:24 PM
You get around 35,000 hits on googling it.
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Post by: oko94 on May 26, 2016, 02:55:14 AM
Time for a hint maybe ?
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Post by: pnegyesi on November 12, 2017, 02:42:47 AM
from Austro-Motor?
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Post by: Wendax on November 12, 2017, 03:19:20 AM
No
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Post by: pnegyesi on November 12, 2017, 09:36:43 AM
from an Austrian magazine?
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Post by: Wendax on November 12, 2017, 11:52:04 AM
No
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Post by: pnegyesi on November 12, 2017, 12:07:14 PM
Auto Motor und Sport?
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Post by: Wendax on November 12, 2017, 12:28:53 PM
No, it was taken from Hobby magazine.
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Post by: pnegyesi on November 15, 2017, 01:05:31 AM
now, that's a challenge as it is rarely available in Hungarian libraries. I found a couple of issues from 1965. No luck so far.
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Post by: pnegyesi on March 15, 2018, 08:21:09 AM
Built by Josef Scwarzenauer, Saalfelden, Österreich

Er besitzt einen kraftigen Rohrrahmen, Vorderradaufhangung an Langslenkern mit übersetzter Scrhaubenfederung, Hinterrad in Federbeinen gelagert. 2-zylinder zweitaktmotor 400 cm, 15 PS. Karosserie auf Konststoffohren und Glasfaserplatten
Title: Re: Wendax 496
Post by: Wendax on March 15, 2018, 08:31:22 AM
After more than six years you finally found it!
Built by a teacher from Saalfelden in Austria:
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 496 - Home-built threewheeler by Josef Schwarzenauer
Post by: el_monty on March 15, 2018, 04:21:37 PM
:touched: It's always a momentous occasion when a BH puzzle is solved, especially as old as this one...
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 496 - Home-built threewheeler by Josef Schwarzenauer
Post by: pnegyesi on March 17, 2018, 01:08:09 PM
All it required was to be in Munich, have some free time while I did some research at the BMW Archive. So I sat down and looked at several years of hobby magazines (among others...)
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 496 - Home-built threewheeler by Josef Schwarzenauer
Post by: Oguerrerob on October 20, 2020, 03:05:10 PM
Another view
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 496 - Home-built threewheeler by Josef Schwarzenauer
Post by: Wendax on October 20, 2020, 03:15:11 PM
 :thumbsup:
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