Any ideas?
No ideas? Promoted...
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I think I saw this one...is it what it seems?
I mean a coachbuilt special car by an Italian coachbuilder?
Quotea coachbuilt special car by an Italian coachbuilder?
First part: YES
Second part: NO
Auto Union underneath?
Not Auto Union or DKW.
VW underneath?
Volkswagen, yes.
I'm sure I've seen it somewhere else before.. German coachwork as well?
No, the body was built outside Germany.
made in Europe?
Sorry for the delay, Allemano - yes it´s been built in Europe.
In close proximity to Germany?
A wild guess - Serra body on a VW chassis?
QuoteIn close proximity to Germany?
Yes, the body was built in a direct neighbor country.
QuoteA wild guess - Serra body on a VW chassis?
Not Serra, but it´s got a VW chassis.
BE-NE-LUX?
Not one of those...
It has a certain Ghia-Aigle flair to it
It is a swiss-built body, but not by this company.
bodied by Beutler?
I assume this was a one-off.
I know the name of the car of the two builders, who share the same family name, so maybe they were brothers or father and son.
Thorndahl?
Not Thorndahl.
To help I can say that there is an "germanic Umlaut" in the family name of the builders, that means an "ä, ö or ü".
For all non german speaking visitors and members of autopuzzles.com here´s more information about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_umlaut
;D
Maybe Tüscher?
Quote from: grobmotorix on October 24, 2010, 09:45:04 AM
I assume this was a one-off.
I know the name of the car of the two builders, who share the same family name, so maybe they were brothers or father and son.
Quote from: grobmotorix on October 24, 2010, 11:50:08 AM
Not Thorndahl.
To help I can say that there is an "germanic Umlaut" in the family name of the builders, that means an "ä, ö or ü".
For all non german speaking visitors and members of autopuzzles.com here´s more information about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_umlaut
;D
Tüscher brothers from Zurich?
I already mentioned Tüscher on Page 1... (seconds earlier) ;D
Höhener?
Müller?
Not Tüscher.
Walter Köng?
None of those, sorry guys!
Hänni?
Not this one.
Kölz?
Ernst Lüscher?
Not one öf those, but I´m astonished how many of those Umlaut-filled names are around... ;)
Glückler?
Nö, not Glöckler either.
Some germanic Umlaut-names are still left... ;)
Complete shot in the dark: Müller? (simply the most common German surname with a Umlaut)
Darker than outer space. Not Müller.
Bauer?
ü,ä, or ö is missing. ;D
Black hole?
SCHÄFER?
No, sorry.
Bläck höle? ;D
Up and away... :(
I'd love to see this one solved...
Do the builders share their name with anything\anyone known?
O.K.
This is my BIG hint - and I try to make it possible to be solved by non-german speakers, too:
It´s a name that stems from the swabian region, so it ends with the typical diminuitive ending "XXXXXXle", the first part being the german name for a cute animal.
Tell me the name of the young animal in whatever language and this puzzle will be solved. And do NOT count the Xs...
Kitten
(Katzchen) with an umlaut on 'a'
So perhaps Katzchenle?
I would say 'Kätzle' then.
Quote from: grobmotorix on February 20, 2011, 01:15:10 AM
O.K.
Tell me the name of the young animal in whatever language and this puzzle will be solved. And do NOT count the Xs...
Ėriukų
This is lithuanian and means lamb. ;)
So I go for Lämmle.
Then I also have to through "Kükle" in.
WENDAX DID IT!!!
It is indeed a one-off special, built upon a Volkswagen 1200 chassis by two brothers Lämmle from Switzerland.
I´ll check if there were any more details, when I´ll be back home!
:applause:
Quote from: Wendax on February 20, 2011, 03:19:05 AM
Quote from: grobmotorix on February 20, 2011, 01:15:10 AM
O.K.
Tell me the name of the young animal in whatever language and this puzzle will be solved. And do NOT count the Xs...
Ėriukų
means lambs' - plural genitive
Ėriukas - singular nominative ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Arunas on February 20, 2011, 09:39:33 AM
Quote from: Wendax on February 20, 2011, 03:19:05 AM
Quote from: grobmotorix on February 20, 2011, 01:15:10 AM
O.K.
Tell me the name of the young animal in whatever language and this puzzle will be solved. And do NOT count the Xs...
Ėriukų
means lambs' - plural genitive
Ėriukas - singular nominative ;D ;D ;D
Although my father was born in Lithuania, I don't speak a single word Lithuanian (my father did neither). So I relied on Bing Translator, but as I expected: they can't even translate a single word correctly. ;)
At least google is developing teh translator (LT-EN-LT, I mean) quite nicely. The problem is, that people often can't translate texts properly and I'm not even talking about the machines.
To be correct this was the Lämmle Hurricane:
Looks nice!
wow, that's a car they even don't know about in Switzerland!
This doesn't show up on a Search, but it does look familiar. So, for a point, what it this called?
Up to the Experts...
Is it the hurricane special that's on a vw 1200 chassis from Switzerland?
Quote from: kwgibbs on March 12, 2019, 01:40:54 PM
Is it the hurricane special that's on a vw 1200 chassis from Switzerland?
Yes it is, but to complete the Puzzle, please can you tell me who made it, so now Locked to you.
I knew I forgot something,it was built by the Lammle brothers?
Quote from: kwgibbs on March 14, 2019, 07:45:45 AM
I knew I forgot something,it was built by the Lammle brothers?
Yes, well done, that's the name I was looking for. Another point to you.
Thanks!
Merged
Thank you.