Please identify this car in ALL its details
Experts?
Factory VW prototype?
No
Custom engine swap?
Sorry, I do not know anything about the car's engine,..
A VW built under licence outside Germany?
No
So, it isn't a VW?
It is a VW
Have I understood you cryptic answers correctly:
It is a VW
It was built in Germany
You do not know the make of the engine so this is not relevant to the puzzle
It was not a VW factory prototype
Is the body customised by a German coachbuilder?
Quote from: D-type on October 21, 2022, 05:41:05 PM
Have I understood you cryptic answers correctly:
It is a VW
It was built in Germany
You do not know the make of the engine so this is not relevant to the puzzle
It was not a VW factory prototype
Is the body customised by a German coachbuilder?
I cannot find any cryptic answers:
Quote from: BattlePorQ on October 21, 2022, 05:51:18 AM
Factory VW prototype?
I answered with: No (cryptic?)
Quote from: BattlePorQ on October 21, 2022, 08:13:28 AM
Custom engine swap?
I answered with: Sorry, I do not know anything about the car's engine,.. (cryptic?)
Quote from: D-type on October 21, 2022, 08:37:24 AM
A VW built under licence outside Germany?
I answered with: No (cryptic?)
Quote from: D-type on October 21, 2022, 02:34:49 PM
So, it isn't a VW?
I answered with: It is a VW (cryptic?)
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Quote from: D-type on October 21, 2022, 05:41:05 PM
Have I understood you cryptic answers correctly:
It is a VW Yes
It was built in Germany Yes
You do not know the make of the engine so this is not relevant to the puzzle Yes
It was not a VW factory prototype Yes
Is the body customised by a German coachbuilder?
Partly correct
Was it born as standart production 1958-60 Volkswagen type 111/112?
Very good question! :thumbsup:
It was a standard production Volkswagen Typ 111, but NOT from 1958-1960
Earlier?
Yes!
~1953-57 with custom larger rear window?
Yes a 1953 VW Beetle with larger rear window!
I am still searching, who did this conversion and when?
Will LOCK for you for ONE trial to earn ONE point, if you can find out only the year at first!
UNLOCKED aud up to the Professionals
Were Dannenhauer & Stauss involved?
No
Masters?
Did the rear window come from a Beetle made after 1957?
No
Made by Eugen Joch?
Sorry, no. The modification has been done before August 1957
I've been trying for a long time now to find out whether it could be a rear window from Joch. Unfortunately, nothing about this is clear from the article. Personally, I think, there are big differences in the shapes of the windows
I am not at all familiar with early VW.
The louvres under the window of the modified car have been deleted and
the cooling aperture moved to engine cover.
It may be possible that the engine was also modified.
The article's text (clearly) suggests that the modification was carried out by a private individual
GUTE FAHRT Article (April 1956)
Franz Birnkammer from /Bavaria modernized his split-Volkswagen for the cars 3rd birthday in the spring of 1956 with a large rear window and other parts of a Porsche
Thank you!!