micro02 - Cha-Cha-Cha Changes...SOLVED! KR175 with KR200 Lifting Section

microcars · January 04, 2011, 02:58:13 PM

For ONE Point, name Manufacturer and Model of this vehicle (fairly simple)
PLUS.....what makes THIS particular vehicle uniquely DIFFERENT from others of the SAME MODEL? (uh oh)

araknid · January 04, 2011, 03:09:11 PM

Messershmidt KR-250

microcars · January 04, 2011, 03:11:52 PM

You got both the manufacturer and the model wrong.
so that's a start.

here is your hint: spelling counts. (well it does with me)

araknid · January 04, 2011, 03:13:27 PM

Oops. KR175 or KR200. is it possible one of the Mi-Val Mivalino built under license in Italy?

araknid · January 04, 2011, 03:14:19 PM

Messerschmitt

microcars · January 04, 2011, 03:17:41 PM

your spelling ~~have~~ has improved a great deal. (pay no attention to mine....)

Messerschmitt is correct!
KR175 or KR200? Pick one. Make a stand.

No Mivalino here though.

araknid · January 04, 2011, 03:21:02 PM

Okay. I'll go with KR175 since they made several changes after the first 70 were built creating the KR200. Most notably, the front fenders had wheel cut-out and the canopy was improved.

microcars · January 04, 2011, 03:27:27 PM

Messerschmitt KR175 is correct.

now: what makes THIS particular Messerschmitt KR175 uniquely DIFFERENT from others of the SAME MODEL?

Locked for you for the next 24 hours so you can meditate about it.
(note: I have no clue how to "lock" a topic. I think it just means everyone else should refrain from posting the answer if they know it?)

araknid · January 04, 2011, 03:49:47 PM

How about the wrap-around windshield as used on the KR200 rather that the flat glass windshield?

microcars · January 04, 2011, 03:51:34 PM

that is part of it. you are very very close. but there is more to it than just the windscreen.

araknid · January 04, 2011, 03:56:25 PM

Well, the whole canopy is different. The bubble top on the KR200 was simplified over that of the KR175 by the use of a larger curved glass windshield that formed A-pillars with the side window frames. This allowed the bubble to be simpler and more compact than the KR175 bubble, and it was consequently easier and less expensive to produce. The windshield wiper, manual on the KR175, was electric on the KR200.

Basically, it looks like this car has the canopy of the KR200 and was probably built late in the run. Maybe one of the last KR175s

microcars · January 04, 2011, 04:10:24 PM

CORRECT!

This KR175 is a late run model that was built with a complete KR200 canopy (not just the windscreen)
The KR200 canopy did not just "drop in" to the existing KR175 and the canopies on these transition models are "slightly" different than the KR200 ones to fit the KR175 body.

Several examples of this transition style exist today but they are all KR175s with KR200 lifting sections (canopies).

Wendax · January 20, 2013, 04:20:59 AM

Just adding a beautiful period picture of a KR175 with its original top, standing somewhere in the harbour of Hamburg.

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micro02 - Cha-Cha-Cha Changes...SOLVED! KR175 with KR200 Lifting Section