Solved - NEH 953: Lindner Porsche designed by Reimann brothes

[Carnut]

What's this and for whom was it built, for 1 point?

[Carnut]

Experts?

[whcgt]

1954 Benno Kleinau Maybe a hint shall help me to solve?

[Carnut]

1954 Benno Kleinau Maybe a hint shall help me to solve?

Good guess but no.
You don't need a hint with a car shaped like that do you?!

[Aaron65]

Coachbuilt Porsche 356?

[whcgt]

1948 Gmund coupe porsche prototype 

[Tackitt]

1950 Porsche 356 "Ferdinand"?

[Carnut]

Coachbuilt Porsche 356?

Yes!

1948 Gmund coupe porsche prototype 

No.

1950 Porsche 356 "Ferdinand"?

No.

Who's gonna be first to find it?!

[whcgt]

Can't find this #$%^*&@ car on google, so I wiill guess it as a 1952 Zweiter Coachworks Porsche 356 one of 2 built.

[Carnut]

Can't find this #$%^*&@ car on google, so I wiill guess it as a 1952 Zweiter Coachworks Porsche 356 one of 2 built.

It's not what I have it as.
Where are Zweiter Coachworks?

[Carnut]

Professionals?

[woodinsight]

By Johannes Rudy?

[Carnut]

By Johannes Rudy?

Sorry, no.

[Allemano]

From a German speaking country?

[Carnut]

From a German speaking country?

Yes

[Wendax]

It is a Miersch-Porsche, built in the early fifties in eastern Germany for the shoe manufacturer Hans Miersch. Three cars were built using prewar Volkswagen chassis. Two cars are known to exist, the restored white one and the unrestored yellow one. Some development work was done at Dresden university.

[Allemano]

Wow! Never heard of this one before.

[Carnut]

Yes, that's what it is. Well done Wendax!
I might have some more pics of it on my computer at work which I'll post tomorrow.

[autospeurder]

Why do you call it a Porsche.It doesnt have a Porsche chassis.
Because it is prewar I would call it a  KdF-wagen rebodied by Miersch or eventually a KdF Porsche replica by Miersch

[Carnut]

It's not my choice what it's called, it seems to be what it is generally known as.  I doubt whether it had an official name.  In fact I didn't know they were all based on pre-war VW chassis.

It has a Porsche 356 engine and don't forget the 356 was developed from the VW in the first place.  I don't think it's entirely misleading to call it a Miersch Porsche as it looks rather like a 356 and it has a Porsche engine.

Here are the promised more pictures:

[Wendax]

I'm rather sure that the blue one is not a Miersch, but another East German Porsche lookalike. The body is quite different to the Miersch. The chassis is from a 1944 VW Kübelwagen, chassis number 2-048504. The car was registered for road use at August 17, 1957. The body is a steel body on a wooden frame, the engine is a VW 30hp. The car was recently for sale in Stendal, Germany.

[Carnut]

I see what you mean.
It was described as such on a German website so I believed it..
I did notice it was substantially different from the puzzle car, but I thought since no 2 such cars are alike it must have been an earlier version...!

[Wendax]

And two period pictures of the Miersch Porsche:

[Wendax]

When the white Miersch-Porsche was for sale on ebay in 2008, it was accompagnied by an old bill of the coachbuilder. It was Arno Lindner from Mohorn in Saxony.

[Wendax]

There is a new site online about the first "Porsche" built by Lindner for Knut and Falk Reimann in 1953/1954. The site is made by the Reimann twins. So there are loads of period pictures, of which I have attached one. According to that site Lindner built 14 of those Porsche copies on VW chassis. If you want to have a look at those pictures, just google "Porsche-Eigenbauwagen 1954 in Dresden".