Steyr Super with special Gläser race car type bodywork

grobmotorix · January 27, 2013, 08:41:05 AM

Who knows this car?

I do not know anything about - tell me and proove it...
To be true I have a strong feeling, that we´ve already had it here at autopuzzles.com.

targhediferro · January 27, 2013, 09:48:05 AM

Something inside tell me Alfa Romeo, but it's just a feeling...Anyway a very beautiful roadster, thank you for posting

grobmotorix · March 15, 2013, 01:10:12 PM

Up!

D-type · March 15, 2013, 06:38:02 PM

As it's not an Alfa, is it perhaps German?

grobmotorix · March 15, 2013, 07:14:03 PM

As I said, I don´t know... $:-\$

D-type · March 15, 2013, 07:33:44 PM

The 'German' question was based on the general feel of the car and the resemblance of the radiator shape to the Auto Union Grand Prix car. Could it be the Auto Union sports car from the late thirties that might have been named with any of the Auto Union brands: Audi, Horch, Wanderer, and DKW. All purely speculation.

grobmotorix · March 16, 2013, 02:57:18 AM

I do agree totally!

It has appeared in this 1936 german magazine advertisement for a car care product.

And this is all I know.

Wendax · March 18, 2013, 05:31:37 AM

Perhaps the front was modified by a graphic artist, but the key to the cars identity seems to be the recessible windscreen. I'm quite sure I have seen that one before. If I just could remember where...

Allan L · March 18, 2013, 06:50:04 AM

Quote from: Wendax on March 18, 2013, 05:31:37 AM
Perhaps the front was modified by a graphic artist, but the key to the cars identity seems to be the recessible windscreen. I'm quite sure I have seen that one before. If I just could remember where...

Healey Silverstones have a wind-down windscreen

grobmotorix · March 18, 2013, 01:03:44 PM

Well, surely it must be one ot those...

No, what make me wonder is that fully integrated chassis, that is flush to the upper bodywork.

I do not know any other car with this destinctive detail.

Wendax · March 18, 2013, 01:31:48 PM

Its overall appearance reminds me much of an Adler Trumpf Junior Sport, but the details are totally different.

Could that be a Gläser logo between door and hood? (The car is from Dresden.)

grobmotorix · March 18, 2013, 01:46:40 PM

Yes, very likely.

I´ll post it in the german Gläser Forum, too.

Maybe they will know more...

grobmotorix · March 18, 2013, 07:31:57 PM

Update:

it seems to be a Steyr 120 or 125 Super with a Gläser Spezialroadster body.
Bring me another photo and the point will be yours...

grobmotorix · April 11, 2013, 12:07:45 PM

Black hole >>>

pnegyesi · January 16, 2020, 07:41:12 AM

okay, will bring another photo tonight with the caption Steyr-Super

grobmotorix · January 16, 2020, 10:26:45 AM

Wow - looking forward to that!

pnegyesi · January 16, 2020, 03:00:02 PM

Here we go . You can see "Steyr Super" is written on the grille. From Allgemeine Automobil Zeitung (German edition) 1936

grobmotorix · January 17, 2020, 01:12:48 PM

That is 2 points for you - perfect - another mystery solved!

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Steyr Super with special Gläser race car type bodywork