Solved: PN #406 -- Heinisch Steyr-Maserati "Phantasie-Karosserie"

Wendax · August 30, 2016, 12:55:56 PM

At the Freudenau horse racetrack in Vienna:

pnegyesi · August 30, 2016, 02:38:25 PM

and do you know the name of the builder?

Wendax · August 30, 2016, 05:26:57 PM

Unfortunately not

gte4289 · February 05, 2020, 02:44:58 AM

Quote from: pnegyesi on November 13, 2012, 02:17:36 PM
I only have a name and a year

1937?

pnegyesi · February 05, 2020, 02:32:08 PM

1936

and the online source is still around

gte4289 · February 05, 2020, 02:54:08 PM

Was the builder Austrian?

pnegyesi · February 05, 2020, 03:42:50 PM

yes

gte4289 · February 05, 2020, 03:54:18 PM

Was the builder/owner a celebrity or person of nobility?

pnegyesi · February 05, 2020, 11:06:10 PM

no

727 · November 22, 2020, 04:27:48 AM

Observe the logo in the center of the wheel. Is it the manufacturer's logo?

pnegyesi · November 22, 2020, 07:54:35 AM

probably it is a Steyr logo as this was based on a Steyr

Paul Jaray · November 24, 2020, 05:34:42 PM

Is the name Hainischs?

pnegyesi · November 25, 2020, 01:58:10 AM

As I revealed the name in an FB group yesterday, it was only a matter of time before someone realised it

Yes, that's all I know too.

grobmotorix · November 25, 2020, 11:52:21 AM

A dream comes true- this was one of my favourite mystery cars, so I feel happy you found out a bit more about it!
Could you also show us the text where you found this name?

fromwien · November 25, 2020, 06:55:39 PM

Sorry, only a small correction to Wendax's fabulous picture of the car at the harness racing track: It is not Freudenau in Vienna, but Krieau in Vienna...

pnegyesi · November 26, 2020, 12:53:05 AM

Quote from: grobmotorix on November 25, 2020, 11:52:21 AM
A dream comes true- this was one of my favourite mystery cars, so I feel happy you found out a bit more about it!
Could you also show us the text where you found this name?

If you join the FB group (I sent you an invite) you can see the link

Wendax · November 26, 2020, 01:17:52 AM

Are you sure the name is Hainischs? Or is it just the genitive case of the much more common name Hainisch?

pnegyesi · November 26, 2020, 02:51:02 AM

The caption said Hainischs Steyer, so I am not so sure. But right now all I have is this caption

grobmotorix · November 26, 2020, 02:52:39 AM

QuoteAre you sure the name is Hainischs? Or is it just the genitive case of the much more common name Hainisch?

Exactly my thoughts.

There are German family names like
Hanitzsch
or
Hainisch
but
Hainischs felt very weird in the German language center if my brain.

QuoteThe caption said Hainischs Steyer, so I am not so sure. But right now all I have is this caption

Hainisch it is then.

Hainischs Steyr is simply the genitive form like in English Mr Hainisch's Steyr.
Great.

QuoteIf you join the FB group (I sent you an invite) you can see the link

I will have a look there, too, thank you Pal.

Paul Jaray · November 26, 2020, 08:06:50 AM

Time to merge it!
Very cool car.

grobmotorix · November 30, 2022, 04:28:14 AM

A new source and a new photo has unearthed!

I always wondered, which older Steyr engine would fit under that very flat bonnet
- maybe here is an explanation found in a 1937 German magazine.

I claims the name of the driver/builder was Heinisch and the car to be a Steyr-Maserati Special:

Wendax · November 30, 2022, 05:19:37 AM

Its owner was Gustav Heinisch, director of the Bleiberger Bergwerks-Union.

pnegyesi · November 30, 2022, 05:21:54 AM

great
I modify the header

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Solved: PN #406 -- Heinisch Steyr-Maserati "Phantasie-Karosserie"