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Re: Wendax 2534
« Reply #25 on: May 17, 2018, 05:46:09 AM »
Designed between 1920 and 1925 ?

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Re: Wendax 2534
« Reply #26 on: May 17, 2018, 09:01:00 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 2534
« Reply #27 on: May 17, 2018, 12:21:58 PM »
Designed in 1924 ?

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Re: Wendax 2534
« Reply #28 on: May 17, 2018, 12:50:48 PM »
Probably, as it appeared in a 1925 publication.

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Re: Wendax 2534
« Reply #29 on: May 20, 2018, 04:24:08 AM »
Lesshaft ?

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Re: Wendax 2534
« Reply #30 on: May 20, 2018, 11:15:04 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 2534
« Reply #31 on: May 20, 2018, 06:08:12 PM »
Peka ?

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Re: Wendax 2534
« Reply #32 on: May 21, 2018, 02:20:03 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 2534
« Reply #33 on: May 21, 2018, 10:26:06 AM »
Landgrebe ?

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Re: Wendax 2534
« Reply #34 on: May 21, 2018, 12:49:03 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 2534
« Reply #35 on: May 25, 2018, 03:02:02 AM »
is this still on ebay?
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Re: Wendax 2534
« Reply #36 on: May 25, 2018, 05:15:18 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 2534
« Reply #37 on: May 25, 2018, 06:25:38 AM »
Instructions for a self-built car by engineer Richard Dofmann, Berlin, 1925.
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Re: Wendax 2534
« Reply #38 on: May 25, 2018, 06:44:58 AM »
I'll accept this, taking into account that you are probably not used to read Fraktur script. His name was in fact Richard Hofmann.

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Re: Solved: Wendax 2534 - Motorradwagen designed by Richard Hofmann
« Reply #39 on: May 25, 2018, 08:02:50 AM »
Thanks. "Dofmann" sounded strange indeed but I thought the first letter really didn't look like a capital H  :D

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Re: Solved: Wendax 2534 - Motorradwagen designed by Richard Hofmann
« Reply #40 on: May 25, 2018, 08:11:54 AM »
A little help for future puzzles:  ;D

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Re: Solved: Wendax 2534 - Motorradwagen designed by Richard Hofmann
« Reply #41 on: May 27, 2018, 04:32:32 AM »
Thanks. "Dofmann" sounded strange indeed but I thought the first letter really didn't look like a capital H  :D
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Re: Solved: Wendax 2534 - Motorradwagen designed by Richard Hofmann
« Reply #42 on: May 27, 2018, 05:06:11 AM »
Happily when we learned German at school in the 1950s we were taught that script which has been quite a help over the 60+ years since. For example, at one time I needed to use old motor magazines from the Veteran period as a research source.
What we were not taught was the equivalent handwriting, so some of the family archive material remains inaccessible!
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Re: Solved: Wendax 2534 - Motorradwagen designed by Richard Hofmann
« Reply #43 on: February 25, 2023, 08:06:04 AM »
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