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FW #375
« on: October 03, 2022, 02:42:41 PM »
Please identify this car in ALL its details

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Re: FW #375
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2022, 02:43:29 AM »
Experts?

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Re: FW #375
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2022, 05:51:18 AM »
Factory VW prototype?
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Re: FW #375
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2022, 08:05:53 AM »
No

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Re: FW #375
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2022, 08:13:28 AM »
Custom engine swap?
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Re: FW #375
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2022, 08:25:58 AM »
Sorry, I do not know anything about the car's engine,..

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Re: FW #375
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2022, 08:37:24 AM »
A VW built under licence outside Germany?
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Re: FW #375
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2022, 09:06:05 AM »
No

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Re: FW #375
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2022, 02:34:49 PM »
So, it isn't a VW?
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Re: FW #375
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2022, 03:01:20 PM »
It is a VW

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Re: FW #375
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2022, 05:41:05 PM »
Have I understood you cryptic answers correctly:
It is a VW
It was built in Germany
You do not know the make of the engine so this is not relevant to the puzzle
It was not a VW factory prototype

Is the body customised by a German coachbuilder?
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Re: FW #375
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2022, 02:35:03 AM »
Have I understood you cryptic answers correctly:
It is a VW
It was built in Germany
You do not know the make of the engine so this is not relevant to the puzzle
It was not a VW factory prototype

Is the body customised by a German coachbuilder?
I cannot find any cryptic answers:
Factory VW prototype?
I answered with: No (cryptic?)
Custom engine swap?
I answered with: Sorry, I do not know anything about the car's engine,.. (cryptic?)
A VW built under licence outside Germany?
I answered with: No (cryptic?)
So, it isn't a VW?
I answered with: It is a VW (cryptic?)
???????????????????????
Have I understood you cryptic answers correctly:
It is a VW Yes
It was built in Germany Yes
You do not know the make of the engine so this is not relevant to the puzzle Yes
It was not a VW factory prototype Yes

Is the body customised by a German coachbuilder?
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Re: FW #375
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2022, 08:15:46 AM »
Was it born as standart production 1958-60 Volkswagen type 111/112?
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Re: FW #375
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2022, 09:24:13 AM »
Very good question! :thumbsup:
It was a standard production Volkswagen Typ 111, but NOT from 1958-1960

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Re: FW #375
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2022, 09:34:05 AM »
Earlier?
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Re: FW #375
« Reply #15 on: October 22, 2022, 10:01:14 AM »
Yes!

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Re: FW #375
« Reply #16 on: October 22, 2022, 10:13:10 AM »
~1953-57 with custom larger rear window?
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Re: FW #375
« Reply #17 on: October 22, 2022, 11:24:54 AM »
Yes a 1953 VW Beetle with larger rear window!
I am still searching, who did this conversion and when?
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Re: FW #375
« Reply #18 on: November 25, 2022, 01:36:29 PM »
UNLOCKED aud up to the Professionals

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Re: FW #375
« Reply #19 on: November 26, 2022, 09:05:34 PM »
Were Dannenhauer & Stauss involved?

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Re: FW #375
« Reply #20 on: November 27, 2022, 09:09:03 AM »
No

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Re: FW #375
« Reply #21 on: April 30, 2023, 05:06:08 AM »
Masters?

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Re: FW #375
« Reply #22 on: April 30, 2023, 09:02:59 AM »
Did the rear window come from a Beetle made after 1957?

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Re: FW #375
« Reply #23 on: April 30, 2023, 12:51:20 PM »
No

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Re: FW #375
« Reply #24 on: April 30, 2023, 04:22:39 PM »
Made by Eugen Joch?
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