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Solved: PN #1210 -- Willi Rath Wiva 1949
« on: January 13, 2019, 01:05:35 PM »
(01.15: picture changed as the original turned out to be a repost). Who built this vehicle? What was its name? A point is waiting for you!
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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2019, 05:51:41 AM »
Experts?
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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2019, 05:16:37 PM »
Harry believed that carrying his late granny's headstone in his racing car would bring him luck.

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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2019, 03:45:05 AM »
Professionals?
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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2019, 03:52:24 AM »
Made in a former Warsaw Pact country ?

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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2019, 04:09:31 AM »
no
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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2019, 04:57:10 AM »
Made in Germany ?

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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2019, 05:00:39 AM »
yes
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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2019, 07:54:16 AM »
DKW-based ?

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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2019, 09:00:01 AM »
no
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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2019, 03:41:15 AM »
BMW-based?

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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2019, 05:33:56 AM »
yes
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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2019, 07:37:16 AM »
Can it be found online ?

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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #13 on: February 04, 2019, 08:38:36 AM »
the vehicle is mentioned here and there without a picture
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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #14 on: February 04, 2019, 01:37:43 PM »
From 1948?

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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #15 on: February 04, 2019, 02:57:58 PM »
probably 1949
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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #16 on: February 04, 2019, 04:09:00 PM »
Roland Mall in the Spitzmüller-Eigenbau?

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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #17 on: February 04, 2019, 09:52:54 PM »
no
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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #18 on: February 06, 2019, 03:57:17 PM »
Prinzbach?

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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #19 on: February 08, 2019, 02:10:40 PM »
no
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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #20 on: February 09, 2019, 11:40:50 AM »
Fiat based I presume?

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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #21 on: February 09, 2019, 01:24:24 PM »
please see above (it is BMW based)
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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #22 on: February 15, 2019, 06:35:27 AM »
Do you know whether it was powered by the BMW 328 two-litre engine or by a smaller BMW unit?

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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #23 on: February 15, 2019, 11:42:44 AM »
There is not so much info out there, but I believe it was a 328 (though I am not 100 percent sure)
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Re: PN #1210
« Reply #24 on: March 09, 2019, 06:50:49 AM »
okay it German based - BMW - but did it race in Germany and was the body german ?