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Streamline design.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.
« Last Edit: May 02, 2017, 02:15:03 AM by Wendax »

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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2017, 02:16:00 AM »
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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2017, 06:44:07 AM »
Is it German and with swing axles at the rear?

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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2017, 06:45:45 AM »
It is German, don't know about the rear axle, maybe I can find it out.

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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2017, 06:03:27 PM »
BMW powered?
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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2017, 02:43:14 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2017, 06:42:37 AM »
If it isn't BMW powered, then is it DKW powered?
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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2017, 08:46:07 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2017, 05:54:18 AM »
Hmmmmm.  German.  Not BMW or DKW powered.  Does it have a Mercedes engine?
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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2017, 06:22:43 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2017, 06:41:59 AM »
Not DKW but perhaps the power is by another member of the Auto Union
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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2017, 07:04:39 AM »
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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #12 on: April 27, 2017, 07:28:59 PM »
Another Auto Union company?  Horsch powered?
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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2017, 02:31:17 AM »
No Auto Union involvement

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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #14 on: April 28, 2017, 10:08:32 AM »
What's left?  Borgward?
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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #15 on: April 28, 2017, 12:41:05 PM »
Not Borgward

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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #16 on: April 28, 2017, 01:22:16 PM »
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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #17 on: April 28, 2017, 02:35:43 PM »
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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #18 on: April 28, 2017, 02:37:08 PM »
What if... it's postwar and VW-powered?
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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #19 on: April 28, 2017, 02:39:07 PM »
Neither nor

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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #20 on: April 28, 2017, 02:50:37 PM »
That's a point - is it prewar or postwar?
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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #21 on: April 28, 2017, 03:58:24 PM »
It is prewar.

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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #22 on: April 29, 2017, 07:19:03 AM »
Is it a one-off (on a Wanderer chassis perhaps)?

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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #23 on: April 29, 2017, 10:41:03 AM »
It is a one-off, no Wanderer connection though.

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Re: Wendax 2231
« Reply #24 on: April 29, 2017, 04:40:22 PM »
Zoller based?
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