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Solved: Wendax 2234 - Maybach W1 prototype
« on: April 21, 2017, 02:31:27 AM »
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Re: Wendax 2234
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2017, 02:37:20 AM »
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Re: Wendax 2234
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2017, 01:06:42 AM »

 German car

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Re: Wendax 2234
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2017, 02:15:21 AM »
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Re: Wendax 2234
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2017, 02:25:14 AM »

 20-ies

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Re: Wendax 2234
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2017, 02:29:08 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 2234
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2017, 02:51:58 AM »

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Re: Wendax 2234
« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2017, 05:45:21 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 2234
« Reply #8 on: April 29, 2017, 06:53:33 AM »

 Elite

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Re: Wendax 2234
« Reply #9 on: April 29, 2017, 07:33:49 AM »
What the hell are they doing??  :-\

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Re: Wendax 2234
« Reply #10 on: April 29, 2017, 10:44:29 AM »

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Re: Wendax 2234
« Reply #11 on: April 29, 2017, 04:05:27 PM »

 Maybach

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Re: Wendax 2234
« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2017, 04:28:13 PM »
What the hell are they doing??  :-\
The one sitting on the running board is holding the lever that reduces the compression.  The others have been giving it a push start and the engine has just fired.  :huh:
Well, you did ask  ;)

Is it a Steiger?
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Re: Wendax 2234
« Reply #13 on: April 29, 2017, 04:52:17 PM »
Maybach
Yes, and that is just about all I know about it. It is probably the Maybach W1 at an early stage of development.

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Re: Wendax 2234
« Reply #14 on: April 30, 2017, 12:13:48 PM »
What the hell are they doing??  :-\
The one sitting on the running board is holding the lever that reduces the compression.  The others have been giving it a push start and the engine has just fired.  :huh:
Well, you did ask  ;)

Is it a Steiger?

Thanks for the explanation - everyone looks in such a panic I thought the bloke on the running board was perhaps trying to slam his hand over the carb intake to stop the engine running and prevent the car from hitting a building. This old 'choke it off' trick was something I once did to prevent my face being modified by an engine cooling fan as my tie was suddenly grabbed by the fanbelt. It was a millimetre-close thing, I can tell you. The lesson learned was that one should never work on a running engine with a loose tie, or indeed, with any tie on at all.....:D

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Re: Solved: Wendax 2234 - Maybach W1 prototype
« Reply #15 on: April 30, 2017, 02:05:02 PM »
Not an explanation - just a blind guess.  I totally agree with you that ties and engines don't mix.  But you do see pictures of old time mechanics wearing overalls with a tie visible at the neck.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 2234 - Maybach W1 prototype
« Reply #16 on: April 30, 2017, 02:36:58 PM »
Not an explanation - just a blind guess.  I totally agree with you that ties and engines don't mix.  But you do see pictures of old time mechanics wearing overalls with a tie visible at the neck.
Not just old time: we apprentices at de Havilland in the late 1950s often wore ties, but they were safely tucked into our boilersuit tops when we were in the machine shop
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Re: Solved: Wendax 2234 - Maybach W1 prototype
« Reply #17 on: June 06, 2020, 04:03:09 PM »
Another (obscured) picture of this car: