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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => Topic started by: faksta on May 22, 2010, 05:33:21 AM

Title: F#127 - Solved - Mrkev by Alois Gbelec
Post by: faksta on May 22, 2010, 05:33:21 AM
For one point, what car is this?
Title: Re: F#127
Post by: faksta on May 28, 2010, 03:01:25 PM
To the Experts.
Title: Re: F#127
Post by: shamrock on May 29, 2010, 02:40:59 AM
French ?
Title: Re: F#127
Post by: faksta on May 29, 2010, 05:30:28 AM
No
Title: Re: F#127
Post by: faksta on August 17, 2010, 05:33:22 PM
No activity for a long time. Pros?
Title: Re: F#127
Post by: D-type on September 19, 2010, 04:54:49 PM
German?
Title: Re: F#127
Post by: faksta on September 19, 2010, 05:38:29 PM
Not German
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Post by: woodinsight on September 19, 2010, 05:57:07 PM
Russian?
Title: Re: F#127
Post by: faksta on September 20, 2010, 06:27:28 AM
No, neither
Title: Re: F#127
Post by: als15 on September 20, 2010, 10:43:30 AM
Czech?
Title: Re: F#127
Post by: faksta on September 20, 2010, 01:14:01 PM
Yes, it is Czech (or, better, Czechoslovak)
Title: Re: F#127
Post by: pnegyesi on September 20, 2010, 11:55:41 PM
"Mrkev" by Alois Gbelec, powered by a Wartburg (IFA) 900 cc engine. (Courtesy of Karel Repa :))
Title: Re: F#127
Post by: faksta on September 21, 2010, 07:19:03 AM
Indeed!
Title: SOLVED: FW #711: Mrkev Wartburg Formula Junior, Alois Gbelec, 1961/62
Post by: fromwien on October 22, 2025, 05:10:06 PM
Please be so kind and identify this race car: Make? Formula? Engine? Builder? Year?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on November 07, 2025, 09:24:44 AM
Experts?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: D-type on November 08, 2025, 03:16:46 PM
is this a Formula Junior car?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on November 08, 2025, 05:46:20 PM
Yes
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: D-type on November 11, 2025, 06:15:47 PM
1958 de Sanctis-Fiat Formula Junior
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on November 12, 2025, 03:46:05 AM
No
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: D-type on November 12, 2025, 06:29:25 AM
1959 DKW-powered car?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on November 12, 2025, 07:33:42 AM
No
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: D-type on November 12, 2025, 11:47:51 AM
Let's step back a bit.  Is it Italian?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on November 12, 2025, 04:46:43 PM
No
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: D-type on November 15, 2025, 05:35:51 PM
From an "Iron Curtain" country?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on November 16, 2025, 04:24:23 AM
Yes
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: D-type on November 19, 2025, 10:09:53 AM
Skoda-powered?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on November 20, 2025, 05:00:46 PM
 No
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: D-type on November 20, 2025, 05:52:05 PM
Wartburg powered?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on November 21, 2025, 02:58:47 AM
Yes
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 08, 2025, 07:40:10 AM
Professionals?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on December 08, 2025, 08:48:00 AM
Helmut Zimmer ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 08, 2025, 12:57:18 PM
No
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on December 09, 2025, 05:06:09 AM
Willy Krenkel ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 09, 2025, 05:27:37 AM
No
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on December 09, 2025, 05:59:42 AM
Siegfried Wilhelm ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 09, 2025, 08:58:57 AM
No
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on December 09, 2025, 09:06:12 AM
Karl Wojciechowski ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 09, 2025, 10:53:00 AM
No
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on December 09, 2025, 12:19:13 PM
Last try - Karl Mossler ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 09, 2025, 04:49:48 PM
I hope, this wasn't really your last trial: Sorry, no
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on December 10, 2025, 04:02:43 AM
 ;D  Siegfried Seifert ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 11, 2025, 09:09:31 AM
No
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Post by: nicanary on December 11, 2025, 10:12:44 AM
Lothar Thomas ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 11, 2025, 11:00:18 AM
No
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on December 11, 2025, 11:43:54 AM
Horst Mansfeld ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 12, 2025, 03:27:17 AM
No
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on December 12, 2025, 04:37:34 AM
Gottfried Schneider ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 12, 2025, 08:52:00 AM
No
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on December 12, 2025, 10:25:29 AM
Wolfgang Wiele ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 12, 2025, 02:45:59 PM
No
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on December 12, 2025, 03:35:55 PM
Christian Pfeiffer ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 13, 2025, 05:13:18 AM
No
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on December 13, 2025, 05:32:03 AM
Joachim Ranft ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 13, 2025, 09:15:21 AM
No
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on December 13, 2025, 09:33:15 AM
This IS an eigenbau, isn't it ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 14, 2025, 05:51:42 AM
I won't name it "Eigenbau", but one-off
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on December 14, 2025, 05:57:45 AM
Is it an early SEG ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 14, 2025, 10:45:47 AM
Not SEG
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on December 15, 2025, 09:43:49 AM
Is it the first car built by someone who went on to build many other cars ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 15, 2025, 11:37:24 AM
Correctly I have to answer with 'No', but you are on the right track
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on December 15, 2025, 02:01:01 PM
Did the car race in the DDR Meisterschaft ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 15, 2025, 02:10:21 PM
Not to know about
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on December 16, 2025, 06:45:12 AM
This is strange. The car was built to Formula Junior regulations, but did not race in local FJ races. Is the photo taken at a hillclimb ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 16, 2025, 07:56:26 AM
I didn't say, that the car didn't race in local FJ championships. It didn't race in the DDR-Meisterschaft! ;)
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on December 16, 2025, 11:16:34 AM
Is it by Heinz Melkus ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 16, 2025, 11:39:30 AM
No
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 16, 2025, 11:44:20 AM
Quote from: nicanary on December 16, 2025, 06:45:12 AMThis is strange. The car was built to Formula Junior regulations, but did not race in local FJ races. Is the photo taken at a hillclimb ?
Sorry, I did forget to answer: No, the photo hasn't been taken at a hillclimb
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on December 16, 2025, 02:10:37 PM
I assumed this car was East German, but of course the Wartburg engine was used elsewhere. Was this car built by someone who later built RAK cars ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 16, 2025, 03:04:45 PM
No
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on December 18, 2025, 05:21:29 AM
Was it built in East Germany ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 18, 2025, 08:54:20 AM
No
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on December 18, 2025, 10:12:03 AM
Poland ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 18, 2025, 05:49:22 PM
No
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: D-type on December 26, 2025, 05:20:54 PM
Built in Estonia?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 27, 2025, 03:32:41 AM
No
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: D-type on December 31, 2025, 09:23:43 AM
Iron Curtain country, Wartburg-powered but not:
DDR
Poland
Estonia
So, from where?  Hungary?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on December 31, 2025, 12:30:59 PM
No
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on December 31, 2025, 02:16:40 PM
Built by Alois Gbelec ?
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on January 01, 2026, 05:33:14 AM
Yes! LOCKED for you
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: nicanary on January 01, 2026, 06:12:25 AM
It looks very similar to a car called Mrkev which he raced in 1962. So I think it's a 1961 Mrkev-Wartburg Formula Junior built by Alois Gbelec of Czechoslovakia.
Title: Re: FW #711
Post by: fromwien on January 01, 2026, 10:11:24 AM
Yes, you are absolutely right. "Mrkev" tranlates to "Carrot", because of the car's red colour
Sorry, it's a repost
Title: Re: SOLVED: FW #711: Mrkev Wartburg Formula Junior, Alois Gbelec, 1961/62
Post by: nicanary on January 01, 2026, 10:50:43 AM
Thank you. Another photo of the car in 1962 shows a faired headrest behind the driver.
Title: Re: F#127 - Solved - Mrkev by Alois Gbelec
Post by: Wendax on January 01, 2026, 10:53:36 AM
Merged
Title: Re: F#127 - Solved - Mrkev by Alois Gbelec
Post by: fromwien on January 02, 2026, 05:08:12 AM
Quote from: nicanary on January 01, 2026, 10:50:43 AMThank you. Another photo of the car in 1962 shows a faired headrest behind the driver.
Yes, you are absolutely right again. I have some photos of it and should have chosen one of them
(photo attached)
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