Author Topic: Solved: PN #966 -- Eigenbau Sportwagen based on a Röhr Junior by Kurt Delfosse, 1937  (Read 3075 times)

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Re: PN #966
« Reply #50 on: December 11, 2016, 11:10:15 AM »
You need to a find race who became more known after the 2nd WW and who appeared on AP before. His family has been mentioned in the Röhr history.
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Re: PN #966
« Reply #51 on: December 22, 2016, 02:38:25 AM »
Still locked ?

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Re: PN #966
« Reply #52 on: December 22, 2016, 07:01:21 AM »
no
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Re: PN #966
« Reply #53 on: December 22, 2016, 07:07:45 AM »
Was the owner/racer German ?

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Re: PN #966
« Reply #54 on: December 22, 2016, 01:01:36 PM »
yes
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Re: PN #966
« Reply #55 on: December 23, 2016, 08:49:20 AM »
Has this racer raced with Eigenbaus after WWII too ?

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Re: PN #966
« Reply #56 on: January 09, 2017, 03:28:03 PM »
*bump*

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Re: PN #966
« Reply #57 on: January 09, 2017, 04:02:22 PM »
oops, sorry. Yes, it seems he did
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Re: PN #966
« Reply #58 on: January 09, 2017, 04:04:04 PM »
Petermax Müller?

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Re: PN #966
« Reply #59 on: January 09, 2017, 04:25:24 PM »
no
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Re: PN #966
« Reply #60 on: January 11, 2017, 11:14:00 AM »
Has this racer raced with a BMW-based Eigenbau ?

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Re: PN #966
« Reply #61 on: January 11, 2017, 11:27:46 AM »
sometimes - in the pre-war era. In fact he brought the puzzle car to a race, but instead he raced a BMW special there :)! In the post-war era he raced with other sports cars
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Re: PN #966
« Reply #62 on: February 03, 2017, 01:05:48 PM »
Thank you Robbie / ropat53 for the hint!

This looks like what I wanted to post as a new puzzle.

According to a photo I made just the last weekend in the nice and interesting Museum of Ober-Ramstadt,
this is a Röhr Junior race car built by (Kurt?) Delfosse.
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Re: PN #966
« Reply #63 on: February 03, 2017, 02:12:46 PM »
That's it! What a nice photo! You see if you know where to look even the most difficult puzzle can be easy :)!
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The text underneith the photo in the museum told that this car has been built by using only spare parts:

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The Gesellschaft für die Verwertung von Industrieanlagen bought the Röhr factory in November, 1935, following the Röhr bancruptcy. But the sale was annulled in May, 1936, by a Darmstadt court.

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Ah, ok, thank you.