Author Topic: The Stralsund mystery (Read 3426 times)

grobmotorix · « **on:** June 28, 2010, 01:46:52 PM »

I´ve found this remarkable car in a book I´ve bought yesterday.

It´s only a part of a big photography of the town of Stralsund (former GDR) and must have been made before 1959.

It´s definitly one of those ingenious home made one-offs, born out of the sad conditions in the former GDR, when it was almost impossible to buy a new car within reasonable time.
You had to wait for years, then.
And many had tried to create their own dream cars like this one, built from various old parts, ran by tiny engines, bodies hand-formed out of heavy steel plates - underpowered, underengineered - but loved.

So maybe one of our famous members here will be able to tell me just something more about this one.

I do not know more than I´ve told you before, so now it´s up to you:

DeAutogids.nl · « **Reply #1 on:** June 28, 2010, 03:00:39 PM »

I suppose it is a special in the same way that many cars were based on a Kuebel, in this case, probably a Mercedes170 was used as base

grobmotorix · « **Reply #2 on:** July 05, 2010, 01:24:59 PM »

Moved to the pro´s section.

It would be great if someone knew just a bit more than me about this car.

To be honest I don´t even have an idea which car gave the cabin for instance...

Allemano · « **Reply #3 on:** July 05, 2010, 02:53:01 PM »

This looks definetley like those hand molded home-builts from the Eastern Bloc back then. I think you'll hardly find a certain donor for the body. Technical base could be everything..

grobmotorix · « **Reply #4 on:** July 05, 2010, 03:33:37 PM »

You name it - but I still do hope to get some more information....

Allemano · « **Reply #5 on:** July 05, 2010, 03:49:08 PM »

the C-pillar looks like Bertone!

grobmotorix · « **Reply #6 on:** July 05, 2010, 04:05:55 PM »

Oh sure - and look at those conventionalized 300 SL Gullwing doors....

grobmotorix · « **Reply #7 on:** July 06, 2010, 10:24:28 AM »

Me been frontpaged

- hope arises - if I will not get any more information here at autopuzzles.com I will never get any more!

grobmotorix · « **Reply #8 on:** July 22, 2010, 01:50:34 PM »

Let´s send it to the black hole.

Maybe one days it will be identified though...

woodinsight · « **Reply #9 on:** August 31, 2011, 09:07:00 AM »

I've been looking at this one again and think there is a resemblance to this solved puzzle - the Schuler-BMW

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=4945.0

In particular the windscreen, waistline, general size of the car, etc.

I suppose it could have been acquired and modified.......

What do others think?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #10 on:** August 31, 2011, 09:54:48 AM »

It looks similar, but it is a different car.
The doors/hinges, the rear side window form, the C-Pillar and the engine hood are different.
Too many differences in my eyes.

But maybe they were built by the same person / company?

woodinsight · « **Reply #11 on:** August 31, 2011, 11:10:13 AM »

Yes Grob, I understand that there are many differences.
However if you look carefully at the side windows there appears to be an addition to reduce their depth.
Take that away and the original side windows could be similar.

One day it will be solved! (I hope)

grobmotorix · « **Reply #12 on:** August 31, 2011, 12:12:38 PM »

You´re right - now that I´ve taken an even more close look, it may be a hint!

Does anybody have another view of the Schuler BMW?

catman · « **Reply #13 on:** October 02, 2011, 07:46:59 AM »

this car is undoubtly one of many home-built cars form the East-bloc. Mostly built from WW 2 wrecks, with lots of IFA, Wartburg and GAZ parts. Looking at the wheels, the chassis could very well be from an early VW Kubelwagen, and the rest is a mixture of parts found everywhere, The Mercedes-Benz star on the front dosent meen that there is Mercedes-benz parts in the vehicle, but only, that the builder just found that star somewhere. But unfortunetly it is not possible to find out exactly what it is, unless you find the coachbuilder. The other cars is much easier to put a name om: The bus on the Right is a Phänomen , and the small car on the Left is an IFA P 70, which later were redesigned and got a new name: Trabant

grobmotorix · « **Reply #14 on:** October 02, 2011, 08:12:41 AM »

Right you are.

Thank you very much for your post.

Welcome at autopuzzles.com!

Have fun and feel free to post new puzzles if you want.

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #15 on:** April 19, 2012, 10:55:49 PM »

I've found, in a Georgian webpage, the second car tag as a Moskvitch Prototype

grobmotorix · « **Reply #16 on:** April 20, 2012, 12:31:38 AM »

This is still very interesting!

Thank you for the post, but As I said, there are some significant differences between this one and the puzzle car.

I really want this to be solved!

grobmotorix · « **Reply #17 on:** August 22, 2014, 06:04:28 PM »

Re uploaded, as it has still been lost after #THEBIGRESCUE...

targhediferro · « **Reply #18 on:** September 04, 2014, 08:46:47 AM »

Perhaps the owner had the rear glass broken and he replaced it with a Fiat 600 (or Neckar) one!

grobmotorix · « **Reply #19 on:** September 04, 2014, 11:54:49 AM »

An answer after two years!

I see what you mean, but I think the Fiat´s windows look similar but still have different proportions...

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