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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => The Brand-New 2025 Vehicle Identification Board => Topic started by: grobmotorix on January 20, 2026, 07:20:10 AM

Title: grob´s_2026_01_20 Franz Balge´s special, maybe Fiat?
Post by: grobmotorix on January 20, 2026, 07:20:10 AM
If you google
"1937 – Der erste Dethleffs in Rostock"
you will come across the German language story of the early years of Dethleffs caravans.

There you find a photo of a certain Mr. Franz Balge from Rostock/Germany, who drove this special convertible in 1937.

The name of the photo file suggests that the creator of that website thinks it might be a converted Adler or Auto Union,
which I highly doubt, to be honest.

I think the basis car could be Italian, most probably a Fiat?

I would love to find out more and to help identify this here
including the name of the coachbuilding company.
Title: Re: grob´s_2026_01_20 Franz Balge´s special, maybe Fiat?
Post by: Wendax on January 20, 2026, 08:16:15 AM
Some more pictures from that story: