Puzzle #288 - Solved! Protos Type C1

[Otto Puzzell]

Know what it is?

Please, respond below and let us know the make and model designation of the car posted here.

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[grobmotorix]

german Protos, most likely a C1 from ca. 1925 like this one:

http://nolinks.nl

[Otto Puzzell]

Is that your final answer?

[grobmotorix]

It is a  Protos Type C1, built by the "Protos Automobile GmbH" (part of the Siemens Schuckert Werke/Berlin). Maybe you´ve found it with the Protos 10/45 PS tag. That claims it 45 horsepowers and 10 "SteuerPS" (tax-related HP) or as the NAG Protos 14/70 HP (Siemens merged with NAG in the 1920s)

The Protos Type C1 in its different variations as 10/45 and 14/70 was built from 1924-27

The license plate shows that this one survived in the former GDR (East Germany) behind the iron curtain. It is a plate that was just used on very rare and special vintage cars. A "5" in the first place was used for pre 1930 cars with more than 20HP:

http://www.nolinks.htm

[Otto Puzzell]

Protos Type C1 is correct!

[Wendax]

A nice picture: