Topic: #A022 by Amsterdam Solved: Phänomenwerke (Phänomobil) motordreirad type C

[Amsterdam]

Name this car..... and I will award you with a point

[DeAutogids.nl]

Looks like a Phänomobil for me a layman

[Amsterdam]

You almost have the name as my source .but not a 100% the same  Locked for you for 48 hours to come up with this name or to send PM with proof of your aswer.

[DeAutogids.nl]

Well, the company marketing the Phänomobil was the Phänomenwerke from Zittau. Later, this company would become Robur.


Here we can see the name Phänomobil.

[Amsterdam]

That is the complete answer. My source mentioned it as the Phänomen Motordreirad type C.
It was not named as Phänomobil.

Well done! point is yours!

[Allan L]

That must be a very late one as most that you see look more like the one in the drawing. Probably it's a post-war four-cylinder, say 1925 or so

[Amsterdam]

According to my source it is an aircooled version from 1918. it does not say how many cilinders it has, but looking at the size in the photo you are most certanly right on the four cil.

[Wendax]

Three Phänomobil tricycles in service of the German Reichspost:

[Wendax]

Because of the umlaut ä in its name, it was marketed as the Fenomobil in some export markets:

[grobmotorix]

They even were successful in cyclecar racing before WW1:

[grobmotorix]

According to my source it is an aircooled version from 1918. it does not say how many cilinders it has, but looking at the size in the photo you are most certanly right on the four cil.

In 1911 it featured a proper 4cylinder engine sitting above the front wheel:

[Wendax]

A nice early one:

[Wendax]

One, two and three Phänomobil cars: