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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #25 on: November 11, 2008, 08:12:55 AM »
Your meaning of "typical" is so hard to decribe.. :-) Frua involved?
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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #26 on: November 11, 2008, 08:16:18 AM »
I meant it was the brainchild of one particular Swiss man - and it isn't related to any common coachbuilder.
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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #27 on: April 19, 2009, 09:17:32 AM »
I don't know if this helps at all, but at least it brings it back to the spot light!

The following pic shows the predecessor of the mystery car.
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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #28 on: April 19, 2009, 09:37:48 AM »
Baldi?  ???
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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #29 on: April 19, 2009, 10:00:04 AM »
Not those!
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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #30 on: April 19, 2009, 10:13:35 AM »
This second one is Fiat 500 based?
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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #31 on: April 19, 2009, 10:52:07 AM »
On both cars I have no information regarding engine or any other technical stuff, All I can contribute is the name and the country where it was built, I'm sorry!  :-\
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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #32 on: July 18, 2009, 07:23:06 AM »
I recently figured out what the second car's engine was: NSU!
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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #33 on: July 22, 2009, 04:52:39 PM »
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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #34 on: August 10, 2009, 01:43:30 PM »
The countdown is running. I will reveal this puzzle in 6 months!
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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #35 on: August 10, 2009, 02:02:57 PM »
Congrats! You'll be the pioneer!
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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #36 on: August 10, 2009, 02:53:07 PM »
Quote from: Arunas on August 10, 2009, 02:02:57 PM
Congrats! You'll be the pioneer!

was just kidding... on the 22th of August this puzzle will be nine months old. It won't grow much older...

It's a self-built car from a Swiss hobbyist. His first car (second pic) has an NSU Prinz engine from 1962 and was built 1971-75. It's still owned by its builder in a very good condition. Coincidentally (!) I've found it  for sale today on a website for enthusiast of the engine's brand.

Unfortunatly I have no additional info of the second and more important car. As far as I know it was built at the beginning of the eighties. (~1983)


more on the 20th of August... ;)
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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #37 on: August 21, 2009, 01:27:10 PM »
Damned I'm too late!  :-\
I guess ultimo ratio I move it to the "black hole" before it gets burned..
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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #38 on: August 21, 2009, 02:01:01 PM »
Franco Sbarro?
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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #39 on: August 21, 2009, 03:02:30 PM »
Not so famous, or rather, completely unknown. This man only built two different cars.
And he was very creative in naming the cars: they were called "1" and "2"...
The name of the make is a pun of his own name.
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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #40 on: August 22, 2009, 10:24:55 AM »
I have turned my attention to books, in this case a book on Swiss coachbuilt and small-series cars. These are not featured  ???
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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #41 on: August 22, 2009, 10:42:31 AM »
Quote from: pnegyesi on August 22, 2009, 10:24:55 AM
I have turned my attention to books, in this case a book on Swiss coachbuilt and small-series cars. These are not featured  ???

Maybe it's because both cars were one-offs...?
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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #42 on: December 03, 2009, 05:55:31 AM »
 ;)
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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #43 on: February 05, 2010, 02:48:32 PM »
Oh, well, sometimes it just takes a little time to solve old puzzles. The name what you are looking for is: Menix. Menix 1 and Menix 2

Beat Menzi, a car repairman in Obergrösgen, a Swiss village created these two cars in the early 1970s


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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #44 on: February 05, 2010, 05:28:47 PM »
Great! Finally!!!!  :applause: :applause:
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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #45 on: February 06, 2010, 10:20:39 AM »
Quote from: pnegyesi on February 05, 2010, 02:48:32 PM
Oh, well, sometimes it just takes a little time to solve old puzzles. The name what you are looking for is: Menix. Menix 1 and Menix 2

Beat Menzi, a car repairman in Obergrösgen, a Swiss village created these two cars in the early 1970s






Great pnegyesi!  :applause: :applause: :applause:
Two points for this!
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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #46 on: February 06, 2010, 10:23:55 AM »
And with those two points you entered the hall of fame of Autopuzzlers: the magic <<<<< Professional >>>>> ranking!  :drink: :cheer: :applause:
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Re: 54. of All.
« Reply #47 on: February 06, 2010, 10:30:03 AM »
It took a bit less time than I thought! It's not even half-a-year ago that I started contributing to this great site.

Oh, well. From next week on 'til late March I won't have too much time to spend here. I was asked to hold lectures on automotive history at a university in Budapest. A new restoration course has been launched and I'll have over 30 students :) But let me tell you, it is an enormous task to be really prepared for these classes :)
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Re: Finally solved by pnegyesi: 54. of All. - Menix 2
« Reply #48 on: February 06, 2010, 10:40:48 AM »
Congratulations!!  :applause: :applause: :applause:
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Re: Finally solved by pnegyesi: 54. of All. - Menix 2
« Reply #49 on: February 06, 2010, 11:31:41 AM »

:yeah: :yeah: :cheer: :cheer:  pnegyesi   :cheer: :cheer: :yeah: :yeah:
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