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GROB_10_01: Striegel-DKW, a 1952 handmade one-off
« on: May 06, 2010, 04:23:08 PM »
This might be hard, but letīs try - there are so many damn good guys around here.
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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2010, 05:03:58 PM »
The setting looks Dutch to me. Is the car dutch?

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2010, 05:12:33 PM »
Not dutch.

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2010, 05:21:23 PM »
Is that a Mobylette in the background? French?

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2010, 12:45:12 AM »
I think youīre right with your first guess only... ;)

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2010, 05:49:33 AM »
Does that huge scoop point to a special type of engine? Maybe radial?

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2010, 06:57:35 AM »
South America?

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2010, 11:53:59 AM »
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Does that huge scoop point to a special type of engine? Maybe radial?

No - the engine is quite conventional.

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South America?

No, not from there.

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2010, 12:02:46 PM »
Germany?

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2010, 12:29:30 PM »
3-wheeler?

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2010, 12:37:21 PM »
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Germany?

Definitly yes.

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3-wheeler?

Obviously not, as can be seen here:

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #11 on: May 07, 2010, 05:54:58 PM »
Home-built car?

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #12 on: May 07, 2010, 11:43:36 PM »
Is there any railway connection?
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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #13 on: May 08, 2010, 01:23:55 AM »
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Home-built car?

Definitly yes.

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Is there any railway connection?

No, not really.

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #14 on: May 08, 2010, 03:44:36 AM »
Related to any "known" manufacturer?

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #15 on: May 08, 2010, 04:27:34 AM »
The carīs basics (chassis and engine)  can be seen as one of the very early roots of a well known and still existing german car manufacturer...

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #16 on: May 08, 2010, 04:45:06 AM »
Front wheel drive?

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #17 on: May 08, 2010, 04:45:47 AM »
BMW?

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #18 on: May 08, 2010, 11:03:21 AM »
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Front wheel drive?

YES! Follow this direction...

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BMW?

No.

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #19 on: May 08, 2010, 11:36:25 AM »
The carīs basics (chassis and engine)  can be seen as one of the very early roots of a well known and still existing german car manufacturer...

Auto Union?

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #20 on: May 08, 2010, 02:42:49 PM »
home built by the CEO of Volkswagen Martin Winterkorn?

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #21 on: May 08, 2010, 07:47:32 PM »
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Auto Union?

One of the four rings will lead you there.

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home built by the CEO of Volkswagen Martin Winterkorn?

 :D no, just homebuilt.

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #22 on: May 09, 2010, 03:08:52 AM »
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Auto Union?

One of the four rings will lead you there.

First guess ......Horch?

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #23 on: May 09, 2010, 03:14:05 AM »
No, not that old and less big!

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Re: GROB_10_01: ??
« Reply #24 on: May 09, 2010, 03:15:46 AM »
DKW?