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Re: Allemano's № 511
« Reply #25 on: November 09, 2010, 07:51:53 AM »
Is it something really unexpected like Messerschmitt then?
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Re: Allemano's № 511
« Reply #26 on: November 09, 2010, 08:17:34 AM »
Not Messerschmitt.

Unexpected? ??? Depends on what you're expecting.  :D
It's not that obscure..
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Re: Allemano's № 511
« Reply #27 on: November 09, 2010, 09:35:54 AM »
Quote from: Allemano on November 09, 2010, 08:17:34 AM
Not Messerschmitt.

Unexpected? ??? Depends on what you're expecting.  :D
It's not that obscure..

I thought about writing 'obscure like Messerschmitt' but thought better of it because I didn't think Messerschmitt was obscure, just that they're normally associated with bubble cars!

Will have another think in the meantime!
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Re: Allemano's № 511
« Reply #28 on: November 09, 2010, 09:49:05 AM »
Is it a product from the old East Germany?
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Re: Allemano's № 511
« Reply #29 on: November 09, 2010, 11:19:05 AM »
Not from GDR.
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Re: Allemano's № 511
« Reply #30 on: November 09, 2010, 03:03:01 PM »
Borgward?
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Re: Allemano's № 511
« Reply #31 on: November 09, 2010, 03:08:52 PM »
Sorry, it isn't Borgward either.
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Re: Allemano's № 511
« Reply #32 on: November 09, 2010, 03:44:01 PM »
On reflection it is smaller than it first appears - so I'll go for Maico
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Re: Allemano's № 511
« Reply #33 on: November 09, 2010, 05:42:45 PM »
Yes, I've been trying to find it as a Maico but without success.

So how about a Beutler-bodied Champion?
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Re: Allemano's № 511
« Reply #34 on: November 09, 2010, 08:06:23 PM »
Quote from: woodinsight on November 09, 2010, 03:44:01 PM
On reflection it is smaller than it first appears - so I'll go for Maico
Correct! It's a Maico, but who built it? It's not Beutler and BTW: it's not a Champion.
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Re: Allemano's № 511
« Reply #35 on: November 10, 2010, 04:05:54 AM »
Is it a Maico 500 with a body by Wendler?
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Re: Allemano's № 511
« Reply #36 on: November 10, 2010, 04:24:20 AM »
Quote from: woodinsight on November 10, 2010, 04:05:54 AM
Is it a the Maico 500 with a body by Wendler?
That's the one! :applause:

Recently this car was discussed, though not shown on a very common source.
Coincidentally I've found it in a German book about Cabriolets (and unexpectedly not in the Wendler book!) described as the Wendler bodied Maico 500 which was never shown to public. No doubt the plastic bodied Beutler Maicos (Coupé and Cabriolet) were a lot prettier than this ungainly Wendler attempt.
Unfortunately they weren't successful either as Maico (cars) went bust a little later. Only four Beutler Maico 500 conversions had been built in 1957.
 
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 511 - 1958 Maico 500 Sportcabriolet by Wendler
« Reply #37 on: November 10, 2010, 04:42:55 AM »
To be truthful, it was only a guess on my part as I don't have the books you mention.
Wendler seemed to be closest in some detail after I looked at some of the VWs they bodied.
Thanks for the point - a pleasant surprise for me!
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 511 - 1958 Maico 500 Sportcabriolet by Wendler
« Reply #38 on: November 10, 2010, 04:44:13 AM »
Funny, I did think it have a little bit of Beutler in it...
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 511 - 1958 Maico 500 Sportcabriolet by Wendler
« Reply #39 on: November 10, 2010, 04:44:59 AM »
Quote from: woodinsight on November 10, 2010, 04:42:55 AM
To be truthful, it was only a guess on my part as I don't have the books you mention.
Wendler seemed to be closest in some detail after I looked at some of the VWs they bodied.
Thanks for the point - a pleasant surprise for me!

I was going to have a guess as well - a Maico by Drews - but I just couldn't find any evidence at all that I might have been right.  I wouldn't have been anyway...!
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 511 - 1958 Maico 500 Sportcabriolet by Wendler
« Reply #40 on: November 10, 2010, 04:57:05 AM »
The Wendler Cabriolet body was built out of Alluminium. Those garden chairs must have been the height of fashion back in the late fifties, but doubt that they were very comfortable..
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 511 - 1958 Maico 500 Sportcabriolet by Wendler
« Reply #41 on: November 10, 2010, 05:50:26 AM »
Hot day. Sunny place. Open car. Voilà! Grille marks!  ;D

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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 511 - 1958 Maico 500 Sportcabriolet by Wendler
« Reply #42 on: November 10, 2010, 05:51:47 AM »
That's a good idea. They should clal it Maico Barbeque
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