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Solved - MJW #079 - Adler Diplomat Autenrieth 1939
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woodinsight
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Solved - MJW #079 - Adler Diplomat Autenrieth 1939
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October 29, 2010, 01:41:46 PM »
Make, year and coachbuilder for a point please
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woodinsight
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Re: MJW #079
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November 02, 2010, 04:09:30 PM »
This should be easy for an expert
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Aaron65
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Midland St.
Re: MJW #079
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November 02, 2010, 09:46:33 PM »
It looks a lot like a Tatra T87 with encolsed front wheels...is it based on a Tatra?
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woodinsight
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Re: MJW #079
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November 03, 2010, 01:20:40 AM »
Sorry - not Tatra
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Carnut
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Re: MJW #079
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November 03, 2010, 12:05:18 PM »
Is this a BMW?
By Kamm and von Fachsenfeld perhaps?
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woodinsight
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Re: MJW #079
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November 03, 2010, 02:39:47 PM »
Sorry Carnut, not BMW.
German yes but the designer is not Kamm or von Fachsenfeld.
Stick with Germany and you are on the right trail.
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Maxmotor
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Re: MJW #079
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November 03, 2010, 05:28:07 PM »
1939 Adler Diplomat with Autenrieth body
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woodinsight
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Re: MJW #079
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November 04, 2010, 03:53:59 AM »
That's the car!
Well done Maxmotor - another point for you.
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Allemano
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Re: Solved - MJW #079 - Adler Diplomat Autenrieth 1939
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November 04, 2010, 04:06:26 AM »
I guess woodinsight's pic is a little compressed.
A few more period pics:
(3rd photo shows it in the winter on the Autobahn Darmstadt-Frankfurt. Not much traffic, back then!)
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woodinsight
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Re: Solved - MJW #079 - Adler Diplomat Autenrieth 1939
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November 04, 2010, 05:23:48 AM »
Thanks Allemano - your photos give a much truer idea of this interesting car
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grobmotorix
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Re: Solved - MJW #079 - Adler Diplomat Autenrieth 1939
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November 04, 2010, 05:50:39 AM »
One of my books says it may have been the personal car of Direktor Erwin Kleyer, COE of Adler in those days.
Here are some more photos:
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Allemano
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Re: Solved - MJW #079 - Adler Diplomat Autenrieth 1939
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November 04, 2010, 06:17:40 AM »
According to the Autenrieth book this car was built for a businessman from London.
Some more pics:
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DynaMike
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Amsterdam, cool.
Re: Solved - MJW #079 - Adler Diplomat Autenrieth 1939
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November 04, 2010, 06:33:01 AM »
Thanks for all these very nice pictures!
The VS-license plate is German, it was used in the provence of Starkenburg (part of Hessen) just South of Frankfurt am Main, where, I think, the Adler factory was.
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grobmotorix
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Re: Solved - MJW #079 - Adler Diplomat Autenrieth 1939
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November 04, 2010, 06:44:19 AM »
I think I need this book, too...
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