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Solved: Wendax 078 - Grohsbach
« on: March 18, 2011, 04:47:23 AM »
Did you see a steering wheel?

For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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Re: Wendax 078
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2011, 04:09:59 AM »
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Re: Wendax 078
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2011, 08:56:05 AM »
No steering wheel.
I see a control stick like in an airplane.

I believe this was built as a one-off by Herr Grohsbach

1951 Grohsbach-Eigenbau
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Re: Wendax 078
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2011, 09:29:02 AM »
Yes, that's the one. One point for you.

It is a one-off, built by the then unemployed engineer Grohsbach. It featured four-wheel-steering, a tiller instead of a steering wheel and a sliding top. Engine was  of 248 cc displacement.
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Re: Wendax 078
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2011, 09:36:36 AM »
here is a picture of the "control stick" steering taken through the plexiglas roof.
the control stick is turned 90 degrees to the left if that helps to visualize it through this crappy photo.

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Re: Solved: Wendax 078 - Grohsbach
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2011, 09:50:49 AM »
Interisting! Never heard of this one before.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 078 - Grohsbach
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2011, 06:05:27 PM »
and here is a pic of the back, look at those fins!
this is a really amazing vehicle for a one-off, especially one made by an unemployed engineer!

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Re: Solved: Wendax 078 - Grohsbach
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2011, 07:50:30 PM »
4-wheel steering?
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Re: Solved: Wendax 078 - Grohsbach
« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2011, 03:15:50 AM »
Yes!
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Re: Solved: Wendax 078 - Grohsbach
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2016, 05:14:39 PM »
In fact its nickname was "Steffi":

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