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Solved: Wendax 214 - NSU Kompressor world record car
« on: June 04, 2011, 02:53:28 AM »
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it is ...

For one point, please respond and identify this car and the year it was built.
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Re: Wendax 214
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2011, 06:52:12 AM »
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Re: Wendax 214
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2011, 09:21:58 AM »
Looks like the southbound end of a northbound NSU streamliner...
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Re: Wendax 214
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2011, 09:30:05 AM »
Locked for you until your next reply to find out the details.
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Re: Wendax 214
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2011, 09:36:02 AM »
Built in 1951 by Ferdi Lehder and George Von Opel, the "Kompressor" broke 17 speed records with a 350cc engine.  Top speed was 132mph...
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Re: Wendax 214
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2011, 10:18:09 AM »
Yes, that's the one. One point for you. Nobody having a more suitable member name than you, of course.

The car can be seen at the Prototyp museum in Hamburg.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 214 - NSU Kompressor world record car
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2014, 03:50:45 PM »
It should be hard for the driver to turn his head:
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Re: Solved: Wendax 214 - NSU Kompressor world record car
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2018, 01:24:27 PM »
A contemporary photo of this interesting record car
- Ferdi Lehder was the builder of the LTE racing cars btw:
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Re: Solved: Wendax 214 - NSU Kompressor world record car
« Reply #8 on: October 01, 2023, 04:02:49 PM »
The NSU record car on top of an articulated Tempo truck!
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