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This one was just a proposal and was never realized.

For one point, please respond and identify the make, the artist and the year.
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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2011, 04:47:04 PM »
French?
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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2011, 04:50:07 PM »
Non

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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2011, 04:50:45 PM »
Italian?
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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2011, 04:51:41 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2011, 04:52:27 PM »
Okay.  Let's broaden this a lttle bit.  Is it European?
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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2011, 04:53:39 PM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2011, 02:40:35 AM »
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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2011, 04:30:21 AM »
This looks very much like a Porsche proposal I've seen but I can't remember where.
Am I on the right track?
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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2011, 04:48:06 AM »
Yes, it is a proposal for a Porsche. After you found out the What, tell me the Who and When.

The unaltered proposal:

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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #10 on: April 14, 2011, 05:24:40 AM »
Think it was by one of the Italian Carrozzieri; Pininfarina?
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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #11 on: April 14, 2011, 05:27:13 AM »
In order to spare you the work of going through the carrozzerias (and me always answering "no"): it is not Italian.

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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #12 on: April 14, 2011, 05:45:16 AM »
Thanks!
Is it Karmann?
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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #13 on: April 14, 2011, 05:52:37 AM »
No, in fact it was not done by a coachbuilding company, but by an individual.

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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2011, 05:54:16 AM »
No, in fact it was not done by a coachbuilding company, but by an individual.

Was he an American?
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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #15 on: April 14, 2011, 05:55:54 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #16 on: April 14, 2011, 04:13:11 PM »
Goertz proposal for an up-dated 356?  Maybe around 1959/60?
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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #17 on: April 14, 2011, 04:17:10 PM »
The year is almost right, but the man isn't.

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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #18 on: April 15, 2011, 09:47:05 AM »
The year is almost right, but the man isn't.

So I guess it must be 1961, but I'm blowed if I can find out who did it!
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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #19 on: April 15, 2011, 11:13:19 AM »
Bad news! The year went in the wrong direction, and it is not time for further clues yet.

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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #20 on: April 15, 2011, 11:34:07 AM »
Edwin Franz Komenda ??

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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #21 on: April 15, 2011, 11:46:43 AM »
No, the man we are looking for worked in many areas and for several companies.

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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #22 on: April 15, 2011, 11:49:16 AM »
Was, or is this man we are looking for from Germany?

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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #23 on: April 15, 2011, 01:58:03 PM »
1958 Pinin Farina?

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Re: Wendax 111
« Reply #24 on: April 15, 2011, 02:11:44 PM »
Was, or is this man we are looking for from Germany?
Yes