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Re: Wendax 167
« Reply #50 on: May 15, 2011, 06:51:09 AM »
Quote from: Allemano on May 15, 2011, 06:35:19 AM
Kurt Faust = Passat?

Passat yes, Kurt Faust no (I think Faust was not involved with Pinguin)
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Re: Wendax 167
« Reply #51 on: May 15, 2011, 06:51:41 AM »
Quote from: Allemano on May 15, 2011, 06:43:07 AM
Another source reports that there was initially a four wheeler on a VW chassis constructed by Kurt Volkerath (of Opel RAK fame). Due to high costs they proceeded the three wheeled Pinguin while the fourwheeler project was rejected.
Not this one
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Re: Wendax 167
« Reply #52 on: May 15, 2011, 06:55:38 AM »
Then I have to give up I'm afraid.
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Re: Wendax 167
« Reply #53 on: May 15, 2011, 07:09:47 AM »
 :idea: found something on the internet..

The picture shows a 1:5 wooden model of a virtually 1951 Opel Kapitän based car.
It was Heinz Elschenbroich's own former, but never realized car project.
H. Elschenbroich was main sponsor and shareholder of M.E.V. (Müthing, Eschenbroich & Volkhart) Studiengesellschaft für Fahrzeugentwicklung in Herne.
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Re: Wendax 167
« Reply #54 on: May 15, 2011, 07:42:00 AM »
Finally you found it, congratulations. I guess that is the only public source about this project as it wasn't mentioned in any microcar books I know.
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Re: Wendax 167
« Reply #55 on: May 15, 2011, 07:49:08 AM »
Yes, I read all the Passat/Pinguin articles twice to find something. Frustrated I started a last try and to my amazement Google provided something suitable.

Nice puzzle!  :)
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Re: Solved: Wendax 167 - Heinz Elschenbroich's project on Opel Kapitän base
« Reply #56 on: May 30, 2011, 09:26:33 AM »
Two more pictures:
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Re: Solved: Wendax 167 - Heinz Elschenbroich's project on Opel Kapitän base
« Reply #57 on: May 30, 2011, 12:47:08 PM »
wasted trunk capacity.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 167 - Heinz Elschenbroich's project on Opel Kapitän base
« Reply #58 on: January 03, 2013, 01:57:58 PM »
Quote from: Allemano on May 15, 2011, 07:09:47 AM
H. Elschenbroich was main sponsor and shareholder of M.E.V. (Müthing, Eschenbroich & Volkhart) Studiengesellschaft für Fahrzeugentwicklung in Herne.
Not so astonishing similarities to the Volkhart Sagitta proposal: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=8177.0
« Last Edit: January 03, 2013, 02:00:53 PM by Wendax »
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Re: Solved: Wendax 167 - Heinz Elschenbroich's project on Opel Kapitän base
« Reply #59 on: January 04, 2017, 03:36:30 AM »
A side view of this scale model:
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Re: Solved: Wendax 167 - Heinz Elschenbroich's project on Opel Kapitän base
« Reply #60 on: June 24, 2020, 12:25:02 PM »
Volkhart originally made this model for a VW chassis, so the design is the final stage of his Sagitta:
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