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Solved: Wendax 286 - MG TA / NA Special by Heinz Mölders
« on: August 03, 2011, 01:51:42 AM »
Where is the next racetrack?

For one point, please respond and identify this car, its builder and the year of creation.
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Re: Wendax 286
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2011, 02:56:30 AM »
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Re: Wendax 286
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2011, 03:40:09 PM »
MG based?

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Re: Wendax 286
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2011, 03:46:33 PM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 286
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2011, 01:59:00 AM »
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Re: Wendax 286
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2011, 03:50:02 AM »
MG K3 Magnette 1938 by Heinz Mölders
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Re: Wendax 286
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2011, 05:09:14 AM »
Yes, it is. The car was driven at the Hamburg Stadtparkrennen in 1938.

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Re: Wendax 286
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2011, 09:05:48 AM »
Yes, it is. The car was driven at the Hamburg Stadtparkrennen in 1938.
Looks pretty short to be a K3 and in particular not much sign of a supercharger between the dumbirons.
Bet it had bigger wheels and slimmer tyres then, though!
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Re: Solved: Wendax 286 - MG K3 Magnette by Heinz Mölders
« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2011, 09:27:20 AM »
The site on which I found indicated it might be based upon a K2. There is very little info on this car that I've been able to find.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 286 - MG K3 Magnette by Heinz Mölders
« Reply #9 on: August 18, 2011, 09:46:20 AM »
The site on which I found indicated it might be based upon a K2. There is very little info on this car that I've been able to find.
Not much detail on the interweb but Mölders is credited with MG N and T specials. Both N and K2 would have the same wheelbase as the K3 (7'10"3/16 = 2.392m) and the site from which the photo came says 2.388m so perhaps it's the little wheels/big tyres than make it look short to me.  The T type at 7'10" isn't much different really but it is 2.388m.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 286 - MG K3 Magnette by Heinz Mölders
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2015, 04:30:18 PM »
This special was built by Heinz Theodor Mölders using a MG TA chassis, which he supplied with a MG NA six-cylinder engine. This is basically the same engine as in the K3, but without supercharger. The body was built by Andreas Basler. I'll correct the title.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 286 - MG TA / NA Special by Heinz Mölders
« Reply #11 on: December 22, 2015, 09:08:27 AM »
The same car in 1939: