Author Topic: Solved: PN #1178 -- Theo Weißenberger in the Otto Schöpflin BMW 328 Eigenbau (Read 1855 times)

pnegyesi · « **on:** October 29, 2018, 12:51:27 PM »

Please ID the builder of this racing car and the engine source for a point

pnegyesi · « **Reply #1 on:** November 04, 2018, 11:12:24 AM »

Experts?

norberthanke · « **Reply #2 on:** November 06, 2018, 02:39:14 AM »

East German (former German Democratic Republic, GDR), probably one-off

pnegyesi · « **Reply #3 on:** November 06, 2018, 03:21:23 AM »

not from the Eastern part, but a one-off nonetheless

thorax · « **Reply #4 on:** November 09, 2018, 01:43:55 PM »

French?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #5 on:** November 11, 2018, 02:12:33 AM »

no, as I mentioned from Western Germany

pnegyesi · « **Reply #6 on:** November 11, 2018, 07:23:42 AM »

Professionals?

oko94 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 11, 2018, 08:18:43 AM »

Prewar engine ?

Wendax · « **Reply #8 on:** November 11, 2018, 09:02:09 AM »

Adler-based?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #9 on:** November 11, 2018, 11:56:59 AM »

prewar-engine, not Adler based

Wendax · « **Reply #10 on:** November 11, 2018, 12:35:24 PM »

Hanomag?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #11 on:** November 11, 2018, 01:12:51 PM »

Wendax · « **Reply #12 on:** November 11, 2018, 01:46:52 PM »

BMW as usual?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #13 on:** November 11, 2018, 02:47:14 PM »

Wendax · « **Reply #14 on:** November 11, 2018, 04:18:16 PM »

Otto Schöpflin 1949 in his converted BMW328?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #15 on:** November 11, 2018, 11:06:03 PM »

Wendax · « **Reply #16 on:** November 12, 2018, 02:07:57 AM »

Well, it looks the same car to me. Perhaps just another driver?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #17 on:** November 12, 2018, 03:04:46 AM »

apparently you are right, this was the Schöpflin eigenbau, but it was modified by its new owner/driver. Locked for you to find him.

Wendax · « **Reply #18 on:** November 12, 2018, 12:55:18 PM »

In 1949 former WW2 fighter pilot Theo Weißenberger acquired the Otto Schöpflin BMW 328 Eigenbau which he further modified. At Saarbrücken he came 5th in the 2-litre class. However his career was cut short, when, having survived the war, he was killed racing his BMW-Weissenberger Eigenbau on the first lap of the Eifelrennen at Nürburgring on June 10th, 1950.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #19 on:** November 12, 2018, 01:06:51 PM »

And another point to you

Wendax · « **Reply #20 on:** June 22, 2020, 06:53:01 AM »

Otto Schöpflin 1949:

News:

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