Solved: PN #1178 -- Theo Weißenberger in the Otto Schöpflin BMW 328 Eigenbau

[pnegyesi]

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

[pnegyesi]

Experts?

[norberthanke]

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

[pnegyesi]

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

[thorax]

French?

[pnegyesi]

no, as I mentioned from Western Germany

[pnegyesi]

Professionals?

[oko94]

Prewar engine ?

[Wendax]

Adler-based?

[pnegyesi]

prewar-engine, not Adler based

[Wendax]

Hanomag?

[pnegyesi]

no

[Wendax]

BMW as usual?

[pnegyesi]

yes

[Wendax]

Otto Schöpflin 1949 in his converted BMW328?

[pnegyesi]

no

[Wendax]

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

[pnegyesi]

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]

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]

And another point to you

[Wendax]

Otto Schöpflin 1949: