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Puzzle #1749 - Hand-built 1935 Leichtbau Maier Prototype for a ?
« on: October 12, 2010, 04:20:25 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #1749
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2010, 04:25:04 AM »
Experts: remove the dust of uncertainty!
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Re: Puzzle #1749
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2010, 02:56:28 PM »
Tatra?
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Re: Puzzle #1749
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2010, 06:53:12 PM »
No
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Re: Puzzle #1749
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2010, 08:36:38 AM »
German?
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Re: Puzzle #1749
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2010, 11:15:03 AM »
Anything to do with Weiss Manfred/Pente?
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Re: Puzzle #1749
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2010, 12:43:00 PM »
Based on VW beetle 1967. Made by a Berlin-based company called Leichtbau Maier
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Re: Puzzle #1749
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2010, 02:13:18 PM »
Quote from: Oguerrerob on October 22, 2010, 12:43:00 PM
Based on VW beetle 1967. Made by a Berlin-based company called Leichtbau Maier

You are half-right, but it's much older than a 67 Beetle.

I'll lock this one for you for 24 hours.
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Re: Puzzle #1749
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2010, 02:58:54 PM »
My source says that the Leichtbau Maier was design in 1935
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Re: Puzzle #1749
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2010, 05:10:50 AM »
Yep - a 1935 protoype by a Berlin-based company called Leichtbau Maier. The Beetle chassis and engine were added by the current owner as a means of moving the car around. The owner himself doesn't know much about the vehicle, and has asked for info from anyone who might recognize it. 
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Re: Puzzle #1749 - Hand-built 1935 Leichtbau Maier Prototype for a ?
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2010, 07:10:25 AM »
Just for the record, did you add the point?
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Re: Puzzle #1749 - Hand-built 1935 Leichtbau Maier Prototype for a ?
« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2010, 08:07:42 AM »
Oops - I did now
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Solved: Allemano's № 684 - 1937/38 DKW based Leichtbau by Eugen Maier
« Reply #12 on: September 14, 2011, 06:56:51 AM »
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Re: Allemano's № 684
« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2011, 10:42:23 AM »
moved.
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Re: Allemano's № 684
« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2011, 10:51:41 AM »
"Leichtbau Maier" 1935 Berlin ?
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Re: Allemano's № 684
« Reply #15 on: September 18, 2011, 10:56:43 AM »
Quote from: SACO on September 18, 2011, 10:51:41 AM
"Leichtbau Maier" 1935 Berlin ?
Again you're right, but the answer is incomplete.  :-\

• according to my source the year you've mentioned is wrong
• what is the base of this car?
• my sourece provides a little bit different spelling

locked for you till your next reply!
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Re: Allemano's № 684
« Reply #16 on: September 18, 2011, 11:12:50 AM »
"Leichtbau Maier"1935 is not exactly the same car ?
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Re: Allemano's № 684
« Reply #17 on: September 18, 2011, 11:17:46 AM »
I am confused.  Is it a Leichtbau Maier or not ?  If it is, does this puzzle complete Puzzle #1749 ?
« Last Edit: September 18, 2011, 12:23:27 PM by pguillem »
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Re: Allemano's № 684
« Reply #18 on: September 18, 2011, 12:48:37 PM »
Quote from: pguillem on September 18, 2011, 11:17:46 AM
I am confused.  Is it a Leichtbau Maier or not ?  If it is, does this puzzle complete Puzzle #1749 ?
Interisting! I didn't checked as my source gives different infos, almost on all counts! My source mentions indeed a mechanical base, a different year and a slightly different name. So, take it or leave it! ;)

Maybe the different spelling of the name is one reason why it's still a mystery on some online source....


But of course, it seems to be the same car as Otto's #1749
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Re: Allemano's № 684
« Reply #19 on: September 23, 2011, 07:03:49 AM »
Pro's?
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Re: Allemano's № 684
« Reply #20 on: September 23, 2011, 07:11:26 AM »
Leichtbau Mayer LM 0501 / 35
DKW Meisterklasse engine, built 1935/36, first registered 1937
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Re: Allemano's № 684
« Reply #21 on: September 23, 2011, 11:07:00 AM »
Again I have a different spelling for the company's name, but year is now correct, also the based car.
Locked for you till your next reply or PM me to prove that your source is right and not mine.
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Re: Allemano's № 684
« Reply #22 on: October 29, 2011, 07:56:14 AM »
Moved to the BH till it's definetly identified.
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Re: Allemano's № 684
« Reply #23 on: November 28, 2011, 03:03:15 PM »
I found some photos of the car in a 1980 veteran car magazine, one picture showing it lying on its roof in Berlin in 1945. The license plate was IA 212919, but unfortunately they didn't find an answer who built it.
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Re: Allemano's № 684
« Reply #24 on: December 12, 2011, 03:46:56 PM »
How the Mayer was found in 1945:
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