Author Topic: Solved: Wendax 616 - Hans Helfritz's Mikafa camper on VW chassis  (Read 1791 times)

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Re: Wendax 616
« Reply #25 on: September 14, 2012, 03:30:52 AM »
a traveller?
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Re: Wendax 616
« Reply #26 on: September 14, 2012, 03:35:04 AM »
Yes, that's what he was mostly known for.

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Re: Wendax 616
« Reply #27 on: September 14, 2012, 03:36:59 AM »
Peter Bamm?
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Re: Wendax 616
« Reply #28 on: September 14, 2012, 03:41:05 AM »
Not him

BTW, I read quite a lot of Bamm's books. I liked them a lot.

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Re: Wendax 616
« Reply #29 on: September 14, 2012, 03:44:19 AM »
Is this person still alive?
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Re: Wendax 616
« Reply #30 on: September 14, 2012, 03:45:59 AM »
No, he died in the 1990s.

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Re: Wendax 616
« Reply #31 on: September 14, 2012, 04:04:54 AM »
Died in the first half of 1990s?
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Re: Wendax 616
« Reply #32 on: September 14, 2012, 04:19:25 AM »
In 1995

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Re: Wendax 616
« Reply #33 on: September 14, 2012, 04:34:08 AM »
Michael Ende :)?
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Re: Wendax 616
« Reply #34 on: September 14, 2012, 04:42:58 AM »
No, less known

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Re: Wendax 616
« Reply #35 on: September 16, 2012, 02:47:15 AM »
Hans Helfritz?
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Re: Wendax 616
« Reply #36 on: September 16, 2012, 08:08:24 AM »
And we have a winner! It is Hans Helfritz and his VW-based camper.
One point for you.
Additional information about the car is welcome.

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Re: Solved: Wendax 616 - Hans Helfritz's VW camper
« Reply #37 on: September 16, 2012, 08:13:13 AM »
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Re: Solved: Wendax 616 - Hans Helfritz's VW camper
« Reply #38 on: September 16, 2012, 08:22:30 AM »
I knew that. Unfortunately they don't tell where that purchase happened. Graf Luckner had a Mikafa Landyacht, but I'm not sure whether Helfritz's car is a Mikafa, too. The Mikafas I know look very different.

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Re: Solved: Wendax 616 - Hans Helfritz's VW camper
« Reply #39 on: September 28, 2012, 07:51:44 AM »
Sometimes one can solve one's own puzzles!

It is in fact a Mikafa, their van body for the VW chassis. When they promoted it, VW presented their Transporter, so that the Mikafa-VW remained a one-off.

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Re: Solved: Wendax 616 - Hans Helfritz's Mikafa camper on VW chassis
« Reply #40 on: September 28, 2012, 08:08:12 AM »
Nice and they don't mention the famous owner!
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Re: Solved: Wendax 616 - Hans Helfritz's Mikafa camper on VW chassis
« Reply #41 on: September 28, 2012, 01:21:59 PM »
Not a beauty, but definetly interisting! :thumbsup:

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Re: Solved: Wendax 616 - Hans Helfritz's Mikafa camper on VW chassis
« Reply #42 on: November 17, 2013, 01:06:40 PM »
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Re: Solved: Wendax 616 - Hans Helfritz's Mikafa camper on VW chassis
« Reply #43 on: November 17, 2013, 01:16:51 PM »
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