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Solved: Wendax 612 - Gerhard Macher's DKW Rennwagen 1933
« on: June 24, 2012, 02:16:54 AM »
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For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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Re: Wendax 612
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2012, 01:27:54 AM »
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Re: Wendax 612
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2012, 05:12:15 AM »
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Re: Wendax 612
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2012, 05:14:35 AM »
Eastern Europe?

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Re: Wendax 612
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2012, 05:15:27 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 612
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2012, 07:59:44 AM »
German?

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Re: Wendax 612
« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2012, 08:00:40 AM »
Surprise, surprise! Yes!

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Re: Wendax 612
« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2012, 08:11:32 AM »
Related to Zoller?

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Re: Wendax 612
« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2012, 08:20:50 AM »
Yes, very close, but I don't have it as a Zoller. Locked for you.

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Re: Wendax 612
« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2012, 08:35:08 AM »
Was it built after the decease of Arnold Zoller?

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Re: Wendax 612
« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2012, 08:40:47 AM »
No, I don't think so. Perhaps Zoller is on the photo, too.

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Re: Wendax 612
« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2012, 08:58:50 AM »
the still-born DKW-Rennwagen project?

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Re: Wendax 612
« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2012, 09:17:26 AM »
It is DKW based. I'm looking for a name related to Zoller and DKW, and not unknown at AutoPuzzles.

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Re: Wendax 612
« Reply #13 on: July 15, 2012, 09:23:04 AM »
Röhr?

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Re: Wendax 612
« Reply #14 on: July 15, 2012, 09:32:17 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 612
« Reply #15 on: August 09, 2012, 04:28:08 AM »
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

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Re: Wendax 612
« Reply #16 on: August 09, 2012, 04:43:03 AM »
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Re: Wendax 612
« Reply #17 on: August 09, 2012, 05:05:00 AM »
There is a photo of this car in Georgano's "Encyclopedia of Motor Sport" where it is described as a 1935 Zoller 1.5-litre racing car. Apparently Gerhard Macher tried to carry on with the development of the car after Arnold Zoller's death.
Perhaps Macher is the name you're looking for?

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Re: Wendax 612
« Reply #18 on: August 09, 2012, 05:18:29 AM »
Yes, Gerhard Macher is the name I was looking for. But I don't think that this puzzle car is the Zoller racing car. We had that before: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=8756.0
This one is DKW-based. If you can supply the right year, we have all parts together to call this one solved. Locked for you.

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Re: Wendax 612
« Reply #19 on: August 09, 2012, 05:38:48 AM »
Yes, of course you're right - this is not the Zoller rennwagen.
I have to admit I didn't study the photo properly....

As to the year, I believe the car was racing in 1933 but may have been built a year earlier.

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Re: Wendax 612
« Reply #20 on: August 09, 2012, 05:47:23 AM »
Yes. I'm quite sure this is Gerhard Macher's DKW-based racecar with Zoller compressor, he raced in 1933. The car was supposedly nicknamed "Trotzkopf".

One more point for you.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 612 - Gerhard Macher's DKW Rennwagen 1933
« Reply #21 on: August 09, 2012, 11:59:44 AM »
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Re: Solved: Wendax 612 - Gerhard Macher's DKW Rennwagen 1933
« Reply #22 on: April 10, 2013, 01:12:29 PM »
Another picture:

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Re: Solved: Wendax 612 - Gerhard Macher's DKW Rennwagen 1933
« Reply #23 on: July 12, 2016, 12:50:33 PM »
Some more pictures:

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Re: Solved: Wendax 612 - Gerhard Macher's DKW Rennwagen 1933
« Reply #24 on: October 08, 2016, 04:47:03 AM »
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