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Solved: Wendax 428 - IFA F8 Luxus-Cabriolet in Sonderausführung
« on: December 26, 2011, 03:40:52 AM »
Christmas time in Rookieland. I've just exchanged the present as it was a repost.  ;D

For one point, please respond and identify this car and its coachbuilder.
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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2011, 10:26:20 AM »
DKW?

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2011, 12:59:56 PM »
Not quite

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2011, 05:10:04 AM »
Adler?

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2011, 07:24:26 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2011, 04:49:42 PM »
EMW?

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2011, 04:50:25 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2011, 10:38:28 AM »
Not a Wanderer, is it?

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2011, 10:39:30 AM »
No, you are drawing circles around the answer.  ;)

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2011, 04:59:57 PM »
Circles, eh? Auto Union?

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2011, 05:09:47 PM »
Let's say "related to"

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2011, 01:04:38 PM »
I'm going to have a final guess at Horch, although that grille is pretty tame for such a haughty company. :-\

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2011, 01:08:19 PM »
Not Horch

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #13 on: January 05, 2012, 05:21:37 PM »
IFA F8 with a cabriolet body by Holka?

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #14 on: January 05, 2012, 05:47:29 PM »
It is an IFA F8, but the coachbuilder is not Holka. Locked until your next reply to find the right coachbuilder.

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #15 on: January 07, 2012, 01:36:39 AM »
Unlocked, because dracu777 was promoted to Expert ranks and can't answer this puzzle right now.

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #16 on: January 14, 2012, 01:44:27 AM »
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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #17 on: January 14, 2012, 01:58:21 AM »
Is the coachbuilder Glaser?

An interesting history, from Auto union, to DKW, to IFA, to Wartburg

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #18 on: January 14, 2012, 02:08:53 AM »
Is the coachbuilder Glaser?
Not quite, I would say the coachbuilder in question is just about as far away from Gläser as IFA from DKW  ;)

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #19 on: January 14, 2012, 10:20:36 AM »
Was assuming it to be a German, east or west coach-builder.
But had a thought was it a Dutch coach-builder

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #20 on: January 14, 2012, 02:40:09 PM »
Getting colder. IFA is to DKW what ??? is to Gläser.

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #21 on: January 14, 2012, 06:09:08 PM »
Another guess

Baur from Stuttgart?

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #22 on: January 15, 2012, 02:08:34 AM »
Getting colder. IFA is to DKW what ??? is to Gläser.
No, you didn't get my hint yet.

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #23 on: January 15, 2012, 10:45:12 AM »
Karosseriewerk Dresden

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Re: Wendax 428
« Reply #24 on: January 15, 2012, 11:02:40 AM »
Yes, now we've got all the bits together: it is an IFA F8 "Luxus-Cabriolet in Sonderausführung" (special edition deluxe convertible), built from 1953 to 1955 by the VEB Karosseriewerk Dresden (formerly Gläser).

One point to you, max.