Author Topic: Solved: Wendax 483 - DKW Meisterklasse by Wilhelm Olfermann, Kaiserslautern (Read 2038 times)

Wendax · « **on:** February 08, 2012, 02:41:16 AM »

Lots of windows on this car.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

Wendax · « **Reply #1 on:** February 15, 2012, 02:16:48 AM »

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #2 on:** February 15, 2012, 04:31:50 AM »

Front Page Featured!

http://www.autopuzzles.com/

Wendax · « **Reply #3 on:** February 15, 2012, 04:40:17 AM »

Thank you!

hugo90 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 15, 2012, 06:07:46 PM »

Wartburg?

Wendax · « **Reply #5 on:** February 16, 2012, 02:25:39 AM »

You probably had the Wartburg Bellevue prototype in mind, but the puzzle car isn't a Wartburg.

Wendax · « **Reply #6 on:** February 23, 2012, 02:38:32 AM »

up again

SACO · « **Reply #7 on:** February 23, 2012, 03:01:28 AM »

Auto Union DKW 1953 ?

Wendax · « **Reply #8 on:** February 23, 2012, 03:08:32 AM »

It is DKW-based. The year is close to what I have. But who was responsible for the bodywork?

SACO · « **Reply #9 on:** February 23, 2012, 03:12:25 AM »

From school of coachbuilder !

Wendax · « **Reply #10 on:** February 23, 2012, 03:17:52 AM »

Yes, from where? Locked for you.

SACO · « **Reply #11 on:** February 23, 2012, 04:43:01 AM »

Kaiserslautern school ?

Wendax · « **Reply #12 on:** February 23, 2012, 06:26:00 AM »

Yes, it is a Meisterklasse rebodied by one of the master craftsmen of the Kaiserslautern school. Another point for you.

Wendax · « **Reply #13 on:** February 23, 2012, 12:47:43 PM »

The original 1954 letter to the editor:

grobmotorix · « **Reply #14 on:** February 23, 2012, 12:50:32 PM »

Wendax · « **Reply #15 on:** February 23, 2012, 12:52:15 PM »

Looks like AutoPuzzles is becoming the leading online database of Kaiserslautern cars.

SACO · « **Reply #16 on:** February 23, 2012, 03:39:59 PM »

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #17 on:** February 23, 2012, 04:39:59 PM »

Quote from: Wendax on February 23, 2012, 12:52:15 PM

Looks like AutoPuzzles is becoming the leading online database of ~~Kaiserslautern~~ cars.

Allemano · « **Reply #18 on:** February 24, 2012, 02:10:15 AM »

Quote from: Wendax on February 23, 2012, 12:47:43 PM

The original 1954 letter to the editor:

Great find!

D-type · « **Reply #19 on:** February 25, 2012, 05:21:34 AM »

I can get the gist of what's written but no more. I don't know how to use Babelfisk etc, so could someone please translate it.

Wendax · « **Reply #20 on:** February 25, 2012, 03:46:57 PM »

"An Erlkönig?

I saw this car in Heidelberg. It caught my eye mainly because the roof had green windows at the front, the sides and the rear like coaches have. In the middle of the roof a sliding roof was installed. There was no name or emblem on the car. Is it a coachbuilt body or an Erlkönig?
Jürgen Kühneweg from Frankfurt-Zeilsheim

It is not an Erlkönig, but custombuilt car with engine and chassis from the DKW Meisterklasse. It belongs to a teacher at the academy of coachbuilding and automotive engineering at the school for master craftsmen in Kaiserslautern.
The editor"

In German, a disguised prototype of a car is called Erlkönig, named after a well known poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe which begins with the line "Wer reitet so spät durch Nacht und Wind" (Who is riding so late through night and wind). The English term would be development mule.

D-type · « **Reply #21 on:** February 25, 2012, 06:13:41 PM »

Thanks. That makes everything a lot clearer.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #22 on:** October 29, 2018, 12:48:38 PM »

A bit more details

Wendax · « **Reply #23 on:** October 29, 2018, 01:34:53 PM »

So now we even know the builder's name: Wilhelm Olfermann. That earns you one point!

pnegyesi · « **Reply #24 on:** October 29, 2018, 02:08:15 PM »

oh, thank you

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Author Topic: Solved: Wendax 483 - DKW Meisterklasse by Wilhelm Olfermann, Kaiserslautern (Read 2038 times)