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Solved: Wendax 683 - Baja cyclecar
« on: October 02, 2012, 01:04:04 PM »
A former enigma turned into a normal pro puzzle.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.
« Last Edit: October 02, 2012, 01:42:58 PM by Wendax »

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Re: Wendax 683
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2012, 05:00:09 AM »
German?

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Re: Wendax 683
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2012, 05:02:31 AM »
Not German

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Re: Wendax 683
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2012, 05:12:47 AM »
Austrian?
https://rareandunique.media - Rare&Unique Vehicles magazine
http://magyarjarmu.hu - detailed Hungarian motoring history (Hungarian language)
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Re: Wendax 683
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2012, 05:18:15 AM »
Ja  :D

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Re: Wendax 683
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2012, 05:23:50 AM »
Ru-An?
(Rumpler Anton)

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Re: Wendax 683
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2012, 05:33:31 AM »
Not the Ru-An (nor Austro-Rumpler)

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Re: Wendax 683
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2012, 05:34:16 AM »
Barth Köhler?

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Re: Wendax 683
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2012, 05:35:54 AM »
Not Barth & Köhler

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Re: Wendax 683
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2012, 05:38:04 AM »
E.S.A.? (Egon Seilnacht, Maschinen- und Rennwagenbau)

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Re: Wendax 683
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2012, 05:41:48 AM »

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Re: Wendax 683
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2012, 05:51:19 AM »
Was the company active for more than one year?

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Re: Wendax 683
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2012, 05:54:54 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 683
« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2012, 06:04:12 AM »
In the 1920-25 period?

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Re: Wendax 683
« Reply #14 on: October 03, 2012, 06:06:13 AM »
Yes, in the heyday of cyclecars.

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Re: Wendax 683
« Reply #15 on: October 03, 2012, 06:09:44 AM »
Active for more than three years?

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Re: Wendax 683
« Reply #16 on: October 03, 2012, 06:21:10 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 683
« Reply #17 on: October 03, 2012, 06:25:02 AM »
Baja?

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Re: Wendax 683
« Reply #18 on: October 03, 2012, 06:31:20 AM »
It wasn't that hard, wasn't it? I found another picture of a Baja in a trustable source and the cars look very much alike. The Baja was built from 1920 to 1924.

One more point for you.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 683 - Baja cyclecar
« Reply #19 on: October 03, 2012, 06:40:51 AM »
Just a list of 7-8 names I had to work through.


That's what my source reveals:

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Der Baja gab sein Debüt am 14. Juli 1920 beim Riederberg-Rennen in Österreich - das Cyclecar errang sogar einen Klassensieg. Der als Ein- oder Zweisitzer erhältliche Baja hatte einen luftgekühlten Einzylindermotor von 461 ccm und 3,5 PS der Marke Hiero und wurde bei der N. v. Jakabffy Ges.m.b.H. hergestellt. 1921 wurde die Produktion des Baja von der Firma Ing. Max Bartsch & Frankmann in Wien weitergeführt.
Das Auto hatte eine rahmenlose Sperrholzkarosserie und Drahtspeichenräder, ein Dreiganggetriebe und Kettenantrieb. Der Nama Baja stand für Bartsch und Jakabffy, doch in der Werbung interpretierte man ihn als eine Abkürzung für "Billiger als jeder andere".
Ab Februar 1922 bot man den Baja mit einem wassergekühlten Einzylindermotor an, ein Jahr später wurde eine Baja Cyclecar-Vertriebsgesellschaft m.b.H. gegründet, die den Kleinwagen auch exportierte. 1924 ging die Herstellung an die Fischamender Werke AG über; 1925 gab man seine Produktion auf.

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Re: Solved: Wendax 683 - Baja cyclecar
« Reply #20 on: October 21, 2013, 12:40:48 PM »
An old ad:

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Re: Solved: Wendax 683 - Baja cyclecar
« Reply #21 on: February 10, 2014, 02:02:58 PM »
Another Baja Cyclecar (formerly #4 in an Enigma group puzzle: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=20769)

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Re: Solved: Wendax 683 - Baja cyclecar
« Reply #22 on: March 21, 2014, 02:00:27 PM »
They even raced at the 1921 Semmeringrennen in Austria:

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Re: Solved: Wendax 683 - Baja cyclecar
« Reply #23 on: March 21, 2014, 02:01:23 PM »
 :thumbsup:

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Re: Solved: Wendax 683 - Baja cyclecar
« Reply #24 on: June 01, 2014, 04:44:44 PM »
This should be a Baja, too: