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Solved - NEH 3109: Home-built Trabant 500 Roadster
« on: November 25, 2013, 10:06:08 AM »
Identify what this is correctly for 1 point:

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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2013, 10:31:33 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2013, 10:48:51 AM »
hello,Im curious If this could be a 1956 tatra sports car prototype?
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2013, 11:19:45 AM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on December 09, 2013, 10:48:51 AM
hello,Im curious If this could be a 1956 tatra sports car prototype?

It's not a Tatra..
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2013, 02:35:44 PM »
Is this car a one-off? If so ,michelotti-based?
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2013, 02:42:00 PM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on December 09, 2013, 02:35:44 PM
Is this car a one-off? If so ,michelotti-based?

It's a one-off, yes, but nothing to do with Michelotti at all.
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2013, 03:55:27 PM »
Looks like a Turner and an XK120 got together and had an (ugly) baby!  ;D
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2013, 04:48:26 PM »
any connection with EMW?
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2013, 06:26:22 PM »
Quote from: WayneB on December 09, 2013, 03:55:27 PM
Looks like a Turner and an XK120 got together and had an (ugly) baby!  ;D

I thought at first it was a distorted photo, but apparently not!

Quote from: kwgibbs on December 09, 2013, 04:48:26 PM
any connection with EMW?

No..
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #9 on: December 09, 2013, 09:08:09 PM »
was this one-off,built in Germany?
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2013, 04:21:42 AM »
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was this one-off,built in Germany?

Yes!
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2013, 09:33:10 AM »
was this german one-off,based on a mass produced car,If so,was it Trabant?
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2013, 09:34:42 AM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on December 10, 2013, 09:33:10 AM
was this german one-off,based on a mass produced car,If so,was it Trabant?

Yes, it was based on a Trabant.
I'll lock it for you to tell me what it is correctly described as (fairly obvious!)

Here's the rear view; it's not much better than the front though I'm afraid!
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2013, 02:41:14 PM »
I was wondering why the Trabant engineers felt the need to have 10  nuts to hold a wheel on? :o
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2013, 03:18:16 PM »
was it based on the model trabant called the tramp?
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #15 on: December 10, 2013, 06:03:41 PM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on December 10, 2013, 03:18:16 PM
was it based on the model trabant called the tramp?

I don't know of that name in connection with this car..
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #16 on: December 10, 2013, 07:19:53 PM »
was it called trabant p-50 open two-seater?
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #17 on: December 11, 2013, 04:44:23 AM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on December 10, 2013, 07:19:53 PM
was it called trabant p-50 open two-seater?

It's not the name I have..
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #18 on: December 11, 2013, 09:30:22 AM »
was it named the split-screened two-seater trabant?
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #19 on: December 11, 2013, 10:10:52 AM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on December 11, 2013, 09:30:22 AM
was it named the split-screened two-seater trabant?

No, you were nearer before as its name is something to do with its engine..  Now there's a clue for you!
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #20 on: December 11, 2013, 11:09:59 AM »
was it called,trabant two-cylinder p50 two-seater?
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #21 on: December 11, 2013, 12:05:08 PM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on December 11, 2013, 11:09:59 AM
was it called,trabant two-cylinder p50 two-seater?

No, it's not P50.  What size engine does P50 mean?
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #22 on: December 11, 2013, 12:15:26 PM »
sorry for that,was it trabant 500?
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Re: NEH 3109
« Reply #23 on: December 11, 2013, 03:01:09 PM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on December 11, 2013, 12:15:26 PM
sorry for that,was it trabant 500?

Yes, that's it.
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Re: Solved - NEH 3109: Home-built Trabant 500 Roadster
« Reply #24 on: December 11, 2013, 03:03:48 PM »
thank you!
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