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Solved - NEH 2678: GRP-bodied VW prototype - 1948
« on: May 15, 2013, 09:56:52 AM »
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Re: NEH 2678
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2013, 05:28:06 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 2678
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2013, 08:09:36 AM »
Porsche 356 fastback project?

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Re: NEH 2678
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2013, 08:48:48 AM »
Porsche 356 fastback project?

Not a Porsche!
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Re: NEH 2678
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2013, 10:42:44 AM »
this car resembles the 1958 reitz pinnaduo?

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Re: NEH 2678
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2013, 11:21:53 AM »
this car resembles the 1958 reitz pinnaduo?

Perhaps (I'll have to look that one up!) but that's not what it is..
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Re: NEH 2678
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2013, 02:06:20 PM »
Is this a one-off car?

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Re: NEH 2678
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2013, 02:16:27 PM »
Is this a one-off car?

More a prototype..  As far as I know it was never actually completed though.
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Re: NEH 2678
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2013, 03:31:53 PM »
Is this car german?

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Re: NEH 2678
« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2013, 04:23:10 AM »
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Re: NEH 2678
« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2013, 06:22:29 AM »
Looks like a Borgward Hansa 2400 - is it the prototype ? Circa 1953.
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: NEH 2678
« Reply #11 on: May 23, 2013, 07:08:53 AM »
Looks like a Borgward Hansa 2400 - is it the prototype ? Circa 1953.

No, it's not a Borgward and it's earlier than 1953.
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Re: NEH 2678
« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2013, 01:30:24 PM »
VW Prototyp 1948

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Re: NEH 2678
« Reply #13 on: May 23, 2013, 03:33:22 PM »
VW Prototyp 1948

It is, yes, but it's a bit more than just that.
What is different about it?
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Re: NEH 2678
« Reply #14 on: May 23, 2013, 03:48:02 PM »
Body in fiberglass and aluminum. Never ended

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Re: NEH 2678
« Reply #15 on: May 24, 2013, 11:49:10 AM »
Body in fiberglass and aluminum. Never ended

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Re: Solved - NEH 2678: GRP-bodied VW prototype - 1948
« Reply #16 on: May 24, 2013, 12:12:46 PM »
One of the many marvels at the Prototyp museum in Hamburg.