Author Topic: Karl Wojciechowski´s race car, GDR 1959 (Read 663 times)

grobmotorix · « **on:** June 09, 2013, 10:48:54 AM »

Who knows this "Eigenbau" race car?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #1 on:** August 16, 2013, 08:39:55 AM »

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D-type · « **Reply #2 on:** August 16, 2013, 03:08:27 PM »

Ernst Klodwig's BMW-Heck

grobmotorix · « **Reply #3 on:** August 16, 2013, 03:15:48 PM »

No, sorry.

And it has not BMW engine.

But it is indeed german.

D-type · « **Reply #4 on:** August 16, 2013, 05:51:45 PM »

So, it isn't the ubiquitous VW engine. Is it DKW powered?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #5 on:** August 16, 2013, 06:23:38 PM »

Not DKW, but is also a two-stroke engine...

D-type · « **Reply #6 on:** August 17, 2013, 08:44:23 AM »

Wartburg - or is that just a DKW engine under another name?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #7 on:** August 17, 2013, 05:33:08 PM »

Wartburg, exactly!

D-type · « **Reply #8 on:** August 18, 2013, 04:40:13 AM »

So, presumably East German.
An SEG?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #9 on:** August 18, 2013, 12:57:16 PM »

East German / GDR, yes.

But not an SEG.

D-type · « **Reply #10 on:** August 18, 2013, 03:08:51 PM »

Final try: Melkus
(as I've run out of DDR racing car makers)

grobmotorix · « **Reply #11 on:** August 18, 2013, 03:44:47 PM »

Not Melkus. It is a one-off...

mekubb · « **Reply #12 on:** August 20, 2013, 12:07:11 PM »

Quote from: grobmotorix on August 18, 2013, 03:44:47 PM

Not Melkus. It is a one-off...

Are you sure it's not a Melkus ? I found the same pic on a special site and there it is said to be a competition car realized by Heinz Melkus and with a 70 HP Wartburg engine... see attachment

grobmotorix · « **Reply #13 on:** August 20, 2013, 02:12:04 PM »

Well - my source is a well known GDR publication. They claim it to be not a Melkus.
And if there was a Melkus connection, I´m sure they would have mentioned him in this concise description of this car:

mekubb · « **Reply #14 on:** August 21, 2013, 08:05:34 AM »

I can't find anything that is NOT referring to Melkus, all websites where this car is mentioned call it a Melkus with Wartburg engine. Most of them call it a Melkus 1000 Corsa.

grobmotorix · « **Reply #15 on:** August 21, 2013, 11:32:49 AM »

I´ve got to say that I trust my source; it is the official GDR annual "Motor-Jahr".

And I do not know of any serious printed publication about Melkus that shows this car.

Sorry - carry on.

I´ll help massively:

His first name was "Karl"

D-type · « **Reply #16 on:** September 05, 2013, 05:37:31 PM »

Marx?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #17 on:** September 05, 2013, 06:07:07 PM »

Well, no...

grobmotorix · « **Reply #18 on:** September 11, 2013, 02:16:21 PM »

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Allemano · « **Reply #19 on:** September 11, 2013, 02:21:24 PM »

Karl-August Bergmann?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #20 on:** September 11, 2013, 02:24:16 PM »

No, not him.

Wendax · « **Reply #21 on:** September 11, 2013, 04:16:33 PM »

Karl Wojciechowski?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #22 on:** September 11, 2013, 05:17:34 PM »

BAM!

Karl Wojciechowski from Wittenberg/GDR built this 395kg lightweight racer with a Wartburg engine in 1959.

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Author Topic: Karl Wojciechowski´s race car, GDR 1959 (Read 663 times)