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Ubb83 Hansa 3500 Privat Cabriolet 1938
« on: April 05, 2013, 03:49:37 PM »
An unfinished car, what is it, from when and what's special about it ?
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Re: Ubb83
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2013, 02:51:22 AM »
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Re: Ubb83
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2013, 03:55:02 AM »
BMW?

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Re: Ubb83
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2013, 12:34:16 PM »
Hansa 2000 ?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: Ubb83
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2013, 05:07:03 PM »

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Re: Ubb83
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2013, 05:19:54 PM »
I think it might be a Hansa 2300 which was produced into WW2 from 1939. Is it maybe the prototype ?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: Ubb83
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2013, 01:52:18 AM »
Sorry Nicanari, I waited to see if Ubb would have locked it for you, but now I'm afraid someone will overcome me...so I give my answer:
Hansa Privat 3500 cabriolet from 1938. This car, recently rescued, seems to be the only one left of this series, and was a gift from Borgward factory to Bilbao city in Spain. Plate BI-13281.
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Re: Ubb83
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2013, 12:31:01 PM »
I saw both replies from nicanary and targhediferro only this morning, Hansa is correct but targhediferro has got it 100% right. So I'll award a point to Luciano.

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Re: Ubb83 Hansa 3500 Privat Cabriolet 1938
« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2013, 03:05:31 AM »
This Hansa 3500 is not a Cabriolet, but a Cabrio-Limousine, because the window frames are fixed. The Hansa 3500 was called Privat, because it was mainly developed for the personal use of Carl F.W. Borgward himself. We had the sedan (with a modified front) before: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=21484.0

Below you can find a drawing of a 3500 Cabriolet by Gläser.

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Re: Ubb83 Hansa 3500 Privat Cabriolet 1938
« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2013, 05:25:07 PM »
... and the earlier version with different hood louvers.