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Solved - NEH 2603: DKW F8-based Sport Special with Auto-Union badging
« on: April 05, 2013, 07:39:06 AM »
Identify what this is, what it's based on, what features it has and where it resided - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 2603
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2013, 04:47:42 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 2603
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2013, 02:41:52 PM »
Is this a one-off?
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Re: NEH 2603
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2013, 03:19:08 PM »
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Re: NEH 2603
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2013, 05:22:24 PM »
Usually wheels are a good clue, but without hubcaps is more difficult. I thought to a Fiat Topolino derived, but the edge of the wheels is different. Anyway, is this car italian?
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Re: NEH 2603
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2013, 06:54:57 PM »
Quote from: targhediferro on April 12, 2013, 05:22:24 PM
Usually wheels are a good clue, but without hubcaps is more difficult. I thought to a Fiat Topolino derived, but the edge of the wheels is different. Anyway, is this car italian?

It's not Italian - ergo it can't be a Fiat!
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Re: NEH 2603
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2013, 08:19:06 PM »
Second guess: German and if yes, perhaps a kleinschnittger base?
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Re: NEH 2603
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2013, 01:37:49 PM »
Quote from: targhediferro on April 12, 2013, 08:19:06 PM
Second guess: German and if yes, perhaps a kleinschnittger base?

It's German, yes, but nothing to do with Kleinschnittger.
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Re: NEH 2603
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2013, 01:44:58 PM »
DKW F4 based?
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Re: NEH 2603
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2013, 01:50:27 PM »
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Re: NEH 2603
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2013, 06:58:56 PM »
It's the DKW Sport Special of Bart Mooij of the Netherlands. It was based on a pre-war DKW F8, although it carried Auto-Union badges. It had a steel body and what was thought to be hood (bonnet) and doors in alloy. Detachable hardtop and plexiglass sidescreens.
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Re: NEH 2603
« Reply #11 on: April 14, 2013, 10:35:07 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on April 13, 2013, 06:58:56 PM
It's the DKW Sport Special of Bart Mooij of the Netherlands. It was based on a pre-war DKW F8, although it carried Auto-Union badges. It had a steel body and what was thought to be hood (bonnet) and doors in alloy. Detachable hardtop and plexiglass sidescreens.

And there isn't much I can add to that except that it was powered by a two-stroke DKW engine and its Dutch registration was BX-57-06.
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Re: Solved - NEH 2603: DKW F8-based Sport Special with Auto-Union badging
« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2023, 06:19:52 AM »
To clarify: Bart Mooij was just the owner in 1965, not the builder.
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