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Back into the sphere of one-off conversions done by obscure coachbuilders.

For one point, please respond and identify the base car and its coachbuilder.

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Re: Wendax 1076
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2013, 02:36:27 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1076
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2013, 04:23:11 AM »
Swiss conversion on AH Sprite?

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Re: Wendax 1076
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2013, 04:34:38 AM »
A conversion on an Austin-Healey Sprite, but not Swiss

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Re: Wendax 1076
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2013, 02:18:54 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1076
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2013, 04:57:34 PM »
I donīt have any details, but is this the same conversion?

« Last Edit: December 05, 2013, 05:03:17 PM by grobmotorix »

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Re: Wendax 1076
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2013, 01:01:53 AM »
A rare moment; I have been able to crack one of Gerd's obscure coachbuilders.  According to their website, this Austin-Healey Sprite conversion was done by Karosseriebau Wachtveitl of Regensburg, Germany.   

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Re: Wendax 1076
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2013, 02:30:12 AM »
Very well done, Wachtveitl is the name I was looking for. Their website is not absolutely clear whether the conversion was done by them or whether it was just Adolf Wachtveitl's car. Grob's picture of a similar car with Munich license plates puts a little question mark behind the assumed answer.

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Re: Solved: Wendax 1076 - Austin-Healey Sprite conversion by Wachtveitl
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2013, 04:59:26 AM »
Who knows...

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Re: Solved: Wendax 1076 - Austin-Healey Sprite conversion by Wachtveitl
« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2013, 11:56:17 AM »
You are correct that the website is unclear regarding the origin of the puzzle car, although I have my doubts that a coachbuilder would feature the work of another coachbuilder on his website.  Regardless of the origin, I really don't think that Grob's car and the puzzle car are one and the same.  While they are very similar, I think I see too many discrepancies to indicate that they are the same car, even if we allow that alterations could have been made over some time span.  Rather, I would speculate that perhaps Karosseriebau Wachtveitl produced more than one Austin-Healy Sprite conversion. 

Alternately, perhaps one of the conversions was done by a second coachbuilder, who was inspired by the other conversion.  Assuming this scenario, who knows which was the earlier, although somehow I think Grob's example looks a bit older.

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Re: Solved: Wendax 1076 - Austin-Healey Sprite conversion by Wachtveitl
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2020, 09:37:00 AM »
As my previously posted photo is obviously no more available I post this 1958 photo, not beeing sure if it was the same: