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Solved: Wendax 822 - Opel Olympia 1950 by Langenthal
« on: February 27, 2013, 02:24:53 AM »
Near mint.

For one point, please respond and identify this car, tell me what is special about it and who was responsible for it.
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2013, 02:33:32 AM »
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2013, 02:51:18 AM »
it looks like a normal Opel kadett Olympia, 1951...has it a special mechanics?
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2013, 02:52:38 AM »
I would say it looks like an unrestaured version of a 1950 Olympia by Opel?
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2013, 03:05:49 AM »
It is an Opel Olympia from 1950 (not Kadett), but there is a visible difference to the stock 1950 Olympia.
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2013, 03:13:59 AM »
The trunk looks different.
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2013, 03:28:41 AM »
Quote from: DeAutogids on March 06, 2013, 03:13:59 AM
The trunk looks different.
Follow that path.
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2013, 05:56:26 PM »
In my first post I told about a Kadett Olympia 1951; you corrected me, saying it was not a Kadett...and it was from 1950. Perhaps that was a clue: I think Opel Olympia got a larger trunk  since 1951 only, so this could be a sort of prototype of the renewed model.
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2013, 06:07:42 PM »
Is it the "humpback" trunk (boot) that's different from the 1951 "bustle-back" trunk?

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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2013, 06:10:08 PM »
Quote from: targhediferro on March 12, 2013, 05:56:26 PM
In my first post I told about a Kadett Olympia 1951; you corrected me, saying it was not a Kadett...and it was from 1950. Perhaps that was a clue: I think Opel Olympia got a larger trunk  since 1951 only, so this could be a sort of prototype of the renewed model.
It is not a prototype. Let's say, someone had an idea before the guys at Opel themselves.
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2013, 06:11:22 PM »
Quote from: RayTheRat on March 12, 2013, 06:07:42 PM
Is it the "humpback" trunk (boot) that's different from the 1951 "bustle-back" trunk?
Yes, the trunk is what makes the puzzle car different, but who was responsible for it?
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2013, 06:13:59 PM »
Was it an home-made one-off, or a coachbuilder job?
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2013, 06:25:56 PM »
Meh....

Perhaps a police car.

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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2013, 06:26:04 PM »
A coachbuilder's job, there were several built.
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2013, 06:31:00 PM »
Quote from: Bill Murray on March 12, 2013, 06:25:56 PM
Meh....

Perhaps a police car.

Bill
I don't know for sure, but I don't think so. Special police coachwork at that time was usually of the Kübelwagen type, like the Volkswagen Typ 18A or the Mercedes-Benz 170 Da OTP.
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #15 on: March 12, 2013, 06:47:55 PM »
 Rometsch?
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #16 on: March 12, 2013, 06:50:55 PM »
No
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #17 on: March 12, 2013, 06:55:13 PM »
Miesen?
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #18 on: March 13, 2013, 02:25:16 AM »
No
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #19 on: March 13, 2013, 02:12:51 PM »
Wendler?
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #20 on: March 13, 2013, 02:31:09 PM »
No
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #21 on: March 13, 2013, 06:27:48 PM »
Karmann?
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #22 on: March 14, 2013, 03:15:08 AM »
No.

A hint: the coachbuilder was not German.
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #23 on: March 14, 2013, 05:08:21 AM »
Swiss coach builder ?
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Re: Wendax 822
« Reply #24 on: March 14, 2013, 05:12:13 AM »
Yes
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