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Solved: Wendax 927 - IFA F9 by Arbeitsgruppe Chemnitz
« on: June 09, 2013, 04:27:07 PM »
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For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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Re: Wendax 927
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2013, 03:13:07 AM »
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Re: Wendax 927
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2013, 02:09:34 PM »
Can't find it on my usual site. I'm guessing it's German - BMW base ?
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Re: Wendax 927
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2013, 02:12:51 PM »
German, but not BMW based
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Re: Wendax 927
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2013, 04:07:59 PM »
DKW engine ?
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Re: Wendax 927
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2013, 04:37:12 PM »
Closely related
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Re: Wendax 927
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2013, 04:53:18 PM »
It's not a good photo, but that's part of the fun with Autopuzzles. I can't think what it is, and research into Wartburg and IFA has not given me an answer.

It looks 1950-55 , so it's not Auto-Union. It has vague similarities to an IFA F9 coupe from 1954, and I wonder if it an early version of this, later converted to a coupe ?
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Re: Wendax 927
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2013, 05:10:08 PM »
You are getting very close. It is an IFA F 9 racer.
You are in the right timespan. 1954 is too late though.
The photo is not good, and there is a reason for it.

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Re: Wendax 927
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2013, 05:29:23 PM »
Helmut Richter's "eigenbau" ?
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Re: Wendax 927
« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2013, 02:25:48 AM »
Helmut Richter was one of the drivers. Tell me the year, then you'll obtain the point.
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Re: Wendax 927
« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2013, 05:27:08 AM »
My source says that other drivers were Erich Hofmokel and Erich Hochmogel (surely the same man ?) - is the year 1950?
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Re: Wendax 927
« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2013, 06:49:51 AM »
Yes, 1950 is correct. I think the name of the second driver was Erich Hofmogel, but I have to look it up.

The car was designed and built by the "Arbeitsgruppe Chemnitz", a team of racing enthusiasts at the former Wanderer factory. Although it was an Eigenbau and not factory-built, the IFA combinate used it, slightly retouched, in an advertisement where I took the picture from.

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Re: Solved: Wendax 927 - IFA F9 by Arbeitsgruppe Chemnitz
« Reply #12 on: June 17, 2013, 07:41:05 AM »
No wonder I couldn't find it on my usual sites ! They changed the appearance for the ad.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 927 - IFA F9 by Arbeitsgruppe Chemnitz
« Reply #13 on: June 17, 2013, 12:07:17 PM »
A better look on the puzzle picture ad:
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Re: Solved: Wendax 927 - IFA F9 by Arbeitsgruppe Chemnitz
« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2015, 09:56:14 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on June 17, 2013, 07:41:05 AM
No wonder I couldn't find it on my usual sites ! They changed the appearance for the ad.
You are right, the real car looked like this:
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