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Solved: Wendax 1191 - Danish conversion on a BMW 326
« on: March 14, 2014, 03:06:05 AM »
No use in hiding the maker of the base car.

For one point, please respond and identify this car by naming the base car as well as year and country of modification.

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Re: Wendax 1191
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2014, 03:19:27 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1191
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2014, 04:01:31 PM »
BMW 502 by Ramseier/Worblaufen 1957?

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Re: Wendax 1191
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2014, 04:10:35 PM »
BMW 501 by Autenrieth 1956?

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Re: Wendax 1191
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2014, 04:37:05 PM »
1956 is correct, 501 isn't.
Neither was it done by Autenrieth. I don't know the coachbuilder's name, just the country where the car was modified.

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Re: Wendax 1191
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2014, 05:06:13 PM »
Is it a 327/328 with a 501/502 body?

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Re: Wendax 1191
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2014, 06:32:39 PM »
No, but your answer leads in the right direction

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Re: Wendax 1191
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2014, 06:44:19 PM »
EMW rather than BMW?
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Re: Wendax 1191
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2014, 02:22:03 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1191
« Reply #10 on: March 29, 2014, 02:34:29 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1191
« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2014, 03:04:54 AM »
East Germany, 1955?
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Re: Wendax 1191
« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2014, 03:14:08 AM »
No and no

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Re: Wendax 1191
« Reply #13 on: March 29, 2014, 03:28:27 AM »
sorry, it was 1956. So the year is established.

Was this done in Scandinavia?
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Re: Wendax 1191
« Reply #14 on: March 29, 2014, 07:42:00 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 1191
« Reply #15 on: March 29, 2014, 09:06:01 AM »
Is the base car a Bmw 335?

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Re: Wendax 1191
« Reply #16 on: March 29, 2014, 12:07:02 PM »
was this done in Norway?
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Re: Wendax 1191
« Reply #17 on: March 29, 2014, 12:56:55 PM »
1956 UK bodied BMW 335?

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Re: Wendax 1191
« Reply #18 on: March 29, 2014, 03:33:07 PM »
Not Norway, not UK, not BMW 335

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Re: Wendax 1191
« Reply #19 on: March 29, 2014, 04:39:21 PM »
Is it a Swedish Bmw 326?

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Re: Wendax 1191
« Reply #20 on: March 29, 2014, 04:55:27 PM »
BMW 326 is correct, but it is not Swedish.

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Re: Wendax 1191
« Reply #21 on: March 29, 2014, 04:58:58 PM »
A Danish Bmw 326? I found some notices about a danish coachbuilder, Viby Karosseriefabrik, who realized some variations on Bmw and Emw, one of them has a front that is quite similar to the quiz car's one.
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Re: Wendax 1191
« Reply #22 on: March 29, 2014, 05:09:31 PM »
Yes, it is a BMW 326 that was modernized in Denmark in 1956. I don't know the coachbuilder as my source didn't tell. Viby Karosserifabrik could be a possible choice.