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Re: NEH 3638
« Reply #75 on: September 04, 2014, 07:24:07 PM »
so far I can only find the names afm opel and afm fiat that was with this car, but no year yet,I ,ll keep trying though?
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Re: NEH 3638
« Reply #76 on: September 05, 2014, 03:49:41 AM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on September 04, 2014, 07:24:07 PM
so far I can only find the names afm opel and afm fiat that was with this car, but no year yet,I ,ll keep trying though?

You're nearly there; it's an AFM Fiat (AFM Opel-based engine and Fiat chassis).
Still locked for you to give the year.
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Re: NEH 3638
« Reply #77 on: September 05, 2014, 07:59:58 AM »
was it 1960?
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Re: NEH 3638
« Reply #78 on: September 05, 2014, 08:00:24 AM »
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Re: NEH 3638
« Reply #79 on: September 05, 2014, 11:04:52 AM »
would it be 1950?
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Re: NEH 3638
« Reply #80 on: September 05, 2014, 02:16:48 PM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on September 05, 2014, 11:04:52 AM
would it be 1950?

Nearly there... You're very very close!
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Re: NEH 3638
« Reply #81 on: September 05, 2014, 04:10:59 PM »
would it be 1949?
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Re: NEH 3638
« Reply #82 on: September 06, 2014, 10:03:22 AM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on September 05, 2014, 04:10:59 PM
would it be 1949?

Yes indeed - the year I was born!
So it's solved now.  Good work!
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Re: Solved - NEH 3638: Drews-bodied AFM-Fiat - 1949
« Reply #83 on: September 06, 2014, 10:38:34 AM »
Thanks for the point! wow, were nearly the same age,I was born in 55.
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Re: Solved - NEH 3638: Drews-bodied AFM-Fiat - 1949
« Reply #84 on: September 06, 2014, 12:25:41 PM »
Could you PM me where you got the information from, especially year and the Fiat chassis bits?
I found this car in literature as the AFM Super 2500 Cabriolet, a one-off from 1951.
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Re: Solved - NEH 3638: Drews-bodied AFM-Fiat - 1949
« Reply #85 on: September 06, 2014, 02:12:01 PM »
Quote from: Wendax on September 06, 2014, 12:25:41 PM
Could you PM me where you got the information from, especially year and the Fiat chassis bits?
I found this car in literature as the AFM Super 2500 Cabriolet, a one-off from 1951.

I'll try my best; I struggled to find it again last week but hopefully I saved the site as a favourite, but on my computer at work.
I'll have a look on Monday (I can log in from here but won't have the time what with the Italian Grand Prix and the pre-1980's TVR meet tomorrow..)

The site I found it on last week might not be the original one I got the picture from however, as I have a recollection that it also detailed who the car was built for, an aristocratic gentlemen; I have been unable to verify that though.
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Re: Solved - NEH 3638: Drews-bodied AFM-Fiat - 1949
« Reply #86 on: September 06, 2014, 05:31:49 PM »
No need to hurry. I'm looking forward to your answer.
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Re: Solved - NEH 3638: Drews-bodied AFM-Fiat - 1949
« Reply #87 on: September 06, 2014, 07:09:12 PM »
Quote from: Wendax on September 06, 2014, 05:31:49 PM
No need to hurry. I'm looking forward to your answer.

PM sent
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Re: Solved - NEH 3638: Drews-bodied AFM-Fiat - 1949
« Reply #88 on: September 07, 2014, 12:23:42 PM »
Which Fiat engine? Do you know?
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Re: Solved - NEH 3638: Drews-bodied AFM-Fiat - 1949
« Reply #89 on: September 07, 2014, 01:48:19 PM »
Quote from: als15 on September 07, 2014, 12:23:42 PM
Which Fiat engine? Do you know?

Fiat provided the chassis; the engine is an Opel-based AFM
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Re: Solved - NEH 3638: Drews-bodied AFM-Fiat - 1949
« Reply #90 on: September 07, 2014, 04:55:36 PM »
Ok, sorry, but from which car, if known?
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Re: Solved - NEH 3638: Drews-bodied AFM-Fiat - 1949
« Reply #91 on: September 07, 2014, 05:19:34 PM »
I'm not sure about the Fiat chassis, but sources are scarce for the AFM 2500. Usually mentioned as the first one was the 1951 coupe: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=11859, with an Opel Kapitän engine and a tubular frame. Then there was a Drews-bodied convertible, mentioned here before: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=19186. This puzzle car shows stylistic similarities to the 1949 Drews convertibles on VW chassis: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=9800. Meanwhile I tend to agree that it is a Fiat-based one-off for AFM. Then it wouldn't have an Opel engine, nor a tubular chassis, but probably be based on a Fiat 1100, but that's just my opinion.
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Re: Solved - NEH 3638: Drews-bodied AFM-Fiat - 1949
« Reply #92 on: September 08, 2014, 05:25:44 AM »
It's hard to find information on these cars and of course much of what you do find can be inaccurate.
I got my info from a usually reliable source but that's not to say it's guaranteed to be 100 pct correct..
But how to find out for sure?
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Re: Solved - NEH 3638: Drews-bodied AFM-Fiat - 1949
« Reply #93 on: May 01, 2020, 11:32:46 AM »
I'm not sure whether this isn't just a Drews-bodied Fiat 1100 with an Fiat-based AFM 1100 engine. Can anyone recognize the emblem? It is not AFM. The lettering beneath it should say "Karosserie Drews".
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Re: Solved - NEH 3638: AFM-Fiat bodied by Drews - 1949
« Reply #94 on: September 28, 2022, 04:13:57 PM »
This car was built in 1950 by Drews for race driver Teddy Vorster on a Fiat 1100 chassis. The Fiat engine was modified by AFM.
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