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Solved: Wendax 1147 - DEW Taxi
« on: January 29, 2014, 02:27:03 AM »
The chequered line could serve as a hint.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2014, 02:46:39 PM »
Ok, so let's start with the -hopefully- obvious...

Is it a taxi cab from the USA?

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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2014, 02:55:48 PM »
It is a taxicab, but not from the USA.

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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2014, 02:08:11 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2014, 03:58:57 AM »
Australia?

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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2014, 03:59:33 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2014, 05:41:39 AM »
Is it from Europe at all?

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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2014, 05:44:52 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2014, 04:38:16 PM »
Spain?

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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2014, 04:58:52 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2014, 05:04:31 PM »
Right hand drive judging from the bulb horn. 

So is it from Italy (where they drove on the left in towns and on the right ouitside them)?
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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2014, 05:27:52 PM »
Not Italian

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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2014, 09:53:55 AM »
Portugal?

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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2014, 11:12:52 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2014, 02:16:42 PM »
Belgium??

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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2014, 02:41:41 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #16 on: February 06, 2014, 02:58:30 PM »
France?

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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #17 on: February 06, 2014, 03:00:29 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #18 on: February 06, 2014, 03:48:18 PM »
Germany?

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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #19 on: February 06, 2014, 04:06:50 PM »
Yes   ;D

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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #20 on: February 13, 2014, 02:14:21 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #21 on: February 13, 2014, 08:33:01 AM »
I can“t remember the year, but, it“s an Avuag Elektromobil Taxi : Automobil-Verkehrs-Unternehmer A. G. from Berlin.

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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #22 on: February 13, 2014, 08:42:07 AM »
Avuag was the Berlin taxi company that operated these cabs. They were not the builder.

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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #23 on: February 13, 2014, 09:01:21 AM »
Zschopauer Motorwerke I. S. Rasmussen A. G. ?

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Re: Wendax 1147
« Reply #24 on: February 13, 2014, 09:39:08 AM »
Zschopauer Motorwerke I. S. Rasmussen A. G. ?
That is the right company, but the name of the brand was different.
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