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Offline Wendax

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Solved: Wendax 848 - Steiger Sportmodell
« on: March 24, 2013, 06:30:34 AM »
Impressive exhaust, but unfortunately I can't recognize this car. How about you?

For one point, please respond and identify this car with proof added.
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Re: Wendax 848
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2014, 05:09:52 AM »
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Re: Wendax 848
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2014, 07:44:36 AM »
Well the Berlin number is much later than the car in my opinion.  c1930 where the car would be 1912-19.
My first thought was a Berlin maker, but that numberplate now makes me think it is not.
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Re: Wendax 848
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2014, 08:07:28 AM »
Quote from: Allan L on March 23, 2014, 07:44:36 AM
Well the Berlin number is much later than the car in my opinion.  c1930 where the car would be 1912-19.
My first thought was a Berlin maker, but that numberplate now makes me think it is not.

Built from an older chassis mated to a c.WW1 aero engine, but registered for the road in 1930? I think there is limited demand for a mobile tombola* game. That's a pretty big fuel tank, which makes me think it's a larger-than-usual motor to feed.

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Re: Wendax 848
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2014, 09:30:46 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on March 23, 2014, 08:07:28 AM


Built from an older chassis mated to a c.WW1 aero engine, but registered for the road in 1930? I think there is limited demand for a mobile tombola* game. That's a pretty big fuel tank, which makes me think it's a larger-than-usual motor to feed.

(* for non-UK members, it's a sort of lottery where numbers are drawn from a cylindrical container which is turned by a handle to mix-up the lottery tickets inside it.)
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In Italy we have the same game  ;D
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Re: Wendax 848
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2014, 01:43:19 PM »
I think it“s a Steiger...same wire wheels and tires.
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Re: Wendax 848
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2014, 02:52:13 PM »
I thought of Steiger before, but I couldn't find any pictures of a Steiger with four exhaust pipes located that high. But I will try to contact a German Steiger expert.
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Re: Wendax 848
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2014, 12:38:08 PM »
I had a nice mail conversation with Michael Schick, the author of the Steiger book. He is 90 percent sure that it is a 1922 Steiger Sportmodell, the SWB version on a 2600 mm wheelbase. For a short time it was equipped with those four exhaust pipes.

I call this puzzle solved and award the point to Joao.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 848 - Steiger Sportmodell
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2014, 01:28:49 PM »
Great!  :thumbsup:
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