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Know the name of this, the year, and the designer? A point will be yours if you do
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Re: Barrett's #40
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2010, 08:51:08 AM »
barrett, please check if some of your last puzzles have been posted before.. I'm pretty sure this was one of Carnut's.

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Re: Barrett's #40
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2010, 08:56:30 AM »
I did search for it, but I couldn't find it. i'll have another look.

edit - wow, my searching is terrible! both puzzles now fixed!
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Re: Barrett's #40
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2010, 12:48:10 PM »
Hopefully no repost.....an expert will get this easily anyway!

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Re: Barrett's #40
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2010, 07:12:21 PM »
I think that it is a repost.  I have it as Zündapp 1957 prototype Sport Coupe Pininfarina.  It was sent a few months ago.  I thought that it was the DKW 1956 prototype by Pininfarina.

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Re: Barrett's #40
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2010, 02:21:04 AM »
It seems it was part of a group puzzle a while ago, but not yet the subject of it's own puzzle. Annoyingly it only shows up in the solved section if you search for "Zündapp" (with umlaut), but not when you search for "Zundapp" (which is what I did originally). I apologise for my sloppyness with some of my recent puzzles, I always search to check if they are reposts but sometimes it just doesn't work out for me  :( I appreciate no one giving me any hassle for my mistakes!

Anyway, you just got yourself another point! If anyone knows what happened to this car i'd be interested to hear it, as I think it's very, very pretty indeed.

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Re: Barrett's #40 - Solved - 1957 Zündapp prototype by Pininfarina
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2010, 05:23:41 AM »
More pics:

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Solved - NEH 4255: 1955 Zundapp prototype with Climax engine
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2015, 07:47:27 AM »
A repost?  I thought so too but look again and there are many detail differences..
So, what is it, from when and powered by what - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 4255
« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2015, 05:31:43 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 4255
« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2015, 07:48:51 AM »
Moretti 750?

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Re: NEH 4255
« Reply #10 on: September 22, 2015, 07:54:05 AM »
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Re: NEH 4255
« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2015, 08:21:55 AM »
Italian car?

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Re: NEH 4255
« Reply #12 on: September 22, 2015, 08:39:47 AM »
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Re: NEH 4255
« Reply #13 on: September 22, 2015, 08:57:39 AM »
Although it's LHD,is the base car British?

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Re: NEH 4255
« Reply #14 on: September 22, 2015, 09:36:13 AM »
Although it's LHD,is the base car British?

No..
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Re: NEH 4255
« Reply #15 on: September 22, 2015, 10:52:44 AM »
Germanique car?

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Re: NEH 4255
« Reply #16 on: September 22, 2015, 11:16:09 AM »
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Re: NEH 4255
« Reply #17 on: September 22, 2015, 06:06:46 PM »
1958 Zundapp sport coupé by Pininfarina?

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Re: NEH 4255
« Reply #18 on: September 22, 2015, 06:28:16 PM »
1958 Zundapp sport coupé by Pininfarina?

Yes, you're right.
The Zundapp by Pininfarina has been puzzled here before, but you will notice there are differences in the body of that and the body of this.  Why that is I don't know; maybe the photo has been re-touched or maybe the bodywork isn't finished in this picture.

However, I'm looking for a bit more information this time, so it's locked for you to say what powered this car.  And the year is slightly wrong as well by the way!
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Re: NEH 4255
« Reply #19 on: September 23, 2015, 01:33:04 AM »
1956 for the year ans 600cc boxer engine

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Re: NEH 4255
« Reply #20 on: September 23, 2015, 04:17:07 AM »
1956 for the year ans 600cc boxer engine

1966 is correct.
According to the website I got the picture from the engine was not a 600cc boxer though.
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Re: NEH 4255
« Reply #21 on: September 23, 2015, 04:21:16 PM »
I guess  1200cc

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Re: NEH 4255
« Reply #22 on: September 24, 2015, 04:23:20 AM »
I guess  1200cc

According to the site I'm using as my source, yes.  But what engine (not Zundapp's own)?
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Re: NEH 4255
« Reply #23 on: September 24, 2015, 07:06:14 AM »
BMW engine?

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Re: NEH 4255
« Reply #24 on: September 24, 2015, 08:56:50 AM »
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