SAC#1009: Fiat 1100 Cabriolet by Drauz, Frankfurt show 1951

SACO · August 04, 2015, 01:55:29 AM

What's this, and from when , for 1 point ?

SACO · August 11, 2015, 02:24:56 AM

Experts !

frederick59 · August 12, 2015, 02:49:27 AM

Renault 4 cv base?

SACO · August 14, 2015, 01:51:36 AM

Not Renault 4 cv base !

frederick59 · August 15, 2015, 10:24:16 AM

Not a 4cv but Renault?

richard cuyler · August 15, 2015, 07:25:11 PM

Simca?

SACO · August 18, 2015, 02:19:10 AM

Not a Simca !

frederick59 · August 19, 2015, 08:38:04 AM

look like some sort of Renault

SACO · August 20, 2015, 02:27:34 AM

Not a Renault !

frederick59 · August 20, 2015, 06:19:40 AM

French car?

SACO · August 20, 2015, 07:24:41 AM

Not a French car !

frederick59 · August 20, 2015, 09:58:10 AM

Italian car?

SACO · August 20, 2015, 12:07:06 PM

Yes !

SACO · September 01, 2015, 02:11:44 AM

Pros !

Wendax · September 01, 2015, 02:17:01 AM

Fiat 1100 by Francis Lombardi?

SACO · September 01, 2015, 02:27:07 AM

Yes ! a Fiat , but I don't know the coach builder !
Have you more informations ?

Wendax · September 01, 2015, 02:28:06 AM

No, it was just an educated guess.

SACO · September 01, 2015, 02:41:08 AM

Doubtless not Lombardi but I think that you can find !

Wendax · September 01, 2015, 02:45:20 AM

Thinking along different paths: Continental tires and "Phoenix Reifen" sign in the background. Is it a German coachwork, perhaps Wendler?

SACO · September 01, 2015, 03:40:38 AM

Doubtless a German coachwork !
Just the venue and you have the point !

Wendax · September 01, 2015, 03:46:43 AM

Should be IAA 1951 in Frankfurt:

SACO · September 01, 2015, 07:17:36 AM

Yes ! Fiat (1100/1400 ? ) Frankfurt show 1951 !
the car is not on your photo

Another point for Wendax !

Wendax · September 01, 2015, 05:26:25 PM

I think I found out who the coachbuilder of this convertible was. Rometsch displayed a one-off Fiat 1100 Cabriolet at the 1951 IAA. The response to it was positive enough to start a series of 50 Fiat 1400 Cabriolets showing a similar design (http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=19422).

grobmotorix · January 02, 2018, 09:04:42 AM

My source tells me it was made by Drauz...

grobmotorix · January 02, 2018, 11:11:24 AM

Drauz would make much more sense in my eyes as they were closely located and related to NSU-Fiat and postwar NSU.
The company even was bought by NSU in 1965...

Her is my (not longer available source) - this guy displayed the IAA of 1951 with several contemporary magazine scans back then:

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SAC#1009: Fiat 1100 Cabriolet by Drauz, Frankfurt show 1951