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solved - als097 - Denzel aka Volkswagen WD Equipment with fiberglass body
« on: March 02, 2015, 03:13:26 PM »
What is this spider, for one point?
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Re: als097
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2015, 10:24:18 AM »
I'm told by a normally reliable source that it might be a Denzel, but as I've never seen a real one....
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Re: als097
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2015, 10:57:57 AM »
Yes, it's indeed a Denzel. And unless your source is Google's "search by image", the point is your.

Can an admin, please, merge it with a similar puzzle already solved?
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Re: solved - als097 - Denzel
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2015, 11:44:28 AM »
No Google images involved. Just a friend who HAS seen one !
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Re: solved - als097 - Denzel
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2015, 11:45:01 AM »
There have been a handful of Denzel puzzles before but I don't think any of them have been the same as this car.
I wonder if this was a very early prototype, although it doesn't look identical to pictures on the web of some of the earliest ones to me.
I'll leave it for the moment, but I think Denzels should have a model name as well, e.g. 1500 S or Super 1300.   I did find one which was supposed to be a prototype named the WD Super Sports, which was shown at Geneva in 1953, but it wasn't the same as the puzzle car.  In fact I haven't found another one with that small lid to access the front compartment..

Maybe Wendax can throw some light on it?
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Re: solved - als097 - Denzel
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2015, 11:49:14 AM »
Unretouched picture, with original Austrian license plate, if can help.
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Re: solved - als097 - Denzel
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2015, 12:05:52 PM »
To me it looks like this one recently posted as a puzzle:
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=29560
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Re: solved - als097 - Denzel
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2015, 02:27:37 PM »
Similar, though that one has small extra vents in the front (for brake cooling?) plus the lid for the front compartment is much bigger.  I note that is the onlly 4-seater but can't tell how many seats als's Denzel has..
I'm not satisfied it's the same car!
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Re: solved - als097 - Denzel
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2016, 04:54:20 AM »
Another early Denzel with the same small bootlid, but nice position lights as well as a roof that seems to be a plexiglas one.
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Re: solved - als097 - Denzel
« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2016, 03:51:08 PM »
Another early Denzel:
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Re: solved - als097 - Denzel aka Volkswagen WD Equipment with fiberglass body
« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2022, 05:16:38 AM »
The puzzle car is quite interesting, because the number plate is not mentioned in Martin Pfundner's Denzel book. I think it might be the sixth Denzel built.
The car in reply #9 is the third Denzel built, the first one with doors.
The car in reply #8 is the fourth one built.

I have a picture of another mistery fiberglass Denzel. It has reinforced window pillars, probably added later when the bodywork began to weaken. I think this may also be Denzel #6 at the end of its life.
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