Author Topic: Solved: PN #780 -- Hey Mk I, cca 1960 (Read 1081 times)

pnegyesi · « **on:** July 26, 2015, 11:00:36 AM »

Please identify this race car for a point

pnegyesi · « **Reply #1 on:** August 02, 2015, 11:05:55 AM »

Experts?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #2 on:** August 09, 2015, 12:00:11 PM »

Professionals?

Djetset · « **Reply #3 on:** August 09, 2015, 12:08:39 PM »

Falcon related?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #4 on:** August 09, 2015, 12:14:27 PM »

nicanary · « **Reply #5 on:** August 09, 2015, 12:20:12 PM »

So is it an Ashley?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #6 on:** August 09, 2015, 12:21:55 PM »

nicanary · « **Reply #7 on:** August 09, 2015, 12:37:06 PM »

British-built special?

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #8 on:** August 09, 2015, 12:44:19 PM »

From Down Under?

Carnut · « **Reply #9 on:** August 09, 2015, 01:29:43 PM »

Gemini?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #10 on:** August 09, 2015, 01:37:29 PM »

neither British, nor Australian and not a Gemini

nicanary · « **Reply #11 on:** August 09, 2015, 02:15:36 PM »

It looks like a period photo, and the car has a roll bar, which would be quite unusual in Europe. Is this North America?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #12 on:** August 09, 2015, 02:31:54 PM »

let's go back to Europe

oko94 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 09, 2015, 03:41:39 PM »

From Scandinavia ?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #14 on:** August 10, 2015, 12:13:03 AM »

Carnut · « **Reply #15 on:** August 10, 2015, 04:40:38 AM »

Is it a Falcon shell?

oko94 · « **Reply #16 on:** August 10, 2015, 04:41:39 AM »

Made in Benelux ?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #17 on:** August 10, 2015, 08:09:34 AM »

not a Falcon shell, not from Benelux

oko94 · « **Reply #18 on:** August 10, 2015, 09:21:54 AM »

Made in Germany ?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #19 on:** August 11, 2015, 01:55:13 AM »

yes, this one was built in Germany

oko94 · « **Reply #20 on:** August 11, 2015, 02:45:37 AM »

DKW/Auto Union underpinnings ?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #21 on:** August 11, 2015, 02:48:51 AM »

oko94 · « **Reply #22 on:** August 11, 2015, 03:30:06 AM »

Home-made one-off or built by a company ?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #23 on:** August 11, 2015, 07:10:25 AM »

self-built

nicanary · « **Reply #24 on:** August 14, 2015, 10:38:02 AM »

Was Albrecht Mantzel involved?

Please ignore the above question. Whilst investigating further into the world of DKW tuners, I found the answer. It's the Hey Mk.1, built by Dr. Theophil Hey using what he called an Elva body/chassis (so it's probably an Elva frame with an Ashley shell), and a self-tuned DKW F12 engine. The year is a bit vague - he built it during his days as a medical student, in the early 1960s.

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Author Topic: Solved: PN #780 -- Hey Mk I, cca 1960 (Read 1081 times)