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Re: Wendax 1772
« Reply #25 on: December 16, 2015, 04:31:31 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1772
« Reply #26 on: December 16, 2015, 04:34:23 PM »
The reason I mentioned Bergstrom is that he built a DKW sports car with TWO engines, and although I cannot find a photo, the car is said to have an attractive body with a rounded front grille and pontoon sides, rather like the Lancia D50. You have shortened the puzzle photo, and I thought maybe you were hiding the body style.
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: Wendax 1772
« Reply #27 on: December 16, 2015, 04:39:07 PM »
I wasn't aware of that car, but it isn't the one.

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Re: Wendax 1772
« Reply #28 on: December 16, 2015, 05:22:58 PM »
DKW F7 base car ?

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Re: Wendax 1772
« Reply #29 on: December 17, 2015, 02:19:04 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1772
« Reply #30 on: December 17, 2015, 04:31:30 AM »
This picture drove me nuts. I was sure I have seen it somewhere
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I was an advisor to Auctionata....

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Re: Wendax 1772
« Reply #31 on: December 17, 2015, 04:34:17 AM »
Yes, Pal, after giving away the source, I will lock it for you to name the base car.

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Re: Wendax 1772
« Reply #32 on: December 17, 2015, 04:39:21 AM »
An exclusive special body based on the rear wheel driven and almost entirely lost original DKW-model P 15 and 'PS 600-Sport', presented in 1930. This unique piece is 'coachbuilt' in a classical sense and meant as a special version of the original model of all DKW-vehicles from the nucleus of the Auto Union, established by the DKW founder Rasmussen in 1932. The body was created in the later GDR, before the Iron Curtain fell, combining components by Goliath, VW, DKW and other automobile manufacturers. The vehicle was in the possession of a South-German collector for a long time, before it was sold to an Austrian buyer, where it is still preserved.
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Re: Wendax 1772
« Reply #33 on: December 17, 2015, 06:29:59 AM »
Nothing to add but a point (and some more pictures tonight). Well found!

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Re: Solved: Wendax 1772 - Homebuilt coupe on DKW P15 chassis
« Reply #34 on: December 17, 2015, 01:25:47 PM »
The promised pictures:

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Re: Solved: Wendax 1772 - Homebuilt coupe on DKW P15 chassis
« Reply #35 on: December 17, 2015, 06:06:17 PM »
:thumbsup:
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Re: Solved: Wendax 1772 - Homebuilt coupe on DKW P15 chassis
« Reply #36 on: December 18, 2015, 05:54:02 AM »
What a cool car!

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Re: Solved: Wendax 1772 - Homebuilt coupe on DKW P15 chassis
« Reply #37 on: December 19, 2015, 08:14:54 AM »
Wow!

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So if an old 1930 DKW PS 600 Sport was the basis car, it must have been radically modified:

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Re: Solved: Wendax 1772 - Homebuilt coupe on DKW P15 chassis
« Reply #38 on: December 19, 2015, 08:18:12 AM »
Looking at the wheels, rather the P 15: