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Does it look familiar? Might be, might not.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2015, 01:25:49 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2015, 01:55:16 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2015, 04:50:25 AM »
German ?

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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2015, 05:48:02 AM »
Yes, built in Germany

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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2015, 01:09:41 PM »
Reminds me very much of a Ernst Klodwig BMW race car - some details do not match though... :-\

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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2015, 01:30:36 PM »
Neither Klodwig nor even BMW

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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2015, 01:32:57 PM »
I thought it might be an early effort from Egon Brutsch, but that's not a Bugatti front suspension.......
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2015, 01:37:13 PM »
Brütsch wasn't involved either.

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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2015, 02:01:39 PM »
Intertyp Aufbau?
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http://magyarjarmu.hu - detailed Hungarian motoring history (Hungarian language)
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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2015, 02:02:52 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2015, 02:08:28 PM »
built in DDR?
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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #12 on: December 19, 2015, 02:43:39 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #13 on: December 19, 2015, 03:24:33 PM »
DKW engine?
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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #14 on: December 19, 2015, 04:56:36 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #15 on: December 20, 2015, 05:06:21 PM »
German.  Not BMW, not DKW.  Is it Mercedes engined?
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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #16 on: December 20, 2015, 05:23:35 PM »
Big hint: the engine is not German.

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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #17 on: December 21, 2015, 03:08:28 AM »
French engine ?

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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #18 on: December 21, 2015, 03:20:13 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #19 on: December 21, 2015, 03:22:14 AM »
European engine ?

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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #20 on: December 21, 2015, 03:43:47 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #21 on: December 21, 2015, 04:35:48 AM »
Fiat engine?
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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #22 on: December 21, 2015, 05:27:22 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #23 on: December 21, 2015, 07:36:36 AM »
British engine ?

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Re: Wendax 1776
« Reply #24 on: December 21, 2015, 09:00:58 AM »
Lancia engine?
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