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My red car for the day.

For one point, please respond and identify the base car, the builder and the year it was built.
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Re: Wendax 495
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2012, 02:34:28 AM »
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Re: Wendax 495
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2012, 02:31:11 AM »
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Re: Wendax 495
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2012, 04:58:46 AM »
Thats a VW front axle so I am guessing on a shortened VW chassis?

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Re: Wendax 495
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2012, 05:19:47 AM »
Yes, built on a VW chassis, I think not even shortened. That's the easy part...

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Re: Wendax 495
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2012, 05:15:11 PM »
Was this offered commercially, or just a one-off?
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Re: Wendax 495
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2012, 05:18:58 PM »
It is a private one-off.

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Re: Wendax 495
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2012, 05:07:43 PM »
A red car going to the Black Hole

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Re: Wendax 495
« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2013, 01:36:07 PM »
Was this made in Germany?
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Re: Wendax 495
« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2013, 02:12:37 PM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 495
« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2013, 03:37:51 PM »
is there any info available online?
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Re: Wendax 495
« Reply #11 on: August 04, 2013, 03:42:56 PM »
I didn't find anything, sorry.

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Re: Wendax 495
« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2015, 01:18:45 PM »
A hint: the builder shares his name with one of these two champions:

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Re: Wendax 495
« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2015, 08:11:53 PM »
Are they German car racers?

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Re: Wendax 495
« Reply #14 on: January 19, 2015, 02:12:36 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 495
« Reply #15 on: January 19, 2015, 02:34:15 AM »
Built by Leo Sprungmann of Essen?

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Re: Wendax 495
« Reply #16 on: January 19, 2015, 02:54:10 AM »
No, but you are very, very close. Try the name of the co-driver.

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Re: Wendax 495
« Reply #17 on: January 19, 2015, 03:22:53 AM »
Dierk Meyer?

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Re: Wendax 495
« Reply #18 on: January 19, 2015, 03:35:05 AM »
Yes, the builder of the puzzle car is also called Dierk Meyer. I'll spare you from guessing the year it was built, not much fun in pure guessing.
It was created in 1968 based on a 1961 VW chassis.

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Re: Solved: Wendax 495 - Homebuilt car by Dierk Meyer based on VW chassis
« Reply #19 on: January 19, 2015, 03:44:36 AM »
Thank you Gerd.  I was going to guess about 1970, so I wouldn't have been too far away.

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It was registered in 1971: