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Title: Solved - NEH 4950: Econom Teddy - 1950
Post by: Carnut on October 28, 2016, 06:53:45 AM: What's this, from when - for 1 point?:

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Title: Re: NEH 4950
Post by: Carnut on November 11, 2016, 05:10:42 AM: Experts?
Title: Re: NEH 4950
Post by: kwgibbs on November 11, 2016, 07:37:32 AM: I think this is the econom( teddy) microcar of Germany?
Title: Re: NEH 4950
Post by: Carnut on November 11, 2016, 07:39:04 AM: Quote from: kwgibbs on November 11, 2016, 07:37:32 AM
I think this is the econom( teddy) microcar of Germany?

It is, yes!
Locked for you to answer the other question.
Title: Re: NEH 4950
Post by: kwgibbs on November 11, 2016, 08:14:05 AM: this nice little car was built in 1950 by Butenutha Hellmuth?
Title: Re: NEH 4950
Post by: Carnut on November 11, 2016, 03:01:54 PM: Quote from: kwgibbs on November 11, 2016, 08:14:05 AM
this nice little car was built in 1950 by Butenutha Hellmuth?

I have it as 1949 but knowing the Internet 1950 is as likely to be right...
Well done.
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 4950: Econom Teddy - 1949
Post by: Wendax on November 11, 2016, 06:51:41 PM: It appeared in June 1950.
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 4950: Econom Teddy - 1949
Post by: Oguerrerob on November 11, 2016, 10:42:53 PM: I have two versions of this little car, one from 1950-51 and the second (this puzzle car should be) from 1952
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 4950: Econom Teddy - 1949
Post by: Wendax on November 12, 2016, 10:54:57 AM: Butenuth built three Teddy cars, all with different looks. The development started in 1949 and the finished first car was shown to the public in 1950. The other two are also said to have been built in 1950, when Butenuth stopped the project, because of the start of the Lloyd LP 300 production, which was a rival he could not win against.

The first car had just two chrome strips at the front:
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 4950: Econom Teddy - 1949
Post by: Wendax on November 12, 2016, 10:56:02 AM: The second car is our puzzle car with a full-width Buick-like grille:
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 4950: Econom Teddy - 1949
Post by: Wendax on November 12, 2016, 10:57:31 AM: The third car showed less teeth, but a chrome bar again. All three cars were used by the Butenuth family and have been scrapped long ago.
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 4950: Econom Teddy - 1949
Post by: Oguerrerob on November 12, 2016, 11:13:28 AM: Thanks!
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 4950: Econom Teddy - 1950
Post by: Wendax on January 24, 2018, 01:18:00 PM: One more picture of the first car in comparison with an Econom truck:
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 4950: Econom Teddy - 1950
Post by: Wendax on March 12, 2021, 04:48:13 AM: A rare picture of the first Teddy in a Berlin street turned up (I tried to cover up a watermark, so don't look too close on the shadows beneath the bumper):