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Solved - NEH 4423: DKW FX-4 prototype - 1952
« on: January 05, 2016, 07:14:22 AM »
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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2016, 05:04:42 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2016, 05:20:46 AM »
German car?

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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2016, 05:24:07 AM »
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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2016, 06:47:33 AM »
East Germany ?

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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2016, 06:56:31 AM »
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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2016, 11:55:52 AM »
NSU?

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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2016, 04:05:47 AM »
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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2016, 12:35:05 PM »
Hard to get any idea of scale - is it a big, medium-sized or small car?

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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2016, 12:35:41 PM »
Oh, and is it a prototype? ;)

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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2016, 04:10:22 AM »
Hard to get any idea of scale - is it a big, medium-sized or small car?


I've only ever seen this picture of it so I know as much as you do..  I'd say it's medium-sized though.

Oh, and is it a prototype? ;)

Yes, it never entered production in this form.
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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2016, 07:28:12 AM »
By the look of the wheels it could be French and possibly Renault. A good guess?

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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2016, 07:31:35 AM »
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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2016, 07:41:14 AM »
Ha ha! I dunno, what a muddled old duffer I'm becoming!  :o

Anyway, a Lloyd?


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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2016, 07:42:47 AM »
Ha ha! I dunno, what a muddled old duffer I'm becoming!  :o

Anyway, a Lloyd?

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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2016, 12:54:43 PM »
Borgward/Goliath/Hansa prototype?

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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #16 on: January 20, 2016, 06:06:47 PM »
Borgward/Goliath/Hansa prototype?

None of those..
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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #17 on: January 21, 2016, 06:45:07 AM »
1950s or 1960s? Yes, it's two questions, but think of the trawl-time it saves Autopuzzles members... ;D

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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #18 on: January 21, 2016, 06:48:42 AM »
1950s or 1960s? Yes, it's two questions, but think of the trawl-time it saves Autopuzzles members... ;D

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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #19 on: January 21, 2016, 06:13:49 PM »
Prototype Zwickau?

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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #20 on: January 22, 2016, 04:00:47 AM »
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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #21 on: January 22, 2016, 07:59:24 AM »
Is it front-wheel drive with a boxer engine?

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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #22 on: January 22, 2016, 09:02:45 AM »
Is it front-wheel drive with a boxer engine?

Yes, it's FWD but not a boxer engine that I'm aware of.
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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #23 on: January 23, 2016, 06:59:34 AM »
Two-stroke or four-stroke engine, three cylinders?

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Re: NEH 4423
« Reply #24 on: January 23, 2016, 08:54:21 AM »
Two-stroke or four-stroke engine, three cylinders?

That's a lot of questions (you're only allowed one at once..!).
But I'll tell you it is a 2-stroke but not 3-cyl.
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