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Solved: Wendax 1807 - AWS Shopper prototype
« on: January 05, 2016, 03:03:11 AM »
A different kind of gullwing.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

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Re: Wendax 1807
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2016, 05:04:42 PM »
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Re: Wendax 1807
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2016, 04:19:55 PM »
Did it start life as a trailer tent?
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Re: Wendax 1807
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2016, 04:40:31 PM »
No  ;D

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Re: Wendax 1807
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2016, 05:58:03 PM »
AWS Shopper ?

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Re: Wendax 1807
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2016, 02:26:01 AM »
Yes, it is an AWS Shopper, but a special one. Locked for you.

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Re: Wendax 1807
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2016, 01:36:43 PM »
You might as well unlock that - I know no more - other than it is refreshing to have coachwork by Formica...

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Re: Wendax 1807
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2016, 01:49:43 PM »
It is not that hard to find. Just have a guess!

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Re: Wendax 1807
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2016, 07:28:47 AM »
I will unlock tomorrow, if there are no more guesses by magnette.

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Re: Wendax 1807
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2016, 02:21:09 AM »
Unlocked and open for all experts to finish this one off.

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Re: Wendax 1807
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2016, 01:39:50 PM »
It's AWS Shopper Prototyp (1974).

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Re: Wendax 1807
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2016, 08:39:23 AM »
Yes, it is the very first AWS Shopper, built in Berlin in January 1974. It has a big hatchback, compared to the standard Shoppers (http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=1448). It was kept at the factory until AWS went bankrupt later in 1974.

As I feel generous today, I'll grant one point each for magnette and Kytsyk.