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Streamline racing.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2016, 01:36:14 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2016, 02:06:22 PM »
Is it German and based on a 1930s BMW 328?

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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2016, 05:23:17 PM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2016, 03:02:08 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2016, 04:20:31 AM »
There is a clue in the photo which may tell us where the track is situated.

Is this the Schuler Eigenbau?
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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2016, 12:14:50 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2016, 12:26:33 PM »
Kuhn?
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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2016, 12:54:56 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2016, 01:10:25 PM »
Is it a DAMW?
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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2016, 01:56:59 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2016, 02:12:24 PM »
Clemens Sandgathe?
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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2016, 02:42:03 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2016, 04:26:56 PM »
from GDR?
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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2016, 02:07:58 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #15 on: July 07, 2016, 04:49:43 AM »
Rolf Kühn?
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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #16 on: July 07, 2016, 04:51:15 AM »
Was this car rebodied just for this one high-speed race?
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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #17 on: July 07, 2016, 12:34:48 PM »
Rolf Kühn?
No

Was this car rebodied just for this one high-speed race?
No, it had to be changed due to altered regulations.

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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #18 on: July 07, 2016, 02:04:06 PM »
A Kollektivwagen?
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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #19 on: July 07, 2016, 02:30:51 PM »
I thought that this was Avus - now your reply makes me think this car is in a sports car race, and had to have covered wheels to comply with regulations.

I think it could be the Sachsenring. Still can't find an entry with that number. Is it Max Wetzig?
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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #20 on: July 07, 2016, 02:33:33 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #21 on: July 07, 2016, 03:53:26 PM »
Carl Weber ?
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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #22 on: July 07, 2016, 03:59:30 PM »
EMW R1?
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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #23 on: July 07, 2016, 04:02:32 PM »
Twice no

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Re: Wendax 1956
« Reply #24 on: July 07, 2016, 04:03:57 PM »
A Kollektiv-Wagen?
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