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Re: Wendax 345
« Reply #100 on: October 12, 2016, 03:49:06 PM »
well, that's bad news. It's only available in a library in Leipzig and I don't plan to go there. But it may appear in a digital library at some point.
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Re: Wendax 345
« Reply #101 on: September 24, 2018, 02:06:15 PM »
There is a long list of things I'd like to do at the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek this week. One of them is a small attempt to identify some of the Black Hole cars.

And I have my first victory. This is the Umba Kleinauto with a 770 cc 4,4/14 PS engine by the Umba Auto AG (Hamburg 23 Pappelallee 41-43). If Wendax doesn't publish the article, I'll scan it tomorrow
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Re: Wendax 345
« Reply #102 on: September 24, 2018, 03:15:49 PM »
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Doctor rerum automobilium strikes again! After more than seven years this puzzle is solved, although this car isn't mentioned in any book I know. Rarely ever were two points well deserved as these.

The article below as well as the first ad are from July 25, 1924, the second ad is from August 8, 1924. The company was founded on October 17, 1923.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 345 - Umba 4/14 PS
« Reply #103 on: September 25, 2018, 07:34:59 AM »
Congratulations Pal, that was one of the toughest ever! I'm wondering how many of these were built.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 345 - Umba 4/14 PS
« Reply #104 on: September 25, 2018, 08:21:34 AM »
Staatsarchiv Hamburg holds several papers related to Umba Auto. I am trying to get copies of those.

Oh, and Wendax, this was a great idea - this magazine had lots of interesting articles on one-off or unknown cars over the years. But no, I will not post those as puzzles :)
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Re: Solved: Wendax 345 - Umba 4/14 PS
« Reply #105 on: September 25, 2018, 08:43:30 AM »
Why not?  :)
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Re: Solved: Wendax 345 - Umba 4/14 PS
« Reply #106 on: October 13, 2018, 12:51:02 PM »
A letterhead

The name "Umba" came from Ing. Curt Umbach, who was one of the founders.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 345 - Umba 4/14 PS
« Reply #107 on: October 13, 2018, 12:52:15 PM »
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Re: Solved: Wendax 345 - Umba 4/14 PS
« Reply #108 on: November 30, 2023, 04:18:50 AM »
Mentioned in the 1923/1924 edition of the Handbuch der deutschen Aktiengesellschaften, the next year it couldn't be found there anymore:
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