Author Topic: Solved: Wendax 3026 - Dürkopp P8 Tourenwagen (Read 1282 times)

Wendax · « **on:** November 02, 2019, 03:22:15 AM »

Victorious.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

Wendax · « **Reply #1 on:** November 09, 2019, 01:54:47 AM »

gte4289 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 10, 2019, 12:10:50 AM »

One step at a time... European?

Wendax · « **Reply #3 on:** November 10, 2019, 02:19:30 AM »

gte4289 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 10, 2019, 12:11:36 PM »

Car and/or coachwork from a Mediterranean country?

Wendax · « **Reply #5 on:** November 10, 2019, 02:04:56 PM »

gte4289 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 10, 2019, 03:07:40 PM »

Quote from: Wendax on November 10, 2019, 02:04:56 PM

Quote from: gte4289 on November 10, 2019, 12:11:36 PM
Car and/or coachwork from a Mediterranean country?
No

From Austria?

Wendax · « **Reply #7 on:** November 10, 2019, 03:47:00 PM »

gte4289 · « **Reply #8 on:** November 10, 2019, 05:16:09 PM »

Germany?

Wendax · « **Reply #9 on:** November 11, 2019, 02:35:31 AM »

Yes, it is German

gte4289 · « **Reply #10 on:** November 11, 2019, 02:39:26 AM »

Was the photo taken in Germany?

Wendax · « **Reply #11 on:** November 11, 2019, 02:46:15 AM »

Yes, and the building in the background might serve as a clue, because it still exists.

gte4289 · « **Reply #12 on:** November 11, 2019, 03:15:00 AM »

Quote from: Wendax on November 11, 2019, 02:46:15 AM

Yes, and the building in the background might serve as a clue, because it still exists.

I had already invested a bit of time trying to determine the German word to describe that type of bridge when I finally remembered a well-known set of buildings in Berlin that are attached by one of these (originally by two of these) and looked to see how various German sources referred to it. The answer seemed obvious once I saw it.

Wendax · « **Reply #13 on:** November 11, 2019, 03:29:23 AM »

The picture was not taken in Berlin.

gte4289 · « **Reply #14 on:** November 11, 2019, 03:38:59 AM »

Quote from: Wendax on November 11, 2019, 03:29:23 AM

The picture was not taken in Berlin.

Yes, that's what I assumed. Just using the famous Berlin "building bridge" to figure out what that type of bridge was called in German.

gte4289 · « **Reply #15 on:** November 11, 2019, 03:46:51 AM »

Dürkopp?

Wendax · « **Reply #16 on:** November 11, 2019, 03:51:20 AM »

Yes, locked for you to find the model.

gte4289 · « **Reply #17 on:** November 11, 2019, 04:00:31 AM »

8/60 HP?

gte4289 · « **Reply #18 on:** November 11, 2019, 04:09:28 AM »

Quote from: gte4289 on November 11, 2019, 04:00:31 AM

8/60 HP?

I also see the sports/racing versions of the 8/60 HP referred to as the '2L Sportwagen/Rennwagen'.

Wendax · « **Reply #19 on:** November 11, 2019, 04:36:27 AM »

That would have been this one: https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2009-37/whaddyacallit-364-solved!-1925-durkopp-typ-p8b/
This puzzle car is a bit earlier.

gte4289 · « **Reply #20 on:** November 11, 2019, 04:54:02 AM »

P8 6/30 HP Sport?

Wendax · « **Reply #21 on:** November 11, 2019, 05:25:26 AM »

Yes, it is a Dürkopp P8, but a 8/24 PS. It had won the international car race at Schwenningen in May 1922.

gte4289 · « **Reply #22 on:** November 11, 2019, 12:40:21 PM »

Quote from: Wendax on November 11, 2019, 05:25:26 AM

Yes, it is a Dürkopp P8, but a 8/24 PS. It had won the international car race at Schwenningen in May 1922.

Thanks for the point! That's an unusual (and attractive) body. Any idea whose work that was?

Wendax · « **Reply #23 on:** November 11, 2019, 12:41:44 PM »

Sorry, no

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Author Topic: Solved: Wendax 3026 - Dürkopp P8 Tourenwagen (Read 1282 times)