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Re: SOLVED: GTE 466 - Helicamper by Fendt
« Reply #25 on: August 29, 2023, 03:32:41 PM »
Thank you for puzzle and point. I add another photo.
Ein Henschel zieht am Berg und ein Mercedes
an den Türen. (and an attempt of a translation):
A Henschel in rushing up the hill, wheras in a Mercedes wind is rushing through the doors. c/o norberthanke

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Re: SOLVED: GTE 466 - Helicamper by Fendt
« Reply #26 on: August 29, 2023, 04:04:55 PM »
Going by fromwien's post the Helicamper may have been a one-off, as the two other Fendt-Kleinwagen prototypes were different cars looking more like a Goggomobil.

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Re: SOLVED: GTE 466 - Helicamper by Fendt
« Reply #27 on: August 29, 2023, 04:17:06 PM »
I agree totally with "Wendax", but don't have any picture of a white and blue Fendt Kleinwagen, only of a dark red one (picture attached)

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Re: SOLVED: GTE 466 - Helicamper by Fendt
« Reply #28 on: August 29, 2023, 05:46:28 PM »
I add another photo.
Thank you! I found a larger version of that image, but it had been rendered incomplete by some oddball cropping:

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Re: SOLVED: GTE 466 - Helicamper by Fendt
« Reply #29 on: August 29, 2023, 06:35:30 PM »
Going by fromwien's post the Helicamper may have been a one-off, as the two other Fendt-Kleinwagen prototypes were different cars looking more like a Goggomobil.
Based on the accounts of a former Fendt employee and Karl Ummenhofer's daughter, Herrmann Fendt purchased three of these incomplete vehicles and had them completed as Helicampers, so this was not exactly a one-off. :P

But I doubt Fendt ever intended to produce what were essentially Libelle continuations. Considering how the timing of this little project coincided with the Goggomobil-style prototypes, it was more likely seen as a convenient opportunity for some quick and inexpensive preliminary research into the possibility of microcar production.

I agree totally with "Wendax", but don't have any picture of a white and blue Fendt Kleinwagen, only of a dark red one (picture attached)
You should've saved that one for a future puzzle! ;D
« Last Edit: August 29, 2023, 07:25:59 PM by gte4289 »