Author Topic: Solved: GTE 462 - Adler Trumpf Junior based car by Stanislaw Mikolaj Wajnikonis  (Read 6121 times)

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Re: GTE 462
« Reply #50 on: October 20, 2023, 10:03:06 AM »
Was this built in the DDR (ie East Germany)?
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Re: GTE 462
« Reply #51 on: October 20, 2023, 10:34:54 AM »
Was this built in the DDR (ie East Germany)?
Built in Poland

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Re: GTE 462
« Reply #52 on: November 12, 2023, 12:38:29 PM »
Did you find the picture online?
Yes, along with approximately seventy other images of this same car. :o
I won't answer any other questions about the source, but the solution is out there.

Okay, but it seems we are not finding this one without some help.
Can you just answer one more q about the source: Facebook or not? And then I keep digging
(BTW I took out my two books which features plenty of self-made Polish cars (SAM) but this one is missing from both)
Thanks
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Re: GTE 462
« Reply #53 on: November 12, 2023, 04:31:14 PM »
Did you find the picture online?
Yes, along with approximately seventy other images of this same car. :o
I won't answer any other questions about the source, but the solution is out there.

Okay, but it seems we are not finding this one without some help.
Can you just answer one more q about the source: Facebook or not? And then I keep digging
(BTW I took out my two books which features plenty of self-made Polish cars (SAM) but this one is missing from both)
Thanks
I found it on Facebook, but the account was publicly accessible and dedicated almost entirely to a book about the car's creator.

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Re: GTE 462
« Reply #54 on: November 12, 2023, 04:45:51 PM »
I found it on Facebook, but the account was publicly accessible and dedicated almost entirely to a book about the car's creator.
Actually, if I recall correctly, I think the book was not only about the car's creator, but also by the car's creator--a photographic autobiography of sorts.

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Re: GTE 462
« Reply #55 on: November 12, 2023, 04:51:06 PM »
was he an engineer?
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Re: GTE 462
« Reply #56 on: November 12, 2023, 05:50:30 PM »
was he an engineer?
Yes, among other things.

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Re: GTE 462
« Reply #57 on: November 12, 2023, 06:36:32 PM »
I found it on Facebook, but the account was publicly accessible and dedicated almost entirely to a book about the car's creator.
Actually, if I recall correctly, I think the book was not only about the car's creator, but also by the car's creator--a photographic autobiography of sorts.
I went back to review the source in order to provide an more accurate description. In addition to being an engineer, the car's builder was also an avid amateur photographer. The Facebook account where I found so many photos of this car appears to belong to the son of the builder and is dedicated to a vast collection of photographs taken by the builder during his lifetime. There are at least two books featured there, one of which contains photographs of this car along with the builder's story of why and how it was built. The son has also posted the story in his own words.

The Facebook account is not private, and at least four photos of this car (including the original puzzle image and one of the other images I posted in this thread) show up in Google Images search results.
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Re: GTE 462
« Reply #58 on: December 03, 2023, 07:15:41 AM »
Is this Facebook account in Polish?

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Re: GTE 462
« Reply #59 on: December 03, 2023, 04:32:30 PM »
Is this Facebook account in Polish?
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Re: GTE 462
« Reply #60 on: December 17, 2023, 05:10:09 PM »
This is a very difficult and intriguing puzzle. I wonder how you ended up on an obscure Polish account :)
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Re: GTE 462
« Reply #61 on: December 19, 2023, 03:50:42 PM »
This is a very difficult and intriguing puzzle. I wonder how you ended up on an obscure Polish account :)
I don't recall, but I probably ran across some of the images while using Google to search for a different home-built vehicle from Poland. Possibly this one?

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Re: GTE 462
« Reply #62 on: December 22, 2023, 04:18:15 PM »
 Is it from Gniezno, Poland?

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Re: GTE 462
« Reply #63 on: December 22, 2023, 04:43:13 PM »

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Re: GTE 462
« Reply #64 on: December 23, 2023, 01:04:30 AM »
I think it's the same car at Gniezno

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Re: GTE 462
« Reply #65 on: December 23, 2023, 02:09:12 AM »
I've found some info about the car: From Family Archive Justina Wajnikonis-Maciejewska
The car was built on the basis of the Adler Junior. Mrs. Justyna describes it in the following way. "After the end of the war. Dad came into possession of a post-German Adler Junior-it was an "old" car, solidly damaged, but it WAS there and that was the most important thing. The condition of the vehicle required constant repairs and removal of defects which was a never-ending challenge for a student of the Lodz University of Technology and then a freshly minted engineer. Time was moving forward the car was wearing out, but thanks to Innovative repairs camed out by its owner, it was still on the so-called "walk There was only one problem Dad couldn't cope with the car was a three-seater, and his family grew quickly - four children were born. A temporary solution was to put the kids in the trunk, so we traveled to church on Sunday (the trunk lid was lifted while driving up). I was tiny, one of my oldest memories from the time when we still lived in Glowno (we moved to Łódź in 1959) is the sight of the boards on the veranda of our house. "I'm going to build a car
out of these planks." Dad said at the time. Construction began in the autumn of 1958. Dad then made a mock-up (1:1 scale) which was a construction made of slats and boards. It was to be the basis for further construction. He sealed the gaps between the slats and planks with paper on which he laid a layer of clay. After it dried he modeled the clay, put a layer of plaster and chalk on it and began to glue the body of the car on it. To make the body, he used photosensitive paper bought from Wifama-cut into narrow strips, it was glued layer by layer onto the prepared model. At that time, there were no resins, so glue called CERTUS was used for gluing, the disadvantage of which was that it was not waterproof when it rained heavily, the body began to smell bad. After it has completely dried and the bottom lavers of boards, plywood, clay and plaster have been removed, the body remains, which has been additionally smeared with a mixture of polystyrene and tri on the inside and outside, on top of which a laver of fabric has been applied. After it was completely dry, a thin second layer of polystyrene with tri was applied, after which the whole thing
was painted and mounted on the Adler chassis.
In the first year of use, the car only had a windshield, but over time it also got side windows Contrary to my fears, there were no problems with registering a car since 1960 my family had a car registered for 5 people. This is not enough for the needs of a group of sox, which was not a problem at first because the youngest daughter was sitting on her mother's lap. With time, however, we had to change our tactics-one of us dived under the seat at the sight of the militia on the road
We drove the Adler until 1969, when Dad gave it to his friend for one zloty

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Re: GTE 462
« Reply #66 on: December 23, 2023, 02:20:32 AM »
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Re: GTE 462
« Reply #67 on: December 23, 2023, 02:24:11 AM »
The original car base

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Re: GTE 462
« Reply #68 on: December 23, 2023, 04:11:52 AM »
Very good job, congratulations
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Re: GTE 462
« Reply #69 on: December 23, 2023, 04:29:24 AM »
Thank you!!

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Re: GTE 462
« Reply #70 on: December 23, 2023, 05:16:32 PM »
Well found! A point for you!

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Re: Solved: GTE 462 - Adler Jr based car by Stanislaw Mikolaj Wajnikonis
« Reply #71 on: December 24, 2023, 12:57:03 AM »
Thank you!!