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« Reply #25 on: November 23, 2022, 08:47:08 AM »
... or Norway?
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Ein Henschel zieht am Berg und ein Mercedes
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A Henschel in rushing up the hill, wheras in a Mercedes wind is rushing through the doors. c/o norberthanke

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« Reply #26 on: November 23, 2022, 01:49:23 PM »
not Norway.  D Type ???????
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Re: BD699B
« Reply #27 on: November 23, 2022, 02:57:21 PM »
Italy?
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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: BD699B
« Reply #28 on: November 23, 2022, 03:08:39 PM »
Quote from: BERTRAND on November 23, 2022, 01:49:23 PM
not Norway.  D Type ???????
To clarify, I was asking if it came from a [former] Warsaw Pact country, ie a country in what used to be described as 'The Communist Bloc".
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Re: BD699B
« Reply #29 on: November 24, 2022, 06:16:07 AM »
yes Sichel, Italy is correct
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Re: BD699B
« Reply #30 on: November 24, 2022, 11:02:18 AM »
Engine by Condor (CH)?
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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: BD699B
« Reply #31 on: November 24, 2022, 02:50:01 PM »
no
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Re: BD699B
« Reply #32 on: November 24, 2022, 03:33:09 PM »
Is the engine from an Italian motorcycle manufacturer.
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« Reply #33 on: November 24, 2022, 03:42:04 PM »
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Re: BD699B
« Reply #34 on: November 24, 2022, 04:01:20 PM »
Is the engine from France?
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Re: BD699B
« Reply #35 on: November 24, 2022, 05:34:13 PM »
Is the engine from a Fiat?
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Re: BD699B
« Reply #36 on: November 25, 2022, 07:15:35 AM »
not a Fiat engine, and not a France engine
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Re: BD699B
« Reply #37 on: November 25, 2022, 08:36:42 AM »
German engine?
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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: BD699B
« Reply #38 on: November 25, 2022, 09:48:44 AM »
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Re: BD699B
« Reply #39 on: November 25, 2022, 10:11:29 AM »
BMW?
Quote from: BERTRAND on November 15, 2022, 03:17:22 PM
I Don't think so
Zündapp has different valve covers!
A bored-out Hoffmann 300 ccm?
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Re: BD699B
« Reply #40 on: November 25, 2022, 03:43:33 PM »
Not a Zundapp engine
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Re: BD699B
« Reply #41 on: November 25, 2022, 04:03:47 PM »
Hoffmann?
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Re: BD699B
« Reply #42 on: November 26, 2022, 06:27:51 AM »
No
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Re: BD699B
« Reply #43 on: November 26, 2022, 06:37:54 AM »
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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: BD699B
« Reply #44 on: November 26, 2022, 01:49:58 PM »
I'm sorry Sichel, I read the old messages and when you ask me BMW engine, I answered i don't know.  After a better research, yes it's a BMW engine
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Re: BD699B
« Reply #45 on: November 26, 2022, 03:51:54 PM »
No problem.
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Re: BD699B
« Reply #46 on: December 24, 2022, 07:33:47 AM »
well, I summarize, Italian racer 500 with BMW engine....
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Re: BD699B
« Reply #47 on: March 05, 2023, 03:44:51 PM »
Did the maker later produce Formula Junior cars?
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Re: BD699B
« Reply #48 on: March 06, 2023, 08:48:51 AM »
after checking, no
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Re: BD699B
« Reply #49 on: April 29, 2023, 06:21:40 PM »
The Urania 500 built in 1949 by Berardo Taraschi in Teramo, Southern Italy.

(Incidentally, he did go on to produce Formula Junior cars, but under his own name rather than Urania)
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