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Solved: Wendax 4327 - Brennabor Juwel 8 Cabriolet by Buhne
« on: January 01, 2025, 04:38:39 AM »
Starting the new year with a beauty.

For one point, please respond and identify this car as well as its coachbuilder.

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Re: Wendax 4327
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2025, 01:42:51 AM »
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Re: Wendax 4327
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2025, 08:08:13 AM »
From the US of A?
Duncan Rollo

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Re: Wendax 4327
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2025, 08:15:34 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 4327
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2025, 10:06:22 AM »
Is it French?

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Re: Wendax 4327
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2025, 10:33:00 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 4327
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2025, 11:46:35 AM »
Italian?

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Re: Wendax 4327
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2025, 04:47:08 PM »
German?
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: Wendax 4327
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2025, 05:08:08 PM »

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Re: Wendax 4327
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2025, 06:14:44 PM »
Röhr?
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: Wendax 4327
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2025, 06:31:30 PM »
Simson-Supra?

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Re: Wendax 4327
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2025, 01:40:17 AM »
Twice no

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Re: Wendax 4327
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2025, 10:34:46 AM »
NAG?

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Re: Wendax 4327
« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2025, 10:53:42 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 4327
« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2025, 10:55:25 AM »
Adler?
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: Wendax 4327
« Reply #15 on: January 09, 2025, 11:07:01 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 4327
« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2025, 11:49:14 AM »
Brennabor?

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Re: Wendax 4327
« Reply #17 on: January 09, 2025, 01:36:53 PM »
Yes, locked for you.

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Re: Wendax 4327
« Reply #18 on: January 09, 2025, 04:53:31 PM »
c. 1931 Brennabor Juwel 8 Cabriolet with coachwork by Buhne.

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Re: Wendax 4327
« Reply #19 on: January 09, 2025, 05:23:04 PM »
c. 1931 Brennabor Juwel 8 Cabriolet with coachwork by Buhne.
1931: yes
Brennabor Juwel 8: yes
Buhne: no

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Re: Wendax 4327
« Reply #20 on: January 09, 2025, 06:23:37 PM »
Voll und Ruhrbeck?

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Re: Wendax 4327
« Reply #21 on: January 09, 2025, 09:38:09 PM »
Actually, I'm sorry to be stubborn, but I found other pictures of what appear to be this exact car in a few other sources, all attributed to Buhne.

Identical details:

Slanted bonnet louvers
Contrasting light colored trim on wing edges
Windshield wiper position
Driving lights on cowl
Concentric circles (whitewall tires?) on wheels and bright center hubcaps
Triple-bar front bumper with number plate above
Trim on door under window
Shape and angle of door handle
Ribbed vent or step edge directly under door
Light-colored running board
Shape of curved lower edge of cloth hood
Diagonal "tension rod" over this curved lower section.
Woman in the car looks similar to and is wearing a similar hat as the one in the puzzle car.

I found other pictures of this car and similar Buhne ones with tiny light colored squares or ovals right behind the bonnet edge.  Perhaps a coachbuilder's mark?  I suspect we can't see the hood latch and door hinges on the puzzle car because of blacking out the red text, but a tiny light colored square is right where it should be behind the bonnet edge.  Is it possible that your source might be wrong?
« Last Edit: January 09, 2025, 09:41:27 PM by marmer »

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Re: Wendax 4327
« Reply #22 on: January 10, 2025, 12:47:31 AM »
You are right, my source mixed it up with a similar (but different) Brennabor Juwel 8 Cabriolet by Voll & Ruhrbeck and I didn't check it close enough. One more point for you.

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Re: Solved: Wendax 4327 - Brennabor Juwel 8 Cabriolet by Buhne
« Reply #23 on: January 10, 2025, 12:54:28 AM »
Another picture of this beauty: