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Wendax · « **Reply #175 on:** February 04, 2025, 08:49:27 AM »

Eigenbau of the month: February 2025

Another month has passed and again I stick to something seen here before. Like last month I happened to find a new picture of a car featured in one of my Enigma Variations puzzles of unknown cars (#9 in https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/the-black-hole/enigma-variations-(postwar-edition)-opus-3). This time the Eigenbau is accompanied by three ladies instead of a gentleman, so that the rear end of the car still remains unknown. The picture was taken in 1958 in a village called Roßdorf near Jerichow according to the writing on its back. My best guess would be that it is a NSU-Fiat 500 A ("Topolino") with an altered front end, done perhaps after a front crash. The VW-like engine hood is much bigger than the original one which makes the car look larger than it really is. At first sight it gives the impression of a front-engined VW highlighted by three Buick-style portholes at the sides. The car was registered in Eastern part of Berlin. So one may assume that the owner was visiting relatives in the countryside.

Wendax · « **Reply #176 on:** March 02, 2025, 12:31:17 PM »

Eigenbau of the month: March 2025

Cleaning up this site regarding puzzles of unidentified cars I will feature a car this month again that was part of an Enigma Variations puzzle before: (Car #8 in https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/the-brand-new-2025-vehicle-identification-board/enigma-variations-(postwar-edition)-opus-3/). In my files I have collected some more pictures of this microcar that was obviously inspired by the German Messerschmitt Kabinenroller and maybe the French Inter Auto-Scooter (https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2009-37/solved-pj128-inter-1954-(swiss-version)/msg59540/#msg59540). I don't have an exact year for this microcar, but with its rounded shape and the tailfin it looks a bit more dated than the Inter. If I had to guess I would estimate the year 1953 for its construction.