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FW #414
« on: November 15, 2022, 06:57:00 PM »
Please identify this car in ALL its details

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Re: FW #414
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2022, 01:18:16 PM »
Experts?

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Re: FW #414
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2022, 03:46:16 AM »
Wendler Mercedes 220, 1952?

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Re: FW #414
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2022, 03:47:54 AM »
No

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Re: FW #414
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2022, 07:07:57 AM »
Please clarify what you mean by ALL.  eg it could be body designer, body builder, chassis manufacturer, engine maker, sar manufacturer, model, country of manufacture of car, country of manufacture of main components, year of manufacture of original car, year of manufacture of this development, it could even incorporate special components like 4WD or anti-lock brakes, it could have a famous owner. 
The list is endless, depending on the particular car.
It is only fair to say what you are looking for.
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Re: FW #414
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2022, 07:48:13 AM »
Dear 'D-type',
pardon, but I should be allowed to ask the same way, as 'Wendax', 'SACO', 'Bertrand' etc. does. So in the future I will avoid the small word 'ALL', which is easy to omit and still ask the required details.
If that way of asking is unfair, please take care of all puzzles with the same way of asking.
Trust me, if you once can follow a way to solve a puzzle, hints will get you the solution. Please remember, it's a guessing game.

I prefer to follow necessary discussions at work, and certainly not in my leisure time. If you continue to have problems with my questions, I kindly ask you to contact the administrators of this site. If you would rather follow a puzzle game and not deal with what I consider to be distracting unnecessary things, I would be happy if you like to guess for one of my puzzles.
Merry Christmas

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Re: FW #414
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2022, 12:11:22 PM »
Other puzzle setters state what specific information they are asking for.  They don't use the non-specific "All"
And, more to the point, other puzzle setters do not answer with a simple "No" when one part of a multi-part answer is incorrect and the others are correct.
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Re: FW #414
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2022, 02:35:08 PM »
Absolutely last time-consuming reply to your completely wrong comments:

If you check the first batch of 10 puzzles below, where nothing specific is specified by the puzzle setters, a lot of work is waiting for you, to correct them in your sense. I will now watch closely to see if you let other players know the same way, you did with my puzzles how you would like the questions asked. When this is done, I will feel happy again, to send you the next batch of 10 puzzles where corrections in your sense are in need

1) BD751: Identify this race car
2) BD750: Identify this car for 1 point please
3) Wendax 3963: For one point, please respond and identify this truck.
4) Wendax 3962: For one point, please respond and identify this car.
5) NIC 1368: This car has actually been on this website already, but not as a puzzle. What is it?
6) NIC 1370: What car is depicted in this sketch?
7) bdi 22: Pour un joli point tout neuf, dites moi qui est le responsable de ceci :
8 ) SAC#1697: Please , what is this car , for 1 point !
9) Arunas' 2022-12-08: What is this car, guys?
10) grobīs 2022 11 01: Who can tell me something about this unique car?

Out of my previous answers to your comments: In the future I will avoid the small word 'ALL', which is easy to omit and still ask ALL the required details.

And otherwise, please kindly respect my previous answer, where I wanted to make you clear, that I will only want to answer automobile-specific questions.
Or are your time-consuming comments tactic, of trying to distract me from the game in such a way that I can't solve too many puzzles anymore?

I think I've done it within my answers before, but again, I will wish you "Merry Christmas"
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Re: FW #414
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2022, 04:49:38 PM »
To all puzzlers interested to solve this auto puzzle: Don't hesitate about questioning, you won't get involved in non-car-related discussions! ;)
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Re: FW #414
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2022, 05:19:14 PM »
Absolutely last time-consuming reply to your completely wrong comments:

If you check ~
 but again, I will wish you "Merry Christmas"
But not one used an open ended "ALL its details" did they?  All were clear exactly what information they wanted to be provided.
And can I also wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
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Re: FW #414
« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2022, 05:20:18 PM »
Back to the puzzle: is the body Italian?
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Re: FW #414
« Reply #11 on: December 24, 2022, 07:16:54 AM »
No

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Re: FW #414
« Reply #12 on: December 26, 2022, 05:43:20 PM »
British body?
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Re: FW #414
« Reply #13 on: December 27, 2022, 04:56:55 AM »
No

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Re: FW #414
« Reply #14 on: December 28, 2022, 04:43:22 AM »
something to do with DKW / Auto Union ?

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Re: FW #414
« Reply #15 on: December 28, 2022, 05:00:26 AM »
Yes

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Re: FW #414
« Reply #16 on: December 29, 2022, 07:26:33 AM »
body by Drews, Wuppertal ?

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Re: FW #414
« Reply #17 on: December 29, 2022, 09:43:52 AM »
No

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Re: FW #414
« Reply #18 on: January 05, 2023, 05:08:48 AM »
German body ?

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Re: FW #414
« Reply #19 on: January 05, 2023, 05:42:15 AM »
Yes

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Re: FW #414
« Reply #20 on: January 05, 2023, 06:39:35 AM »
you are so right in your conversation with d-type, and unlike him you answered him with a lot of politeness which d-type has not always done with other players. Either, I have your car in my database but I no longer fall on it. It is very similar to the DKW roadster by hartmann in 1956

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Re: FW #414
« Reply #21 on: January 05, 2023, 07:04:13 AM »
Thank you very much for your nice comment and I want to wish you a (sorrily late) "happy, healthy and peaceful New Year 2023".
I hope you will find the car in your database again.., ..
Sorry, I don't know about any connection to Hartmann, the base car is older than 1956, the conversion made after 1956

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Re: FW #414
« Reply #22 on: January 06, 2023, 04:59:07 AM »
NOT the solution, but part of the discussion

Alfred Hartmann, racing driver with a Drews bodied DKW.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hartmann_(Rennfahrer)

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Re: FW #414
« Reply #23 on: January 06, 2023, 07:48:35 AM »
Thanks for your interest and input to this puzzle, but the Drews-bodied DKW 3=6 has nothing to do with the puzzle car, even if there are some similarities in the lines of the bodywork to find.

Find pictures attached of Alfred Hartmanns Drews-bodied DKW
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Re: FW #414
« Reply #24 on: January 28, 2023, 05:35:24 AM »
Professionals?