Topic: SOLVED FW #96 BMW 303, Ludwig Weinberger, Munich

[Wendax]

I'd like to object here. The puzzle picture is identified as a „BMW 315 2+2 Roadster, 1935“ in Benter/Schrader: Deutsche Automobil-Karosserien, and as a cca 1935 BMW 315/1 built for Fürst von Wrede in Eckermann: Auto und Karosserie. Weinberger built quite a few similar bodies on BMW 303, 315 and 319 chassis, differing in details (fender skirts, door handles etc).

[fromwien]

Funny... The same Halwart Schrader wrote in his "Automobil und Motorrad Chronik"-magazine 9/77, that this photo shows a 303 with Ludwig Weinberger body on lowered chassis. See attachment

[Wendax]

The vents at the side of the engine hood resemble those of later 315 and 319, not those of the 303. And i don't think Weinberger used the 319 vents two years before BMW did.

[fromwien]

I agree with your statement about the front hood. However, this detail cannot rule out the possibility that Weinberger rebodied a 303 chassis at a later date. While the 315 and 319 were already on the market. It wasn't uncommon in the 30s, that car owners replaced the odd- and old-looking bodywork by a modern-looking one on their old chassis.