Author Topic: Reblaus II petrol engined childrenīs car by Otto Lorenz / Mercedes Benz  (Read 1411 times)

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Who knows this car?
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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2017, 03:26:21 PM »

 English car

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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2017, 03:27:45 PM »
No.

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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2017, 12:29:54 PM »

 Czech car

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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2017, 01:00:25 PM »
No.

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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2017, 01:29:44 PM »

 German car

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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2017, 02:09:30 PM »
 Yes  ;)

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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2017, 12:54:45 PM »
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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2017, 03:54:50 AM »
Audi 225?

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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2017, 08:57:53 AM »
Good guess, but no.

For all out there: you might be thinking in the wrong dimensions...

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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2017, 02:35:57 PM »
Ah! Children's pedal/electric car? :o

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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2017, 03:53:25 PM »
I would call this a really sophisticated kind of miniaturization.

It featured a gasoline engine also.

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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2017, 09:29:49 AM »
Is it like of those tiny cars like the 1955-sh Kroboth Allwetterroller?

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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2017, 11:05:46 AM »
It is tiny but it was not planned to be built in more than this one example.

It served a kind of a purpose so there is a small story to be told.

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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #14 on: April 08, 2017, 03:07:19 PM »
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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #15 on: April 08, 2017, 03:10:58 PM »
A front wheel drive DKW bodied like a Mercedes-Benz 170 S after WW2?

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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #16 on: April 08, 2017, 03:18:35 PM »
was it built as a safety car trainer,like the atco junior safety-first trainer was?

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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #17 on: April 08, 2017, 03:30:05 PM »
kwgibbs:
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was it built as a safety car trainer,like the atco junior safety-first trainer was?

No.

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A front wheel drive DKW bodied like a Mercedes-Benz 170 S after WW2

The words after "DKW" are correct...


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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #18 on: April 09, 2017, 05:20:57 PM »
Is it based on a post-war chassis ?

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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #19 on: April 10, 2017, 12:19:07 PM »
According to my source this vehicle has been built new from scratch.

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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #20 on: May 01, 2017, 02:45:53 PM »
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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #21 on: August 27, 2017, 08:06:09 AM »
Is there any info available online?
https://rareandunique.media - Rare&Unique Vehicles magazine
http://magyarjarmu.hu - detailed Hungarian motoring history (Hungarian language)
http://automuseums.info - motoring museums' guide

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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #22 on: August 27, 2017, 12:57:44 PM »
Not anymore, but I found it online... :-\

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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #23 on: January 05, 2018, 01:11:51 AM »
was this picture taken from a magazine?
https://rareandunique.media - Rare&Unique Vehicles magazine
http://magyarjarmu.hu - detailed Hungarian motoring history (Hungarian language)
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Re: grob 2017.02.03 (05)
« Reply #24 on: January 05, 2018, 03:15:50 AM »
No.

It stems from the official Mercedes Benz archive...  :D