Author Topic: Solved: PN #1140 -- Lamborghini Marzal "replica" by Eugen Frommelt, the GT  (Read 471 times)

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Please ID the builder of this car for a point
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Re: PN #1140
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2018, 11:04:57 AM »
Experts?
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Re: PN #1140
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2018, 06:24:26 AM »
German, on VW 411 chassis?

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Re: PN #1140
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2018, 07:59:03 AM »
German
There are bits from a VW 411, but the chassis is not from that model
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Re: PN #1140
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2018, 06:24:02 AM »
VW Transporter chassis?

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Re: PN #1140
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2018, 08:07:09 AM »
no
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Re: PN #1140
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2018, 10:02:01 AM »
VW 'Marzal' by Eugene Frommelt, from 1972. Based on a VW 1600 Type 3 chassis, it's a loose (very loose!) replica of the Lamborghini Marzal

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Re: PN #1140
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2018, 10:36:00 PM »
indeed :)
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Re: Solved: PN #1140 -- Lamborghini Marzal "replica" by Eugene Frommelt
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2018, 12:40:01 PM »
I had it lined up as a puzzle, too. The builder named it "Frommelt GT" and his first name is Eugen, not Eugene. Here are some more pictures: