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Solved: PN #1725 -- FWB Nachwuchs, 1948
« on: December 25, 2022, 01:54:05 PM »
Please identify this sportscar for a point. Name, builder and year would be great
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Re: PN #1725
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2023, 03:17:12 AM »
Experts?
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Re: PN #1725
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2023, 11:14:16 AM »
BMW underneath?
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Re: PN #1725
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2023, 11:44:47 AM »
FWB Volkswagen 1100cc built by Berlin Volkswagen dealer Fritz Weber. The car cas raced by the Renngemeinschaft Halensee til 1953 in German 1100cc sports car races. The picture was taken during a testdrive at the destroyed AVUS circuit in 1948. The car was driven by Bernard Petruschke a motor bike rider.

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Re: PN #1725
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2023, 12:58:45 PM »
FWB Volkswagen 1100cc built by Berlin Volkswagen dealer Fritz Weber. The car cas raced by the Renngemeinschaft Halensee til 1953 in German 1100cc sports car races. The picture was taken during a testdrive at the destroyed AVUS circuit in 1948. The car was driven by Bernard Petruschke a motor bike rider.

The picture was taken in 1948, the driver is Bernard Petruschke. The car was built in Berlin.
Everything else is incorrect, but this earns a lock to you
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Re: PN #1725
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2023, 04:32:36 PM »
It was also known as FWB Nachwuchstyp  in 1953 it had a Porsche engine

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Re: PN #1725
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2023, 05:13:04 AM »
Nachwusch was the word I was looking for. As you can see here there is a different person mentioned as the builder

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Re: Solved: PN #1725 -- Nachwuchs, 1948
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2023, 05:32:25 AM »
The title should read "FWB Nachwuchs", as Nachwuchs is just the type name, but it was built by the Feinmechanische Werkstätten Berlin (FWB).