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Title: Solved: Wendax 4205 - Bufag Troll race car
Post by: Wendax on February 17, 2024, 05:25:47 AM
A small service on the way.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.
Title: Re: Wendax 4205
Post by: Carnut on February 21, 2024, 06:07:48 AM
880 views in 4 days?!
Title: Re: Wendax 4205
Post by: Wendax on February 21, 2024, 06:38:46 AM
No idea why or why only my puzzles! :(
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Post by: Wendax on February 28, 2024, 02:33:52 AM
up
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Post by: Wendax on March 13, 2024, 03:28:22 AM
Up again
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Post by: ropat53 on March 13, 2024, 07:53:06 AM
British?
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Post by: Wendax on March 13, 2024, 08:27:38 AM
No
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Post by: ropat53 on March 13, 2024, 11:42:50 AM
German?
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Post by: Wendax on March 13, 2024, 02:43:33 PM
Yes
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Post by: Wendax on April 13, 2024, 01:58:36 AM
up to the top
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Post by: Fёdor on April 13, 2024, 02:42:34 AM
Zaschka
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Post by: Wendax on April 13, 2024, 04:40:57 AM
No
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Post by: Fёdor on April 13, 2024, 07:51:47 AM
Pe-ka ?
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Post by: Wendax on April 13, 2024, 07:57:42 AM
No
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Post by: Fёdor on April 14, 2024, 11:27:41 PM
homemade car?
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Post by: Wendax on April 15, 2024, 12:28:23 AM
No
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Post by: sichel on April 15, 2024, 04:49:19 AM
One-off from a manufacturer?
Title: Re: Wendax 4205
Post by: Wendax on April 15, 2024, 04:52:15 AM
I don't know for sure, but I think so.
Title: Re: Wendax 4205
Post by: Fёdor on April 15, 2024, 11:30:43 AM
Did the manufacturer produce motorcycles?
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Post by: Wendax on April 15, 2024, 12:06:53 PM
No
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Post by: sichel on April 15, 2024, 12:56:30 PM
Did he also manufacture commercial vehicles?
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Post by: Wendax on April 15, 2024, 05:28:16 PM
Quote from: sichel on April 15, 2024, 12:56:30 PM
Did he also manufacture commercial vehicles?
This company did not produce commercial vehicles.
Title: Re: Wendax 4205
Post by: Oguerrerob on April 15, 2024, 11:10:16 PM
Three wheeled?
Title: Re: Wendax 4205
Post by: Wendax on April 16, 2024, 02:44:48 AM
Yes
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Post by: Oguerrerob on April 16, 2024, 04:07:40 AM
1920's?
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Post by: Wendax on April 16, 2024, 05:10:01 AM
Yes
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Post by: fromwien on April 16, 2024, 05:20:34 AM
Diabolo?
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Post by: Wendax on April 16, 2024, 05:42:43 AM
No
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Post by: Fёdor on April 16, 2024, 11:57:31 AM
Did the manufacturer produce bicycles or wheelchairs?
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Post by: Wendax on April 16, 2024, 12:01:07 PM
No
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Post by: Oguerrerob on April 16, 2024, 12:03:21 PM
Did make 4 wheeled cars?
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Post by: Wendax on April 16, 2024, 12:32:32 PM
No
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Post by: Oguerrerob on April 16, 2024, 02:00:41 PM
Is this the only vehicle they made?
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Post by: Wendax on April 16, 2024, 05:09:15 PM
No
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Post by: gte4289 on April 17, 2024, 12:12:40 AM
Engelbert Zaschka, 1925?
Title: Re: Wendax 4205
Post by: Wendax on April 17, 2024, 04:01:57 AM
Your picture does show the same car, this time with a pleasing bodywork. I've seen this picture been attrbuted to Zaschka, too. But my source tells another story. And Zaschka's unique selling point was that his three-wheeler was collapsible which this one is not.
Title: Re: Wendax 4205
Post by: gte4289 on April 17, 2024, 08:57:49 PM
Quote from: Wendax on April 17, 2024, 04:01:57 AM
Your picture does show the same car, this time with a pleasing bodywork. I've seen this picture been attrbuted to Zaschka, too. But my source tells another story. And Zaschka's unique selling point was that his three-wheeler was collapsible which this one is not.
I found it identified as an earlier Zaschka project, predating the folding car. It seemed unlikely, but I decided to give it a try anyway.

How about Hellmut Butenuth/Bufag?
Title: Re: Wendax 4205
Post by: Wendax on April 18, 2024, 01:05:55 PM
Yes, that is what my source says it is. I found the picture in a book about the Hanomag 2/10 PS. There it is identified as a Bufag Troll at a long-distance race (Zuverlässigkeitsfahrt) in Hanover in 1921. The number plate is from Hanover, too, but the year contradicts the date of the foundation of Bufag, usually given as 1922. In an old veteran car magazine this picture was used on the front page, pointing to an article about Hellmuth Butenuth using photos from his archive. But the caption said it is a Hanomag 2/10 PS which it surely isn't.
Unless someone can prove me wrong my assumption is that the puzzle picture and the one posted in reply #34 show a Bufag with minimal "racing car" bodywork and with standard bodywork. I would think these cars to be produced after the torpedo shaped ones found here: https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2017-47/pn-983/
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 4205 - Bufag Troll race car
Post by: gte4289 on April 18, 2024, 02:55:48 PM
Thanks for the puzzle and the point!
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 4205 - Bufag Troll race car
Post by: gte4289 on April 18, 2024, 05:01:39 PM
Here's an image of a 1923 model that seems to fall somewhere between the above racer and the more delicate model featured in this previous puzzle (https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2017-47/pn-983/).