Author Topic: Solved: Wendax 2131 - Hanomag Sturm Sport Coupé  (Read 1379 times)

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Re: Wendax 2131
« Reply #25 on: January 14, 2017, 09:24:39 AM »
No, no and no

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Re: Wendax 2131
« Reply #26 on: January 14, 2017, 11:32:25 AM »
From 1939 ? If not 1938 .. :)  Was it built for testing something, for example cw values ?

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Re: Wendax 2131
« Reply #27 on: January 14, 2017, 12:45:30 PM »
1939 is right.
Not built for cw testing, far more simple.

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Re: Wendax 2131
« Reply #28 on: January 14, 2017, 05:27:21 PM »
Especially built for a client or did it had a special purpose ?

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Re: Wendax 2131
« Reply #29 on: January 14, 2017, 11:22:57 PM »
Locked?

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Re: Wendax 2131
« Reply #30 on: January 15, 2017, 04:45:51 AM »
Locked?
I think it is and I too have found a possible answer!
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Re: Wendax 2131
« Reply #31 on: January 15, 2017, 05:15:27 AM »
Especially built for a client or did it had a special purpose ?
Special purpose

Still locked for one more try.

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Re: Wendax 2131
« Reply #32 on: January 15, 2017, 06:19:44 AM »
No speed or cw testing purpose despite its appearance, and can't imagine it was built for a car show in war. So, may be for testing a different type of engine (diesel ?). If not, please unlock

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Re: Wendax 2131
« Reply #33 on: January 15, 2017, 01:54:25 PM »
No, unlocked

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Re: Wendax 2131
« Reply #34 on: January 15, 2017, 02:40:06 PM »
1939 Hanomag Sturm 23k Sport Coupe, created by the Hanomag factory for Nazi-German sportive reliability trials.

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Re: Wendax 2131
« Reply #35 on: January 15, 2017, 04:27:02 PM »
Correct!

This puzzle is solved now, but there is an extra point available for anybody identifying the car behind the Sturm Coupé in the pictue below. I think it might be a prototype for a streamlined successor of the Sturm or Rekord in the style of the Hanomag 1,3 Liter. Does anybody have further information or pictures?