Author Topic: Solved: PN #486 -- Gustav Kottmol's self-built small car, 1953  (Read 2391 times)

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Re: PN #486
« Reply #25 on: July 11, 2013, 08:54:33 AM »
no, this was a one-off
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Re: PN #486
« Reply #26 on: July 11, 2013, 11:53:46 AM »
WAs this built by Erich Frankl,1962?

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Re: PN #486
« Reply #27 on: July 11, 2013, 12:22:07 PM »
no
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Re: PN #486
« Reply #28 on: July 13, 2013, 04:38:15 PM »
Is there any Palten influence with this car?

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Re: PN #486
« Reply #29 on: July 14, 2013, 12:29:23 AM »
nothing
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Re: PN #486
« Reply #30 on: July 14, 2013, 01:10:27 AM »
So this little car had nothing to do with anyother make,just his totally own design ?

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Re: PN #486
« Reply #31 on: July 14, 2013, 01:41:00 AM »
yes
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Re: PN #486
« Reply #32 on: July 14, 2013, 03:09:54 PM »
Is this tiny car,named after its builder?

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Re: PN #486
« Reply #33 on: July 14, 2013, 03:32:02 PM »
yes
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Re: PN #486
« Reply #34 on: July 14, 2013, 04:07:35 PM »
I,ve got a feeling the builders name is probably very obscure to most of the commonwealth?

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Re: PN #486
« Reply #35 on: July 14, 2013, 04:12:28 PM »
it is so obscure, you can't find it online
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Re: PN #486
« Reply #36 on: July 14, 2013, 04:15:17 PM »
oh,no I had a feeling it was difficult to find.

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Re: PN #486
« Reply #37 on: November 13, 2013, 01:02:18 PM »
I am inclined to send this to the Black Hole
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Re: PN #486
« Reply #38 on: July 27, 2014, 11:24:19 AM »
and with a "little" delay, off it goes
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Re: PN #486
« Reply #39 on: July 28, 2014, 05:51:23 AM »
Nooooo! I wanted to give it a cuddle first! :'(

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Re: PN #486
« Reply #40 on: August 16, 2015, 06:54:22 AM »
Is there another maker sharing its name with this?

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Re: PN #486
« Reply #41 on: August 16, 2015, 07:09:05 AM »
no
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Re: PN #486
« Reply #42 on: August 16, 2015, 07:33:15 AM »
We are looking for a cute little car built by a Mr. Unknown, and there are no other makers with his name. Is there a known person with that name (singer, actor or whatever?)

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Re: PN #486
« Reply #43 on: August 16, 2015, 09:05:26 AM »
no and there's nothing on him online either. Very difficult puzzle!
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Re: PN #486
« Reply #44 on: August 16, 2015, 09:08:50 AM »
Not him, but one with the same name?

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Re: PN #486
« Reply #45 on: August 16, 2015, 10:02:57 AM »
this name bring 0 results on Google
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Re: PN #486
« Reply #46 on: August 16, 2015, 12:52:56 PM »
Ok, no luck with the name...could the source be even harder? Is it from an Austrian Magazine, like AAZ?
(BTW, it's amazingly similar to Jozsef Vellak's microcar!)
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Re: PN #486
« Reply #47 on: August 16, 2015, 01:57:03 PM »
It's from a post-war Austrian magazine
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Re: PN #486
« Reply #48 on: September 10, 2017, 08:05:55 AM »
Too cute to let it go...has this magazine the word 'Auto' in it?

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Re: PN #486
« Reply #49 on: September 10, 2017, 10:11:00 AM »
no, but as you are reviving an old puzzle, let me give you a clue, it has "Austro" in the title
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