hektor Posted February 7, 2022 Share #17001 Posted February 7, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) 35 minutes ago, wlaidlaw said: James, ???? Not until July Wilson Hi Wilson, dont know where I got that from. Best wishes anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 7, 2022 Posted February 7, 2022 Hi hektor, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
wlaidlaw Posted February 7, 2022 Share #17002 Posted February 7, 2022 BMW 319-1 Sport Roadster? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted February 7, 2022 Share #17003 Posted February 7, 2022 Not a Cord and not a Bimmer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted February 7, 2022 Share #17004 Posted February 7, 2022 I just acquired second hand via Abebooks, a later version of the Nick Georgano's Complete Encyclopaedia of the Motor car, a 1968 folio edition with lots of colour and black and white images. I think this was the last single volume edition until it was reissued by the National Beaulieu Motor Museum and Routledge in three volumes (two covering car marques and one for coachbuilders) in 2001. Good condition used sets of the 3 volumes fetch an eye-watering price of over £600. My previous quarto edition is from 1957 and all in black and white with very few images. The 1968 edition does mention the Kelsey, under the heading Motorette but no image. Wilson Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4378515'>More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted February 7, 2022 Share #17005 Posted February 7, 2022 That's the edition I have Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted February 7, 2022 Share #17006 Posted February 7, 2022 This looks like a design of Alexis de Sakhnoffsky. A US/British hybrid. Austin American Roadster. They built these from 1930 to 1935 in Butler/PA. Later the company was known as American Bantam. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted February 7, 2022 Share #17007 Posted February 7, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) Very impressive, Ronald. Your turn. It had a 0.7-liter engine pumping out 15 hp. BTW: This is in the Simeone Foundation Auto Museum (https://simeonemuseum.org/) in Philadelphia, and a must stop for anyone who participates in this thread and is coming to Philadelphia Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4378600'>More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted February 7, 2022 Share #17008 Posted February 7, 2022 And here the next one. I want to know the coachbuilder who built THIS car. You can start with the brand and model and then the coachbuilder of exactely THIS car. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4378662'>More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted February 8, 2022 Share #17009 Posted February 8, 2022 If the crop seems too tight, just let me know. But have a close look ... no bumper excludes many cars and if I´d give a larger crop it could become a freebie. OK, one more hint: This is the front side of the car. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted February 8, 2022 Share #17010 Posted February 8, 2022 16 hours ago, stuny said: BTW: This is in the Simeone Foundation Auto Museum (https://simeonemuseum.org/) in Philadelphia, and a must stop for anyone who participates in this thread and is coming to Philadelphia Used to run in to Philly on a regular basis (with W> African crude) when I was with Chevron. Tied up alongside overlooking the airfield. Didn't know about a museum back then (late 80s). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted February 8, 2022 Share #17011 Posted February 8, 2022 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4379084'>More sharing options...
adan Posted February 8, 2022 Share #17012 Posted February 8, 2022 I'll guess the brand and model are "Volkswagen" and "Type 1," a.k.a "Beetle" a.k.a "Bug" - 1.1L No clue (yet) as to who turned a "Beetle" into a "Frog." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted February 8, 2022 Share #17013 Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) As a rough guess? It looks like it might be the 'V1' experimental saloon-bodied prototype which was coachbuilt by Reutter. I could be wrong but I don't believe the V2 Cabrio version with bodywork by Drauz still exists(?) and, similarly, I can't tell from the carefully-cropped photographs whether the bonnet has one centrally-mounted knob or the two which were a feature of the three Daimler-Benz built VW3 cars. Philip. Edited February 8, 2022 by pippy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted February 8, 2022 Share #17014 Posted February 8, 2022 vor 1 Stunde schrieb adan: I'll guess the brand and model are "Volkswagen" and "Type 1," a.k.a "Beetle" a.k.a "Bug" - 1.1L No clue (yet) as to who turned a "Beetle" into a "Frog." Hmmmh. The riddle seems to be easy but is not. Something is correct here, something not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted February 8, 2022 Share #17015 Posted February 8, 2022 vor 17 Minuten schrieb pippy: As a rough guess? It looks like it might be the 'V1' experimental saloon-bodied prototype which was coachbuilt by Reutter. I could be wrong but I don't believe the V2 Cabrio version with bodywork by Drauz still exists(?) and, similarly, I can't tell from the carefully-cropped photographs whether the bonnet has one centrally-mounted knob or the two which were a feature of the three Daimler-Benz built VW3 cars. Philip. Philip, you are getting very close to the car. It is not the cabrio. You have to sort some things and then you have the car. After that we proceed who built it (the shown car physical). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted February 8, 2022 Share #17016 Posted February 8, 2022 So here the full car in color. Is it an original or a recreation and if so, who built it? Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4379267'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted February 8, 2022 Share #17017 Posted February 8, 2022 Tatra V750 by Hans Ledwinka? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted February 8, 2022 Share #17018 Posted February 8, 2022 vor 46 Minuten schrieb wlaidlaw: Tatra V750 by Hans Ledwinka? Wilson Not directely. Massively influenced by it with some ideas of Josef Ganz „Maikäfer“. Tatra got 1 Million DM in the 1960s for copying their idea. I’ll shorten this as I still need a coachbuilders name. Volkswagen was correct although I‘m not sure it was a maker’s name that early. This is a prototype which should be named after the engineering company which made it. Porsche type (E) 60. The later series cars had the makers name „KdF-Wagen“ not Volkswagen although today Volkswagen is used for it. „Volkswagen V3“ is the most common name today. Three cars of the first pre-pre-series were made for tests of the concept. The first two mixed wood/steel, number 3 fully steel. This is the recreation of the fully steel car #3 which technically shows some advanced details of the later pre-series „30“ made at Daimler Benz. What I want to know and what let’s Google possibly glow is the name of the coachbuilder who made this recreation for VW. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted February 8, 2022 Share #17019 Posted February 8, 2022 Ronald, I am going to guess that Reutter of Stuttgart (now Recaro) might be the coachbuilder. I still think they make wonderful seats. I have them in my 1977 911 RSR, as they were the only FIA approved seats with adjustable angle backs. I believe they also made the 14 way seats in my Panamera. If my back with degenerative scoliosis after past trauma, is playing up, there is nothing that settles it quicker than a drive in my Panamera. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted February 8, 2022 Share #17020 Posted February 8, 2022 Reutter may have made the original for Porsche, Wilson. My question is: Who made the recreation? While Daimler-Benz made the later pre-production series of 30 cars (known as „30“) the three pre-pres (V1, V2, V3) were made elsewhere with and for Porsche, only repaired at Daimler like after the several accidents V1 had during testing. Reutter is quite possible as coachbuilder as they worked with Porsche and maybe Drauz for the prototype V2 cabriolet (haven‘t checked that, Philip seems to know more). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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