Rona!d Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17761 Posted June 22, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) OK, let´s lift the curtain. Would you guys believe this is a 1936/37 Mercedes-Benz 320 (W142) rebodied in 1949/1950? I´m sure this was a pretty strong smoke-ball, not? Coachbuilder Wendler made four "Ponton" style cabriolets on prewar chassis. They used a special and rare 4-speed Maybach gearbox. The expensive series car I referred to made by the coachbuilder was the later Porsche 550 Spyder of which they made about 100 cars. As it was parked close to other cars, I will not post my "whole car" photo but send you gents this link to RM Sotheby´s. And this link. Here one of it´s three sister cars which we all would think is an ALFA. And here the third one known. Here too. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 22, 2022 Posted June 22, 2022 Hi Rona!d, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
pippy Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17762 Posted June 22, 2022 Ronald; for my part you could have shown the whole car as per the Sotheby's pic and I still wouldn't have been any the wiser! Only tiny clue which I recognised and could have followed-up would have been the small 'Wendler' badge just fore of the door shut-line but, even then, the phrase 'Needle-in-a-Haystack' springs to mind! Philip. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17763 Posted June 22, 2022 Here the Mercedes logos in details 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 Quote 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=4458424'>More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17764 Posted June 22, 2022 I tortured you with this one, so everybody can post the next car. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17765 Posted June 22, 2022 OK so am I the only one to be totally unfamiliar with this output from Carrosserie Wendler? I don’t think I’ve ever even come across an image of this car let alone seen an example. Chapeau Rona!d! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 23, 2022 Share #17766 Posted June 23, 2022 12 hours ago, Rona!d said: I tortured you with this one, so everybody can post the next car. But then we'll all know what it is...... Philip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted June 23, 2022 Share #17767 Posted June 23, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) Anybody a new car? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 23, 2022 Share #17768 Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) OK; I'll have a punt to fill-in the time before someone else has something 'nice' to post.. As much as I greatly love the 'esoterica' seen here on a regular basis (and make no bones about it; I do!) I'd be prepared to wager that an example of this car has never been displayed at any Pebble Beach Concours of any year ever but, on the upside, some of us might actually have seen one of these driving on public roads because there were a half-of-a-million of these things circulating in their day! Have Fun, Folks!!! 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! Philip. Edited June 23, 2022 by pippy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4458898'>More sharing options...
hektor Posted June 23, 2022 Share #17769 Posted June 23, 2022 BMC ADO17. Could be Austin, Morris or Wolseley 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 23, 2022 Share #17770 Posted June 23, 2022 24 minutes ago, hektor said: BMC ADO17. Could be Austin, Morris or Wolseley Not quite, Hektor... Philip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted June 23, 2022 Share #17771 Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) Austin Maxi ADO14 Edited June 23, 2022 by hektor 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted June 23, 2022 Share #17772 Posted June 23, 2022 32 minutes ago, hektor said: BMC ADO17. Could be Austin, Morris or Wolseley I'm wondering if a definitive identification might be made on the basis of the rust patterns from below the window trim...🤣 Probably "factory-original". Definitely has the distinct whiff of a BL product. But happy to be told it's from a rare Italian carrozzeria...🤔 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted June 23, 2022 Share #17773 Posted June 23, 2022 1 minute ago, NigelG said: But happy to be told it's from a rare Italian carrozzeria...🤔 Nigel, I doubt with Triplex glass. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted June 23, 2022 Share #17774 Posted June 23, 2022 Could it be an Austin 1800 (ie the not-Maxi)...? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted June 23, 2022 Share #17775 Posted June 23, 2022 1 minute ago, NigelG said: Could it be an Austin 1800 (ie the not-Maxi)...? That was the ADO17 posted forty minutes ago to which Pippy replied in the negative. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted June 23, 2022 Share #17776 Posted June 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, hektor said: Nigel, I doubt with Triplex glass. Ha...humour doesn't really work over the forum format...🙁 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 23, 2022 Share #17777 Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) 24 minutes ago, hektor said: Maxi ADO14 Absolutely spot-on, Hektor, and very well done to everyone, really, as I didn't anticipate such a strong response from my one crap crop! To give the car all due credit it was the very first '5-door hatchback' car to be offered in the UK and 'Plain-Jane' looks notwithstanding marked a pivotal point in car design which is still with us to this day. Snap of the whole thing?....; 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! Over to you, Hektor, for the next Puzzler! Philip. Edited June 23, 2022 by pippy Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Over to you, Hektor, for the next Puzzler! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4458925'>More sharing options...
NigelG Posted June 23, 2022 Share #17778 Posted June 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, hektor said: That was the ADO17 posted forty minutes ago to which Pippy replied in the negative. Yes sorry - not up on the coding. In the UK these were always refered to by their "common names". Series numbering etc was not really common in the UK. I don't think I was ever much aware of it until we started talking about M3 E46s... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted June 23, 2022 Share #17779 Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, pippy said: Absolutely spot-on, Hektor, and very well done! Snap of the whole thing?....; 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! Over to you for the next Puzzler! Philip. In concourse just-out-of-the-factory condition. 🤣 More commonly known as the "Land Crab" - Alec Issigonis's allegedly favourite design Friends have an example in that astonishing not-quite-beige-but-infact-a-bit-like-sick colour that Austin did for a while for no good reason and has AFAIK never appeared on any manufacturers colour card since... Edited June 23, 2022 by NigelG 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 23, 2022 Share #17780 Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) 39 minutes ago, NigelG said: ...More commonly known as the "Land Crab" - Alec Issigonis's allegedly favourite design... Not quite, Nigel. The 'Land Crab' epithet related specifically (AFAIK!) to the ADO17 1800cc(?) cars but not to the ADO14 an example of which never - AFAIK! - troubled the time-keeper's watch in any competition!... Putting it very plainly - in case there is any ambiguity - the car pictured is an Austin Maxi 1750; aka ADO14 (etc.). Thanks for all the fun! Philip. Edited June 24, 2022 by pippy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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