Please help me identify this car - trick one
Please help me identify this car - trick one
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Bacchus

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601 posts

313 months

Tuesday 15th August 2017
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Gentlemen,

at the badge I read SEEVI (but I'm not shure and even less if the last letter is an "I")
under the make I can see a cogwheel

I have asked google but without a result!

it's RHD but the picture was taken on the continent, was it a racing car?

many thanks

Jan


TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

155 months

Tuesday 15th August 2017
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Bacchus said:
at the badge I read SEEVI (but I'm not shure and even less if the last letter is an "I")
under the make I can see a cogwheel
Have you got a clearer scan or photo of that area?

Bacchus said:
it's RHD but the picture was taken on the continent, was it a racing car?
Not unusual. Back in the day, a lot of European-produced cars were RHD.

nicanary

11,275 posts

175 months

Tuesday 15th August 2017
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Could it be a Selve? Largish German car made up to 1929.

TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

155 months

Tuesday 15th August 2017
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nicanary said:
Could it be a Selve? Largish German car made up to 1929.
Looks very likely.

Swampy1982

3,599 posts

140 months

Tuesday 15th August 2017
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wow... third post and a hugely likely correct answer. Hats off to that man

threespires

4,465 posts

240 months

Tuesday 15th August 2017
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Swampy1982 said:
wow... third post and a hugely likely correct answer. Hats off to that man
+1

Big_Dog

995 posts

214 months

Tuesday 15th August 2017
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Top car spotter points there. Wow.

dandarez

14,009 posts

312 months

Tuesday 15th August 2017
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It is!

German car maker Norddeutsche Automobilwerke, which built cars like the Sperber, was swallowed up by Selve after the First World War.

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G-LXvMdG1SM/V2_LZvOaRJI...

Selve went on for a few years until the German Depression.

This is one in a museum that is/was used I believe.
http://www.edle-oldtimer.de/my-uploads/uploads/201...

nicanary

11,275 posts

175 months

Tuesday 15th August 2017
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Swampy1982 said:
wow... third post and a hugely likely correct answer. Hats off to that man
Thanks, but I know people far more knowledgeable than myself.

It helps to own a Beaulieu Encyclopedia by Georgano. Expensive but indispensable. Also, have a dekko at www.autopuzzles.com. Stay on there for long enough and you'll learn a lot about the history of the car.

Bacchus

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601 posts

313 months

Wednesday 16th August 2017
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Thank you very much guys!!

How about this one? I think it could be a homebuild "special" but not shure...


nicanary

11,275 posts

175 months

Wednesday 16th August 2017
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Bacchus said:
Thank you very much guys!!

How about this one? I think it could be a homebuild "special" but not shure...

Assuming this is also German, that car has no rear drive, so it's probably a DKW special. Definitely not a catalogued model.

nicanary

11,275 posts

175 months

Thursday 17th August 2017
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nicanary said:
Bacchus said:
Thank you very much guys!!

How about this one? I think it could be a homebuild "special" but not shure...

Assuming this is also German, that car has no rear drive, so it's probably a DKW special. Definitely not a catalogued model.
I have been advised by an associate in Germany that this is almost certainly not DKW-based. However, it does seem to be FWD - so what is it?

nicanary

11,275 posts

175 months

Thursday 17th August 2017
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Could it be based on an Adler Trumpf Junior? The wheels look right. They were assembled in Belgium by Imperia so the location is on the right lines.

Did the Adler have transverse leaf springs?

Bacchus

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601 posts

313 months

Friday 18th August 2017
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you are probably right! I had to google... :-)

and the bodywork?

looks like a prewar Super7 :-)