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What is it? # 107 (UPDATE)
Update: this was a tough one. Of all readers only two came up with the right make of car: Dixi! Coincidently both coem from Scandinavia. Maybe the conlcusion is a bit far out to say that Dixi cars were best sold out there, or isn it just the endless dark winterdasyas that maske them read books better than we do ;-) Anyway, one of them is the notoriously good answering jurymember Lars-Göran Lindgren: "Dixi 1912 type R9". But jurymembers don't count as competitor. The one remaining competitor is starting to build an international name also: Kjetil Langsaether is a new jurymember with this third win by him, Congratulations! " The part of his answer saying: "it is a Dixi", made him outright winner of # 107. The car was discovered many years ago by Hans Compter of New Zealand in a piece of noman's land between Uruguay and Brasilia. It is a Type R9 (also known as 8/21 Dixi) with a coachwork by Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach. After 5 years of negotiating with the owners it was delivered to the BMW Museum in 2002. (photo Hans Compter; click for other angle of car fully exposed, radiator logo erased)
It is a true barnfind and you won't find fleets of those. Not anywhere. This one emerged from oblivion many years ago and after restoration went back to the place where it was bolted together. In those days the car had a reputable name and was marketed in three different European countries under three different names. For starters we only want to hear the orginal name and year. The exact type and other two brandnames will help if we have too many good entries to point out the one winner. Please send your response BEFORE Monday 19 April to
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Friday, 16 April 2004
Update: this was a tough one. Of all readers only two came up with the right make of car: Dixi! Coincidently both coem from Scandinavia. Maybe the conlcusion is a bit far out to say that Dixi cars were best sold out there, or isn it just the endless dark winterdasyas that maske them read books better than we do ;-) Anyway, one of them is the notoriously good answering jurymember Lars-Göran Lindgren: "Dixi 1912 type R9". But jurymembers don't count as competitor. The one remaining competitor is starting to build an international name also: Kjetil Langsaether is a new jurymember with this third win by him, Congratulations! " The part of his answer saying: "it is a Dixi", made him outright winner of # 107. The car was discovered many years ago by Hans Compter of New Zealand in a piece of noman's land between Uruguay and Brasilia. It is a Type R9 (also known as 8/21 Dixi) with a coachwork by Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach. After 5 years of negotiating with the owners it was delivered to the BMW Museum in 2002. (photo Hans Compter; click for other angle of car fully exposed, radiator logo erased)
It is a true barnfind and you won't find fleets of those. Not anywhere. This one emerged from oblivion many years ago and after restoration went back to the place where it was bolted together. In those days the car had a reputable name and was marketed in three different European countries under three different names. For starters we only want to hear the orginal name and year. The exact type and other two brandnames will help if we have too many good entries to point out the one winner. Please send your response BEFORE Monday 19 April to
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. Please add # 107 to the subject line and include your shirtsize (S,M or XL) and snail mail address, for in case you are the winner.
