What is it? Quiz #455

Das ist ein Brennabor Typ ASK 29, ein 6-Zyl. Cabriolet Bj. um 1929. Hersteller waren die Brennabor-Werke Brandenburg/Havel Gebr. Reichstein in Deutschland.
s. www.brennabor-brb.de

Hi Laurens, Just read your quizz455 and recognized this car as a Brennabor from Brandenburg of approx 1926/27. I am currently traveling back to NZ so cannot check the exact type in our library.Hans Compter.

I am going for the participation award on this one. My guess is it was in Japan.

Guten Abend!

Der Text zum Quiz Nr.455 passt haargenau zur deutschen Automarke Brennabor. Allerdings endete dort die Automobilproduktion bereits im Jahre 1933.

Das Bild zeigt eine Brennabor 12/55 Typ ASK Cabrio-Limousine (3,1 Ltr.Reihen-Sechszylinder 55 PS) von 1928/29, für die sinnigerweise als "Der Wagen mit dem offenen Himmel" geworben wurde (siehe W.Oswald, "Deutsche Autos 1929-1939, Stgt. 1977). H.H.von Fersen bezeichnet genau dieses Quiz-Bild als "Typ AS Landaulet 1929" (siehe "Autos in Deutschland 1920-1939, Stgt. 1967).

Es gab mehrere Aufbauten für den ASK, die alle auch bei Brennabor selbst hergestellt wurden: Limousine 4-tür., Cabrio-Limousine 4-tür., Cabriolet 2-tür. jeweils als Typ ASK mit Radstand 3m, Pullmann-Limousine als Typ ASL oder AFL mit 3,2m Radstand. Mit vier Wagen vom Typ ASK konnte Brennabor die Internationale Alpenfahrt 1928 siegreich bestreiten (vermutlich Mannschaftspreis). 1931 lief die Produktion der ASK- und ASL-Modelle aus. Im Volants Museum in Kirchzeiten steht nach meinen Informationen ein umrestaurierter ASK als (umgebauter?) Lieferwagen. Ob heute noch weitere Brennabor Fahrzeuge dieser Typenreihe existieren ist mir nicht bekannt.

Josef Boers

Dear prewarcar-team,
nice quiz...
Here my solution:
Brennabor Typ AFK Cabrio-Limousine (12/55PS) was a six-cylinder car introduced in 1929 (following the ASK), replaced in 1930 by the Brennabor Juwel 6.
The AFK had a 3.080 ccm engine, a single plate dry-clutch and a three-speed gear box with a centrally positioned floor-mounted gear stick and rear-wheel-drive, rigid axles and four-wheel-brakes. It has the short chassis with a wheelbase of 3.000 mm, while the AFL’s (“L” means Long) wheelbase is 3.2900 mm.
The Brennabor company from Brandenburg/Havel was in the early twenties the most successful german car maker. Brennabor disappeared at the end of WW2.

Best regards from the Nahe-valley in Germany

Fritz

Hello again,

additional informations on my comments from today:
the Brennabor 10/45 PS-car has disk wheels;
so it MUST be the type AK with short wheel base (wheelbase = 3000 mm); the type AL has a wheelbase of 3290 mm

Best regards
Christian Günzel

Hello,

this is a Brennabor 10/45 PS Cabrio-Limousine (built from 1927 - 1929) from "Gebr.Reichstein Brennabor-Werke Brandenburg/Havel" (Germany). I think it is the Type AL (long wheel base); perhaps a Type AK (short wheel base), this version was built 1928-1929.
The 6 cylinder-four stroke engine with 2547 cm³ capacity has a power of 45 hp at 3300 rpm. The picture shows a very attractive two-tone color sheme.

Best regards
Christian Günzel

Once again a lost german car make,
It is a Brennabor from Brandenburg /Havel,
Founded by Gebrüder Reichenstein, maybe a Typ A.
Nice homepage: brennabor-brb.de
Greetings
Frank

Brennabor Typ AS 12-55ps Cabrio-Limousine 1928 (1928-1932)

On this occasion, I have no possibility of error.
It is a Brennabor 12/55 PS (1928-1929), manufactured in Brandenbourg (D) by the Reichstein Brennabor Werke manufactured cars from 1908 to 1934.
In these years, Brennabor used the same engine a six cylinder in line of 3080 cc and 55PS in different models; ASK, AFK. ASL, AFL.
Of the four models, only two are sold with bodywork Cabriolet - Limousine.
For this reason it is difficult to know exactly which model it is, because the bodywork Cabriolet - Limousine, is sold either in the model ASK 1928-1929 (RM 7150) and the 1929 AFK (RM 6850).
Information and photo in "cars in Deuchland 1920-1939"

Das ist ein Brennabor von den Brennabor-Werken Brandenburg/Havel Gebr. Reichstein, Typ ASK 6-Zyl. Cabriolet, Bj. um 1929

This one is a Brennabor, probably a 1928 12/55 PS Typ ASK Cabrio-Limousine with non-standard additional upright hood louvers between the horizontal ones. It was powered by a three-litre six-cylinder engine. The bodywork was advertised as the "car with open sky" and was also called Faux-Landaulet. Of all 70,000 Brennabor cars built between 1907 and 1933 only 35 are known to have survived. Brennabor was also famous for prams and bicycles. After WW2 the Aktivist and Rübezahl tractors were built at the premises. In 1962 they changed to building transmissions and were taken over by ZF in 1991.

Brennabor AS Landaulet 1929, 6 cyl. 3 l engine.

Brennabor Type AL 10/45 6 cyl Cabrio-limousine, made from 1927 till 1932 had a display of 2547cc. Brennabor, famous for their wickerwork baby strollers amongst toys, Pony- and dog carts they made three wheeled delivery cars “Brennaborettes” before going into real cars. The company was the first in Germany to adapt an assembly line in 1924. In the 1920’s they were successful in racing the Typ S 6/20 racing car. Produced engines for Fichtel & Sachs motorbikes and mopeds. After the war the factory was closed by the Russians. Tractors became the core business from the Brandenburger Traktor Werke afterwards.

Late 20s Brennabor, made by Gebr. Reichstein in Havel, Brandenburg. The brand name come from the supposed Wendic (slavonic) name of the region.
Marketed in Finland and Sweden before WWI, Carl Reichstein himself took part in the 1913 competition Stockholm-Gothenburg. Showed also up at the Brooklands track in 1910.
Strangly they were quite late with smaller models under 2-litre eventhough Germany largest producer at one time, and usually second largest after Opel in the 20s.
The Reichsteins were jewish, witch caused some problem in 30s.

The car is a Brennabor Type AS from 1929, built by the Brennabor Werke Gebr. Reichstein in Brandenburg west of Berlin. It had a 3.1 litre side-valve 6-cylinder engine with maximum output of 55 h.p. The chassis was available with two wheel bases: 3.29 m (Type ASL) and 3.00 m (ASK). Brennabor was the first German car manufacturer using an assembly line, participated in races until the mid-1920s, but was soon outperformed by Opel. Car production ceased in 1933 after a newly developed small car flopped. A few dozen Brennabor cars are believed to be still in existence.