This car looks so sad… shivering out in the (admittedly sparse) weeds. I almost tagged this under the “Still life with…” category, but that would be mean. The car is quite rare, and I can honestly say it is the only one I’ve ever seen.
I shot the photo many years back, and I know at least one commentator here knows exactly what it is, so he’s ineligible for guessing, though he can referee for those that do guess, as he knows more about this type of car than I do. Do you know what it is? Take a guess in the comments.
(Note, as I’m behind of CPotD posts, there may be more than one today, stay tuned)
1959 Auto-Union 1000 SP 3-6 Coupe
http://www.finecars.cc/en/detail/car/1243/index.html?no_cache=1
Corvairdad wins, with a bullet: It’s a 1960. The CEO of DKW in the 50s was very appreciative of the ’55 T-Bird’s styling and wanted a version of it. Underneath it’s a fairly standard DKW 1000, with a slightly hotted-up engine, of FIFTY FIVE horseponies!
Woo hoo….!
Like the Karmann Ghia/Bug arrangement, it looks cool, but the standard coupe will handle better (a bit lighter).
Only ~4500 were produced, including a few cabrios, up till ’62. It’s my NEXT project!
BTW: As a geologist we often get accused of being out, standing in a field.
Ba dump bump. I’ll be here alll week, twice on Saturday. Try the veal, and tip your waitstaff.
Boy, that was one *damn* cold day, chuck…almost FOUR years ago! How time flies…