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paul55
Luxembourg
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McEvoy
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/10/2021 : 13:06:11
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Is this the Molders that worked with Kohlrausch on EX127 and EX154 supposedly selling the latter after the war to a lady in France?
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coracle
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/10/2021 : 14:27:08
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An observation: RHD in the old photo's (photo 7) and LHD in the current ones? |
Edited by - coracle on 08/10/2021 14:29:58 |
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Colin Butchers
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/10/2021 : 11:02:28
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Bob. I think that this is certainly the same H Molders who was involved with EX154. According to The Hawke Book of MMM Competition Cars, Molders was part of the Offenburg Racing Team together with Dr Rolf Spindler and Dr Artur Wiswedel. Spindler is quoted as being the owner of EX154 but in July 1946 Molders drove the car in the Ruhestein Bergrennen (presumably a hill-climb event.) Subsequently Molders sold the car to the French lady. Presumably Spindler gave his permission for the sale, assuming that he had survived the war.
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Vitesse
United Kingdom
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McEvoy
United Kingdom
252 Posts |
Posted - 13/10/2021 : 15:07:23
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Thank you Colin and Richard for the information which has made me look up my notes on EX154. Karl Wiessmann has confirmed that the two Molders I referred to in my first post are the one and the same.
In the interests of accuracy my earlier reference to EX154 being sold to a lady in France may not be correct as my notes indicate that in 1946 the car either in it's original or modified condition was disposed / sold to a french lady working for the armed forces in Germany.
Thanks to the links provided it would appear that the hill climb in question was held in the French sector of Germany as the licence was granted by the French Military Government.
All this may seem quite irrelevant except my notes indicate that prior to the car in whatever state arriving in Australia it was in Guiana which was and is a french territory used for rocket launches and which one would assume had a french military presence.
So is this how the car got to Guiana? Perhaps the car was in the ownership of military families who moved around the world.
The trials and tribulations of trying to find Triple-M histories.
Bob
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John Brinkmann
USA
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McEvoy
United Kingdom
252 Posts |
Posted - 28/11/2021 : 14:22:46
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Sackcloth and ashes!
My earlier post concerning EX154 was incorrect regarding the whereabouts of the car after the war as it was in New Guinea not Guiana for a few years before being exported to Australia.
A small point but not wishing to confuse any Triple-M historians.
Bob |
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