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[Steve L]

Can anyone tell me if this car has a chassis number and any race history please?

Thanks!

[DCapps]

Well, it is a Typ 1937, for starters, not a "C Type," of course.

 

Here are some possibilities from 1937...

 

76006/42/24 = Rosemeyer, AVUSrennen

76004/46/46 = Fagiloi, AVUSrennen

76003/47/15 = von Delius, AVUSrennen

76001/40/45 = Hasse, AVUSrennen

 

Wagen / Motor / Kompressor

[irvine99]

Deutsches Museum homepage says it's a 1936 Type C:

 

https://digital.deut...n-object/68403/

 

"Silberpfeile" from Anthony Pritchard states, that the car survived WW II in the Deutsches Museum and was in 1979/80 costly restored by Audi-NSU.

 

There is at "Zwischengas" an article about the history of this car.

 

https://www.zwischen...hen-Museum.html

 

Zusammenfassung

 

Der Auto Union Typ C war eine ausserordentlich fortschrittliche Mittelmotorkonstruktion und in damit in vielen Aspekten seiner Zeit voraus. Dieser Artikel befasst sich mit der Geschichte des Exemplars des Deutschen Museums, welcher eine bewegte Geschichte zu erzählen hat.

Dieser Artikel enthält folgende Kapitel

• Die Kraftfahrhalle im Deutschen Museum
• Der Auto Union als Schnittmodell im Deutschen Museum 1938 bis 1942
• Der Auto Union von 1945 bis 1978
• Der Wiederaufbau des Auto Union Typ C
• Der Neubau der Karosserie bei Rolf Bunte
• Aufbau des 16-Zylindermotors bei Audi
• Die Präsentation des Auto Union Typ C 1980 auf dem Nürburgring
• Die zweite neue Karosserie aus Italien
• Der Auto Union Typ C heute im Deutschen Museum

Edited by irvine99, 19 January 2024 - 13:59.

[Vitesse2]

 

Deutsches Museum homepage says it's a 1936 Type C:

 

The Type A/B/C/D names were never Auto Union official designations and were only applied in retrospect. In period, as Don indicates, they were referred to simply by the year the designs were introduced. However, the 'shorthand' version has become an accepted use, even if not historically correct.

[Doug Nye]

From admittedly often illusory memory I seem to recall being told that the Deutsches Museum Auto Union was purely a show car specially assembled by the team/company for the institution...

 

DCN