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Wed Apr 15, 2015 3:56 pm

Hello. I have a 59 NSU Prinz. Im currently restoring it. Its a right hand drive and will be powered by a 2001 Yamaha R1 engine. Ive been searching everywhere for the window seals and cant seam to find the darn things. I tried West Coast Metric and they dont carry it. Can Anyone point me in the direction im looking for plwase.

Thanks
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Wed Apr 15, 2015 6:18 pm

http://www.saelzer-motorsport.de/NSU_en.html

Fri Jan 03, 2025 4:56 pm

Seen at a car show, a NSU Prinz...

Aircooled, this is a race motor.

Sat Jan 04, 2025 3:02 am

always been partial to a nice prinz and they handle well. the blue is nice but TT orange would be my favourite.

Sat Jan 04, 2025 3:59 am

The 1999 model was the best, imho…..

Sat Jan 04, 2025 11:03 am

Abscate wrote: The 1999 model was the best, imho…..
I saw what you did there.....

Sat Jan 04, 2025 9:02 pm

I found various NOS parts on evil-bay. Here is my solution, perfect fit onto early VW pan.

Sat Jan 04, 2025 9:07 pm

Everything fit very nicely, NSU contributed a great deal to modern automotive design. Brilliant engineering ( replace the clutch w/o pulling the transmission, yup!). I went VW power as I had no running drivetrain. Love to see the Yamaha set up

Sun Jan 05, 2025 9:30 am

Manfred58sc wrote:

interesting headlamp arrangement for us laws I assume. other markets had square lamps

Sat Jan 11, 2025 11:00 am

Doesn’t that Prinz look separated at birth from the BMW 2002?

Sun Jan 12, 2025 10:48 pm

The blue one I showed the photo of I have two folks tell me from the front view they thought it was a Corvair. The quad headlamps have that Corvair look.

Insteresting, they have at least 3 variations of NSU Prinz headlights. pair of large rounds, quad small rounds, and square lamp type in pairs.

Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:13 am

zerotofifty wrote: Interesting, they have at least 3 variations of NSU Prinz headlights. pair of large rounds, quad small rounds, and square lamp type in pairs.

that's because they're different models and the usa legal requirement. the prinz 1000 had oval headlamps, the TT models had quad round lamps and the 110, later called 1200c, the square lamps (round for usa market) and fake grille.

as for the bmw - yes there is a likeness there probably because a defined waistline and slim pillars were trending. the design is a descendant of the 700 and the 'new line' models.