Otto Mathe and his "Fetzenflieger" race car

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I realize it's been a long time, but is there any update on this ? I was just reminded that I wrote an article for the 356 Registry about a visit I had w/ Otto in 1987;

https://www.porsche356registry.org/system/magazines/pdfs/000/000/173/original/295r.pdf?1396814917

page 16. sorry, no tech. details. I didn't have a good grip on who I was visiting. there was virtually nothing in print on his history at the time.
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SkooobaSteve · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:19 am Post subject:

Jake did ya ever start this?
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Andi K · Samba Member Joined: March 03, 2005 Posts: 83

Yes, I have bought this very interesting magazine and it has indeed some nice pics and has a detailed story about the Berlin Rome racecars. But it's all in german:
http://www.wai.de/wai-pages/oldtimermarkt/201002/

peter schepens · Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 3:40 am Post subject:

HI there,
There is a german magazine about Old cars in General that shows an article over this Rom Berlin car. The story that goes with it unveil some details.....The Fletzenflieger is made with a chassis of another Berlin Rome car. Shocked

It is written with the help of the PROTOTYPE museum who loand the car to get driven by the reporter.

All the remains of the Berlin Rome car found by GI's after the war and some very early engines ( like prototo"s from the pre war area) are sold with the remaining Berlin rome car to Mathé.. Shocked

The magazine is Oldtimer markt Februar 2010.
Some detailed picts are in it to from the Berlin Rome car, not the Fletzenflieger.

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He's saying "Dang, What the hell kinda ford is that?"
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drscope · Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 2:06 pm Post subject:

I guess thats what we get for not paying closer attention!
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djfordmanjack · Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 6:02 am Post subject:

I understand now, after looking closer, thanx !
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PROTOTYP · Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:35 pm Post subject: Oil tank

Your oil tank is a petrol spare tank. He sure made some money with his additives but not enough to have his own petrol company. The oil tank is the one right behind the seat.

And yes Castrol Rennöl was the one that was chosen for the carrera engines. today we use special diesel oil with all our fuhrmann engines because it can cope with high temperature

drscope · Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 8:30 pm Post subject:

djfordmanjack · Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 4:22 pm Post subject:

Great thread, great car, great man !
I find it somehow amusing that a man known for his reknown motor oil additives brand would have a shell sticker on his oil tank Wink

MDKG · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 2:28 pm Post subject:

Sweet pics! Cool

Thanks for posting. Got any more?

transportertalkman · Samba Member Joined: May 22, 2002 Posts: 319

There was only about 3 dozen Vintage VW people in the Southern California area in 1982. We all cruised up for the Historic Car Races in Monterey in 1982, the featured marque being Porsche. We met Otto Mathe and checked out his Berlin to Rome race car up close. Porsche also brought over from Germany the 16 cylinder Auto-Union racer.

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mackteck · Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:05 pm Post subject:

I visited the Prototyp museum last weekend, really good Cool

I took a lot of pics of the mathe car, suspension etc...I can PM if any use to you.

delamaize · Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 1:50 am Post subject:

JAKE! dude you started building yet?
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Steven Bishop · Samba Member Joined: December 24, 2009 Posts: 2

hello just wondering how the project is going, very interesting, there is a kubel floor pan sitting under the tree at the shop i work at, that car is giving me ideas. looks like a fun project. kooblekar

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50ate · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:17 pm Post subject:

Jake homie.. I will be lookin after this thread. lets get to some build pics already!!!

DDub · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:34 pm Post subject:

Go with the fenders!!


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