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Bernard,
I don't think that the car is patterned after either an Alfa or a BMW. It is simply a generic style of the mid-1930's, like all other Marklin toys of the period. I have some large Marklin construction automobiles that some call "Horch" , but it could be lots of cars really!
They use the same hardware as on the rail-racing cars. Ours at the LASCM are in mint condition but have no drivers, so I am looking for repros.
![Tire Wheel Car Vehicle Land vehicle]()
The two Marklin racers:
![Tire Wheel Car Vehicle Motor vehicle]()
A view onto the zonkers, of which invention was later claimed (and wrongly patented in the UK) by at least two British inventors in the early 1950's:
![Wheel Tire Vehicle Car Automotive tire]()
The "Alfabmwwhatever" car could be anything:
![Tire Vehicle Car Automotive tire Motor vehicle]()
![Wheel Tire Land vehicle Vehicle Toy]()
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I don't think that the car is patterned after either an Alfa or a BMW. It is simply a generic style of the mid-1930's, like all other Marklin toys of the period. I have some large Marklin construction automobiles that some call "Horch" , but it could be lots of cars really!
They use the same hardware as on the rail-racing cars. Ours at the LASCM are in mint condition but have no drivers, so I am looking for repros.
The two Marklin racers:
A view onto the zonkers, of which invention was later claimed (and wrongly patented in the UK) by at least two British inventors in the early 1950's:
The "Alfabmwwhatever" car could be anything:
