Yep..Andrew is right.
If anyone is interested in an all original and restorable NSU Wankel Spyder, let me know. It is
white with black/red interior. It's complete and the engine turns, although it hasn't been
started in years. Been stored for the last few years in a climate controlled storage facility in
Louisville, KY.
I know the owner...he'd sell to the right buyer.
- Original Message -----------
From: Andrew Buc <andrewbuc@staxman.net>
To: Ben Pender <ben_pender@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 15:33:00 -0700
Subject: Re: [Peugeot-L] Re: OT: NSU Ro 80
> On Sunday, April 16, 2006, at 03:20 PM, Ben Pender wrote:
>
> > First production
> > passenger road car with a Wankel rotary engine, so
> > from that standpoint, quite significant!
> >
>
> Actually, the second. The first was the small rear-engine NSU Spyder.
> Road & Track's comment on the latter was, "The Wankel may be the engine
> of the future, but not yet." I understand that they finally whipped the
> seal problems on the engine, but the car's reputation was toast by
> then. An outfit in the UK, RoTechnik, restores Ro80's and swaps Mazda
> rotary engines into them. Supposedly it's a very clean installation,
> and you'd never know that the car didn't come from Neckarsulm with that
> engine. If I ever win the lotto and can start my own car collection,
> it'll include a Ro80! I actually saw a new Ro80 while walking past the
> dealership in downtown Boulder, Colorado, in 1972. In hindsight, I
> should have gone in and taken a closer look. There also used to be a
> dealership in Seattle, and I know of a man in Seattle's Greenwood
> district who had several NSU's parked in front of his house--I haven't
> driven by in a few years now.
>
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