Solved: Wendax 388 - Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Cabriolet Hess

Wendax · November 16, 2011, 01:33:57 PM

Base car should be easy.

For one point, please respond and identify this car and its coachbuilder.

dracu777 · November 18, 2011, 04:24:16 PM

Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GT with Stabilimenti Farina coachwork? I'm guessing from 1931.

Wendax · November 18, 2011, 04:27:50 PM

The base car is an Alfa Romeo 6 C 1750 indeed. But the coachbuilder isn't Stabilimenti Farina.

dracu777 · November 18, 2011, 10:36:45 PM

How many guesses do I get?

Is it Castagna?

Wendax · November 19, 2011, 02:58:27 AM

You can guess as often as you like, as long as it is one guess at a time and nobody else comes up faster with the answer. I won't lock it for you, because IMHO the base car was very obvious. The real puzzle lies within the coachbuilder. And it is not Castagna...

dracu777 · November 19, 2011, 07:04:58 PM

James Young?

Wendax · November 20, 2011, 02:28:49 AM

No

dracu777 · November 21, 2011, 03:01:31 PM

Worblaufen?

Wendax · November 21, 2011, 03:13:04 PM

No, but it is a Swiss body.

dracu777 · November 21, 2011, 03:16:38 PM

That should make my guessing easier

Graber?

Wendax · November 21, 2011, 03:49:13 PM

No

dracu777 · November 21, 2011, 03:57:30 PM

I don't recall ever seeing a body style other than a spider, but I'll take a guess anyway. Brichet?

Wendax · November 21, 2011, 04:00:11 PM

Not that one either

dracu777 · November 21, 2011, 04:05:41 PM

Oh man...I'm running out of ideas here. Is it Heber Freres?

Wendax · November 21, 2011, 04:12:55 PM

Sorry, no

dracu777 · November 21, 2011, 04:14:16 PM

Gangloff?

Wendax · November 21, 2011, 04:27:17 PM

No

dracu777 · November 21, 2011, 05:08:37 PM

Tuscher?

Wendax · November 22, 2011, 12:41:15 AM

No

dracu777 · November 22, 2011, 01:12:55 PM

Wow. I just ran out of Swiss coach builders without having to dig into books.

Was this car originally wearing its Swiss coach, or is it a later rebody?

Wendax · November 22, 2011, 01:17:46 PM

I think it is the original body. The coachbuilder manufactured at least four different bodies on the 6C1750 chassis.

dracu777 · November 22, 2011, 02:06:19 PM

On a side note, this is a really beautiful car. Do you know if it's still in existence?

Next guess: Bernath Willy?

Wendax · November 22, 2011, 04:26:40 PM

It is not by Willy Bernath.

I couldn't find anything on the web about the existence of the car.

dracu777 · November 22, 2011, 10:21:51 PM

Do you know if that is a real or faux cabriolet?

Wendax · November 23, 2011, 02:28:15 AM

It is a real one.

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Solved: Wendax 388 - Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Cabriolet Hess