Topic: Solved: PN #281 -- Packard bodied by Metallo

[pnegyesi]

Was De Vizcaya a Hungarian coachbuilder ?

[bentleybob]

Sounded foreign enough to me... What about Paul Jaray?

[pnegyesi]

No, the leader of this coachbuilding company was a Hungarian engineer living and working in Hungary. Paul Jaray was of Hungarian origin, but he never lived or worked in Hungary.

[João]

Vizocanyl?

[pnegyesi]

Is that a medicine or a coachbuilder ?

[João]

 

Another guess : Frohner & Pásztélyi?

[pnegyesi]

We already established that this is not by them.

[pnegyesi]

I have just learnt that a Hungarian website is now offering you the solution - though you have to research a little

[pnegyesi]

To the Black Hole

[João]

Packard by Metallo Karosszériagyár! 

[pnegyesi]

See, I told you it will be easy now

[João]

Fantastic site Pál! Thank you.

[pnegyesi]

Metallo was set up by György Piltzer, an engineer. He was comitted to steel bodies and had a lot of patents between 1927-1928. Metallo was relatively succesful and even bodied some buses in the 1930s - in addition to the usual assortment of individual PC assigments and a few trucks.