Solved: Wendax 418 - Opel Blitz hearse by Gebr. Eickhoff

[Wendax]

A nice automobile as long as you sit in the first row.

For one point, please respond and identify this funeral van by telling its base and the coachbuilder.

[Wendax]

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[richard cuyler]

Looks like a top quality piece of kit, is it British? If so I'm tending towards Armstrong Siddeley (that mascot......) or Alvis. But the rear wings look 1950's Opel-ish. This one is a real puzzler.

[Wendax]

It is not British, but follow those rear wing thoughts. 

[richard cuyler]

Opel Blitz, late 40s, early 50s? The grille looks Blitz-ish, but those headlights, appropriately pointing towards the heavens , may be from a VW or similar 'aerodynamically' designed car. Das ist meine beste guess.

[Wendax]

Yes, the base car is an Opel Blitz from the early 1950s. That was the easy part, which leaves the identification of the coachbuilder as the difficult one.

[Wendax]

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[Oguerrerob]

Miesen Karosserie?

[Wendax]

No, much more obscure

[Allemano]

From NRW?

[Wendax]

Ja

[Allemano]

Ruhr-Area?

[Wendax]

No

[Allemano]

Southern from Düsseldorf?

[Wendax]

Let's put it this way: the center of the city where this coachwork was done is more southern than the center of Düsseldorf, but parts of the city are more northern than parts of Düsseldorf

[Allemano]

Neuss?

[Wendax]

Nein

[Allemano]

In the neighbourhood of D'dorf?

[Wendax]

Yes

[Allemano]

hmmm... Solingen?

[Wendax]

yes

[Allemano]

Bauer?

[Wendax]

No

[Allemano]

www-available?

[Wendax]

The picture is from a book about motoring in Solingen. I haven't tried to find the company on the web.