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Solved: Wendax 1004 - 1949 Jeep-based van by Seyser & Gossler

Started by Wendax, September 10, 2013, 01:07:56 PM

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Wendax

Sorry for the bad picture, but I think it is the only known one.

For one point, please respond and identify this car by naming its builder and the base car.

Wendax


Bill Murray

I like this truck and have spent far too much time looking with no result.
So...... is it of European origin??

Bill
Cheers
Bill

Wendax


Bill Murray

American chassis, European body?
Cheers
Bill

Wendax


Bill Murray

I think I have been looking in the wrong time frame.

Is this a post WWII vehicle?
Cheers
Bill

Wendax


Bill Murray

Again chasing Rainbows.......

I have assumed all along the chassis was a light truck.
In reading again your original posting, you use the word "car" twice.

Is the basis vehicle not a truck but some marque of passenger car?
Cheers
Bill

Bill Murray

I had another thought, another direction.

Just looking at the tyres, is this perhaps a Jeep chassis with a French car or truck body mounted on it?
Cheers
Bill

Wendax

It is indeed a Jeep chassis, the bodywork is not French though.

Bill Murray

Thank You, Kind Sir:

And so, off in yet another direction.
I think to a German speaking nation this time...................
Cheers
Bill

Wendax

Yes, to make things short: it is a German body.

Bill Murray

#13
Thank You as always, Gerd:

Even with all your great tips, I am firmly stuck on this one.

We have established that the chassis is a Jeep, presumably a WWII surplus vehicle.

I do not have any good reference materiel on the subject of German trucks 1945 to the present but I do have good books etc. on passenger cars of that period and I cannot match the appearance of the motor hood and the grille.

Is it fair to ask, then, is the motor hood and grille representative of a known marque or is it completely "coach built" and a unique "one off" design.???
Cheers
Bill

Wendax

I haven't seen this one in any books so far. It is probably a one-off, done by a coachbuilding workshop, none of well-known ones.

Bill Murray

I am really hoping someone can solve this one.

Looking at a lot of photos on the Internet, I have not found this one and not using Google SBI, I still think that the photo of this vehicle is not available on the Internet.

Looking at many, many photos of postwar German cars and trucks that may have been based on a Jeep chassis. I come up with nothing.

On the other hand, the closest I can come to looking at the puzzle photo, is it looks similar to the typical Buessing Nag profile.

Sadly, BN seems to not have produced a vehicle of this small size.

I can only hope that one of our German  members or someone who has a better knowledge of German vehicles can ID this one.
Cheers
Bill

Wendax

The picture is online, but it is not easy to find. I reread the source and there were at least plans to build a small series of this Jeep conversion. There is no connection to any known car manufacturer.

Wendax


targhediferro

I find some points in common with Borgward B1250...is there any connection?

Wendax


pnegyesi

is the company which built this still around?

Wendax

Yes, under a partially different name.

pnegyesi

is it still a truck coachbuilder?

Wendax

Yes, as well as the usual car repair jobs

pnegyesi

is it located in a bigger city?