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

[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]

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[Bill Murray]

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

Bill

[Wendax]

Partially

[Bill Murray]

American chassis, European body?

[Wendax]

Yes

[Bill Murray]

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

Is this a post WWII vehicle?

[Wendax]

Yes

[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?

[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?

[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...................

[Wendax]

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

[Bill Murray]

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.

[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.

[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]

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[targhediferro]

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

[Wendax]

No

[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?