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Re: Wendax 742
« Reply #25 on: December 21, 2012, 08:19:01 AM »
Marketed under the "Mercedes Electrique" marque (the first use of the name Mercedes on a vehicle).
I believe the electric motors were called "Radnabenmotor" (hub cap motor). The design principle emanated from Jacob Lohner and Ferry Porsche (I think.....).
The charabanc probably dates from the pre-1914 period.
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Re: Wendax 742
« Reply #26 on: December 21, 2012, 08:28:40 AM »
No, it doesn't have wheel hub engines and is not a Mercedes Électrique. It was marketed under the Austro-Daimler label. I don't have a year, but I agree on pre-WW I. Locked for one more try.
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Re: Wendax 742
« Reply #27 on: December 21, 2012, 12:20:40 PM »
Okay, I seem to have gone off on a tangent (the wrong one) with this puzzle.

I think it should simply be an Austro-Daimler Elektrobus.

I couldn't pinpoint the exact photo on-line but found this instead -
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Re: Wendax 742
« Reply #28 on: December 21, 2012, 01:25:21 PM »
That's exactly what it is. One more point for you.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 742 - Austro-Daimler Elektrobus
« Reply #29 on: January 22, 2013, 03:14:28 PM »
Another Austro-Daimler Elektrobus:
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