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Title: Solved: Wendax 781 - Dodge WC bus by Speckbacher
Post by: Wendax on January 14, 2013, 02:34:45 AM
Base car is easy, but here we have another obscure coachbuilder again.

For one point, please respond and identify base car and coachbuilder.
Title: Re: Wendax 781
Post by: Wendax on January 21, 2013, 02:37:43 AM
up
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Post by: targhediferro on January 21, 2013, 04:06:12 AM
The base looks like Dodge WC, and the body is very similar to Fiat 618 little bus or so, and I guess Viberti.
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Post by: Wendax on January 21, 2013, 04:08:41 AM
You are right about the base car, but the coachbuilder is much more obscure than Viberti.
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Post by: targhediferro on January 21, 2013, 12:10:29 PM
I suppose this is a one-off realised after the WWII, using a Dodge left in Italy by USarmy.
Title: Re: Wendax 781
Post by: Wendax on January 21, 2013, 12:34:00 PM
Quote from: targhediferro on January 21, 2013, 12:10:29 PM
I suppose this is a one-off realised after the WWII, using a Dodge left in Italy by USarmy.
Title: Re: Wendax 781
Post by: Bill Murray on January 21, 2013, 12:36:10 PM
I am probably completely wrong, but I have seen this photo or one very similar to it years ago and did not save it.

As I remember, it was bodied either by a Swiss or an Austrian company.

Even with that memory, two hours of looking have returned nothing but maybe that might help someone else if I am looking in the correct geographical area.
Title: Re: Wendax 781
Post by: Wendax on January 21, 2013, 12:48:38 PM
You are in the right geographical area for sure.
Title: Re: Wendax 781
Post by: Wendax on January 28, 2013, 03:11:49 AM
up again
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Post by: woodinsight on January 28, 2013, 03:22:43 AM
Just to narrow it down, is it Swiss rather than Austrian?
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Post by: Wendax on January 28, 2013, 03:27:54 AM
Not Swiss  ;)
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Post by: woodinsight on January 28, 2013, 04:23:55 AM
Johann Zeller, St. Polten, Austria?
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Post by: Wendax on January 28, 2013, 04:25:45 AM
Quote from: woodinsight on January 28, 2013, 04:23:55 AM
Johann Zeller, St. Polten, Austria?
We had a similar car by Zeller before: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=21222.0
But this time it's not by him.
Title: Re: Wendax 781
Post by: pnegyesi on February 03, 2013, 03:21:53 AM
was the coachbuilder situated in Wien?
Title: Re: Wendax 781
Post by: Wendax on February 03, 2013, 03:24:51 AM
No
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Post by: pnegyesi on February 03, 2013, 03:25:25 AM
was it situated in a big city?
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Post by: Wendax on February 03, 2013, 03:33:10 AM
No, about 20 km away from a big city (on an Austrian scale).
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Post by: pnegyesi on February 03, 2013, 03:51:19 AM
was it only active in the 1940s and 1950s?
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Post by: Wendax on February 03, 2013, 03:58:11 AM
It was founded in the 1920s and is still active as a body repair company.
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Post by: pnegyesi on February 03, 2013, 04:52:34 AM
near Graz?
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Post by: Wendax on February 03, 2013, 05:06:34 AM
No
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Post by: woodinsight on February 03, 2013, 05:22:40 AM
Did they also build car coachwork?
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Post by: Wendax on February 03, 2013, 05:30:04 AM
As far as I can tell, their business was truck coachbuilding and body repair.
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Post by: Bill Murray on February 03, 2013, 12:28:31 PM
Just for fun and a bit of levity, and to show I am really trying on this one, I came up with these treasures.  Not our bus but funny anyway.
Edit:  Well, still too big but I resized the Hawaii car.
Bill
Title: Re: Wendax 781
Post by: Wendax on February 03, 2013, 12:30:11 PM
 ;D :thumbsup: ;D
Title: Re: Wendax 781
Post by: Wendax on May 07, 2013, 05:01:31 AM
Going the rough road to eternal darkness
Title: Re: Wendax 781
Post by: pnegyesi on August 04, 2013, 05:16:47 AM
coachbuilder was near St Pölten?
Title: Re: Wendax 781
Post by: Wendax on August 04, 2013, 08:44:51 AM
No
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Post by: pnegyesi on August 04, 2013, 09:39:44 AM
near Innsbruck?
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Post by: Wendax on August 04, 2013, 09:47:12 AM
yes, within 50 km from there
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Post by: pnegyesi on August 04, 2013, 10:34:25 AM
Karosserie Speckbacher in Weer
Title: Re: Wendax 781
Post by: Wendax on August 04, 2013, 10:39:21 AM
Collecting the two-pointers today, eh?  ;)

You are absolutely right.
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 781 - Dodge WC bus by Speckbacher
Post by: Bill Murray on August 04, 2013, 05:15:30 PM
My hat is off to you Pal!!!

This type of vehicle is my primary field of research and I spent maybe 4 hours trying to solve the puzzle without result.

In the end, after you gave us the coach builder's name, it seems the only photo on the internet is the same as the quiz photo and is only a small one connected to the history of Speckbacher and that gave no details.  In fact, there are only perhaps 3 photos of their work on Google/Austria.

Good job my friend!!

Bill
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 781 - Dodge WC bus by Speckbacher
Post by: pnegyesi on August 05, 2013, 12:02:01 AM
thank you
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 781 - Dodge WC bus by Speckbacher
Post by: Wendax on August 18, 2013, 06:21:53 AM
The unmodified picture: