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A man and his business foundation.

For one point, please respond and identify this truck.

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Re: Wendax 906
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2013, 03:49:52 AM »
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Re: Wendax 906
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2013, 04:04:03 AM »
International?

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Re: Wendax 906
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2013, 04:07:36 AM »
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Re: Wendax 906
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2013, 04:13:52 AM »
American?

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Re: Wendax 906
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2013, 04:32:33 AM »
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Re: Wendax 906
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2013, 07:28:54 AM »
Have to start somewhere.

Phänomen mid to late 1930's?
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Re: Wendax 906
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2013, 07:32:41 AM »
It won't be a long journey. Phänomen it is. Give me the model designation and the point is yours. Locked for you.

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Re: Wendax 906
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2013, 07:44:43 AM »
I was afraid you would ask the second half of the question.

I could not find anything resembling your pic, I suspect it was coach built, but it does sort of fit the K-4 series in terms of size and time period.

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Re: Wendax 906
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2013, 07:52:55 AM »
The answer is easier than you might think, because it is not coachbuilt, so that it shares its name with a well known model.

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Re: Wendax 906
« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2013, 07:58:08 AM »
Sorry, I needed to look a bit further.

It would be Granit, probably a Granit 30.
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Re: Wendax 906
« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2013, 08:03:59 AM »
Yes, that's what it is. The Granit was available with a factory-built streamline body. It was advertised as "Die neue Linie" (The new line), but it can't have been a success, because there are hardly any pictures of this version around. It was probably more expensive than the standard model without offering any advantages other than modern looks, as Phänomen trucks usually weren't used for longer distances at high speeds turning the improved aerodynamics into earned value.

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Yup, pretty rare variant I suspect.
Here is the only other photo I have come across so far.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 906 - Phänomen Granit "Die neue Linie" with streamline body
« Reply #13 on: September 19, 2014, 02:50:38 PM »
A contemporary poster:

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Re: Solved: Wendax 906 - Phänomen Granit "Die neue Linie" with streamline body
« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2015, 04:55:33 PM »
And a contemporary magazine cover:

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Re: Solved: Wendax 906 - Phänomen Granit "Die neue Linie" with streamline body
« Reply #15 on: September 27, 2015, 10:24:05 AM »
Another brochure:

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Re: Solved: Wendax 906 - Phänomen Granit "Die neue Linie" with streamline body
« Reply #16 on: December 15, 2016, 04:10:09 PM »
... and two more pictures: