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Solved: Wendax 1532 - Sovam VSU 5000
« on: March 13, 2015, 03:35:42 AM »
A shoebox on wheels.

For one point, please respond and identify this vehicle.

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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2015, 03:26:45 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2015, 09:21:35 AM »
Citroen H  based , by Alquier Freres

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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2015, 09:45:38 AM »
Could be Citroen H based, but not by Alquier Frères

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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2015, 05:15:52 AM »
by Sovam

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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2015, 05:43:25 AM »
Yes, locked for you to find the model

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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2015, 11:06:58 AM »
Etalmobil by Sovam

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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2015, 01:06:11 PM »
No, this isn't an Etalmobil, still locked.

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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2015, 02:59:11 AM »
Unlocked and open for all experts

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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2015, 02:57:12 AM »
Up to the pros to finish this one off

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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2015, 03:13:13 AM »
Sovam Dyna?

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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2015, 03:13:59 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2015, 03:34:00 AM »
Sovam S2000?

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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #13 on: April 06, 2015, 03:56:10 AM »
Getting closer, as I am looking for a letter-number-combination: xSx x000

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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #14 on: April 06, 2015, 04:56:02 AM »
GSE 3000?

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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #15 on: April 06, 2015, 05:08:00 AM »
No (GSE 3000 would have been a nice Opel Commodore  ;D )

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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #16 on: April 06, 2015, 11:13:59 AM »
This bus appears in a YouTube video about the history of Sovam.

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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #17 on: April 06, 2015, 11:28:06 AM »
Great find Patrick!!!

I particularly liked the TA's in the early part of the video.
Too bad I cannot understand spoken French.  I can read it fairly well but am lost when it is spoken.
Bill
Cheers
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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #18 on: April 06, 2015, 11:41:20 AM »
Great find Patrick!!!

I particularly liked the TA's in the early part of the video.
Too bad I cannot understand spoken French.  I can read it fairly well but am lost when it is spoken.
Bill

Unfortunately the jazzy music covers partly the voice and sometimes the voice is difficult to recognize.  Anyway, the identification of the bus is not given here.  I leave it to 4popoid and Shamrock, who have done most of the work.  Good luck !

BTW, the image of this bus is very easy to find when searching for "Sovam autobus".  However, the photo of the puzzle bus shown here présents some obscured characters on the grille which could ne the key to the answer.
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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #19 on: April 06, 2015, 05:35:20 PM »
A bus for Air France in 1965 ; but not the name of the bus in the video :scratch:

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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #20 on: April 07, 2015, 10:24:14 AM »
Like everyone else, I can find the photograph, but nothing related to a model number.  One last educated (very slightly) guess: CSN 1000.

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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #21 on: April 07, 2015, 01:20:12 PM »
Not getting any better.
The picture with its model description is available on the net.

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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #22 on: April 08, 2015, 01:21:51 PM »
VSU 5000?

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Re: Wendax 1532
« Reply #23 on: April 08, 2015, 02:23:42 PM »
Yes!