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Title: Solved: Wendax 1580 - Otto Feyer
Post by: Wendax on May 01, 2015, 02:56:32 AM
I stumbled across another very obscure truck, here it is.

For one point, please respond and identify this truck.
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on May 08, 2015, 02:50:31 AM
up
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Post by: Wendax on May 15, 2015, 02:32:24 AM
up again
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Post by: 4popoid on May 15, 2015, 02:43:41 AM
German marque?
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Post by: Wendax on May 15, 2015, 02:47:52 AM
No
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Post by: 4popoid on May 15, 2015, 02:51:13 AM
From Eastern Europe (including Austria)?
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Post by: Wendax on May 15, 2015, 03:08:13 AM
Yes
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: 4popoid on May 15, 2015, 03:17:00 AM
Polish marque?
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Post by: Wendax on May 15, 2015, 03:20:38 AM
No
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Post by: 4popoid on May 15, 2015, 03:28:41 AM
Russian marque?
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Post by: Wendax on May 15, 2015, 03:33:50 AM
No
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Post by: D-type on May 15, 2015, 11:32:23 AM
Czech marque?
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Post by: 4popoid on May 15, 2015, 11:39:46 AM
Austrian marque?
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Post by: Wendax on May 15, 2015, 01:58:53 PM
It is Austrian
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Post by: 4popoid on May 15, 2015, 03:55:17 PM
Fross circa 1910?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on May 15, 2015, 04:08:28 PM
No, much more obscure
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Post by: 4popoid on May 15, 2015, 04:19:49 PM
Did the manufacturer of this truck also manufacture cars and/or tractors?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on May 15, 2015, 04:30:11 PM
No, I only know of this truck. I don't know whether it ever entered any kind of series production. I couldn't find anything more about this truck, just a year, the builder and that it is the first truck built by his company.
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: 4popoid on May 15, 2015, 05:17:58 PM
Do you know if the company in question produced some product other than transportation goods (road, rail or air)?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on May 15, 2015, 05:21:34 PM
It is still active in the metalworking business.
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: 4popoid on May 16, 2015, 12:09:32 AM
Is (or was) this manufacturer located in Vienna?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on May 16, 2015, 01:10:49 AM
Yes
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: 4popoid on May 16, 2015, 01:55:16 AM
Anything to do with Hörbiger?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on May 16, 2015, 03:00:55 AM
No
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Post by: targhediferro on May 16, 2015, 03:01:36 PM
Jakobs?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on May 16, 2015, 03:33:09 PM
No
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: 4popoid on May 19, 2015, 02:15:40 AM
Anything to do with Magna International?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on May 19, 2015, 02:45:44 AM
No
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: 4popoid on May 19, 2015, 09:44:11 PM
Anything to do with Simmeringer Maschinen und Waggonbau Aktiengesellschaft (today part of Simmering-Graz-Pauker or SGP)?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on May 20, 2015, 08:24:17 AM
No
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: 4popoid on May 20, 2015, 11:46:37 PM
Quote from: Wendax on May 15, 2015, 05:21:34 PM
It is still active in the metalworking business.
When you say the company  "is still active in the metal working business", do you mean that they produce complete assembled products made of metal components, or do you mean that they are a machine shop which produces metal components for other company's assembled products?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on May 21, 2015, 02:35:07 AM
Maybe it is a giveaway hint: it is a welding company.
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: 4popoid on May 22, 2015, 12:45:03 AM
Well I don't think it was a giveaway hint, but it does narrow the focus a bit.  I'm having a great deal of trouble locating active Vienna welding companies predating 1945, let alone circa 1910, however I have located at least one.  How about Böhler Welding, founded in 1870?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on May 22, 2015, 02:26:08 AM
No
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: pnegyesi on May 29, 2015, 03:11:48 AM
W.A. Richters und Söhne?
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Post by: Wendax on May 29, 2015, 03:22:29 AM
No
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Post by: pnegyesi on May 29, 2015, 04:49:32 AM
Krauesco?
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Post by: Wendax on May 29, 2015, 04:51:59 AM
Not Krauseco
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Post by: pnegyesi on May 29, 2015, 05:12:29 AM
Christof Group formerly known as EH-Schrack Anlagentechnik?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on May 29, 2015, 05:15:25 AM
No
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: 4popoid on June 01, 2015, 02:17:47 AM
Anything to do with the steel construction company Waagner-Biro?  I understand that at one time they produced railway equipment.
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on June 01, 2015, 02:43:51 AM
No
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: pnegyesi on June 29, 2015, 12:15:30 PM
does the photo still appear on the company website?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on June 29, 2015, 01:11:01 PM
The company doesn't even have a website.
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: pnegyesi on June 29, 2015, 04:56:12 PM
Rudolf Fasching?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on June 29, 2015, 05:00:56 PM
No, but only about 5 km off target
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: pnegyesi on June 30, 2015, 12:11:21 AM
Josefstadt district?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on June 30, 2015, 02:38:31 AM
No
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Post by: pnegyesi on June 30, 2015, 02:57:16 AM
Alsergrund district?
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Post by: Wendax on June 30, 2015, 03:09:25 AM
No
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Post by: pnegyesi on June 30, 2015, 04:13:06 AM
Favoriten district?
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Post by: Wendax on June 30, 2015, 04:20:40 AM
No
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Post by: pnegyesi on June 30, 2015, 04:27:43 AM
Leopoldstadt?
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Post by: Wendax on June 30, 2015, 05:47:20 AM
No
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: pnegyesi on June 30, 2015, 05:56:12 AM
Wieden district?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on June 30, 2015, 06:05:24 AM
No
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: pnegyesi on June 30, 2015, 06:09:48 AM
Mariahilf district?
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Post by: Wendax on June 30, 2015, 06:10:16 AM
No
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: pnegyesi on June 30, 2015, 06:35:30 AM
Erdberg district?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on June 30, 2015, 06:46:29 AM
No
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: pnegyesi on June 30, 2015, 06:49:30 AM
other side of Danube?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on June 30, 2015, 07:09:54 AM
No
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: pnegyesi on June 30, 2015, 07:34:09 AM
I don't have too many ideas left. Margareten?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on June 30, 2015, 07:44:50 AM
No, it is a district on the other side of the Gürtel.
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: pnegyesi on June 30, 2015, 07:56:07 AM
Ottakring?
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Post by: Wendax on June 30, 2015, 08:02:18 AM
No, but a neighbouring one
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: pnegyesi on June 30, 2015, 08:11:11 AM
Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on June 30, 2015, 08:46:50 AM
No
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: pnegyesi on June 30, 2015, 08:57:52 AM
Wahring?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on June 30, 2015, 09:05:48 AM
It is a neighbour district to Ottakring, so it can't be Währing, but it is ...
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: pnegyesi on June 30, 2015, 09:40:37 AM
Hernals?
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Post by: Wendax on June 30, 2015, 09:45:06 AM
Yes
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Post by: pnegyesi on June 30, 2015, 09:52:27 AM
Cardino?
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Post by: Wendax on June 30, 2015, 09:56:46 AM
No
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: pnegyesi on June 30, 2015, 11:52:26 AM
does the company's activities relate to bicycles?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: 4popoid on June 30, 2015, 11:56:41 AM
KR ALOIS BERGER - ALLEININHABER?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on June 30, 2015, 01:50:41 PM
Quote from: pnegyesi on June 30, 2015, 11:52:26 AM
does the company's activities relate to bicycles?
I just have the company's name which says that it is a welding company. It could be that they have closed down within the last years. And it is mentioned in a bicycle related blog, because they didn't want to weld a certain material for guarantee reasons.

Quote from: 4popoid on June 30, 2015, 11:56:41 AM
KR ALOIS BERGER - ALLEININHABER?
No
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: pnegyesi on June 30, 2015, 01:54:41 PM
and was the photo sourced from an Austrian picture library?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on June 30, 2015, 02:05:11 PM
No, I found it on ebay quite some time ago.
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: 4popoid on June 30, 2015, 02:25:32 PM
ANDREAS GRUNTHAL GESELLSCHAFT?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on June 30, 2015, 03:03:16 PM
No
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: pnegyesi on July 01, 2015, 03:16:27 AM
Let me get this straight: a few years ago a postcard was offered for sale on ebay showing a truck made by an obscure Austrian company. (Possibly it was just a badge engineering job). When you tried to find more info on the company, there was almost zero info on the web, except an odd  blog post where it was mentioned that it's a welding company. Do I understand you correctly?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on July 01, 2015, 03:25:06 AM
Almost. When you enter the company's name in Google, you get more than 100 hits. If you use keywords that can be derived from this puzzle, you should be able to find the company's name within the first two or thre pages of results.
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: pnegyesi on July 01, 2015, 03:34:27 AM
IBAS Schweißtechnik GmbH ?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on July 01, 2015, 03:56:57 AM
No, 600 metres off target
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: pnegyesi on July 01, 2015, 04:05:47 AM
Otto Feyer?
Title: Re: Wendax 1580
Post by: Wendax on July 01, 2015, 04:24:42 AM
Otto Feyer is correct. I'll post more information tonight.
One well-earned point for you.
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 1580 - Otto Feyer
Post by: pnegyesi on July 01, 2015, 04:26:17 AM
:drink:
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 1580 - Otto Feyer
Post by: Wendax on July 01, 2015, 01:51:06 PM
Here is the original postcard. It reads:
Mein erstgebauter 5 Tonnen Lastenauto Chassie bei der Firma Feyer & Co. Wien Hernalserhauptstrasse No 90
Josef Feyer        Robert Rehak
Vogel & Bernhart
Wien, am 14. Oktober 1919

(My first selfbuilt 5 ton truck chassis at the Feyer & Co company, Vienna, Hernalserhauptstrasse 90)

I don't know anything else about it. So it might be that only the chassis was built at Feyer for another truck manufacturer. Additional information welcome, as always.