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Solved: Wendax 1592 - Piccard-Pictet by Otto Heimburger
« on: May 13, 2015, 02:36:43 AM »
It gets more angular, the higher you look.

For one point, please respond and identify this car and its coachbuilder.

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2015, 03:27:57 PM »
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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2015, 02:53:33 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2015, 03:22:25 AM »
German marque?

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2015, 03:43:21 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2015, 03:50:59 AM »
European marque?

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2015, 04:04:28 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2015, 04:15:43 AM »
From Eastern Europe (including Austria)?

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2015, 04:37:16 AM »
Piccard-Pictet, with a German body?

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2015, 04:52:50 AM »
It is a Piccard-Pictet, but not with a German body.

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2015, 05:07:43 AM »
Swiss body? would be the next obvious choice.

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2015, 05:15:25 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2015, 05:25:32 AM »
Hess?

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2015, 05:30:08 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #14 on: May 27, 2015, 05:32:41 AM »
I thought I was on a winner then. It's a well known Swiss coachbuilder?
« Last Edit: May 27, 2015, 05:38:54 AM by Craig Gillingham »

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #15 on: May 27, 2015, 05:41:52 AM »
Not one of the best known, but not obscure either, although it hasn't been mentioned on AP before  :o

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2015, 05:56:04 AM »
This is going to take a bit of research.

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #17 on: May 27, 2015, 06:12:37 AM »
I'll try Carrosseriewerke Bern?

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #18 on: May 27, 2015, 06:45:52 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #19 on: May 27, 2015, 07:13:36 AM »
Is there a particular styling feature that is indicative of the particular coachbuilder? Something like the shape of the guards, door shape, roof line, etc?

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #20 on: May 27, 2015, 07:17:13 AM »
Not that I know of

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #21 on: May 27, 2015, 07:22:14 AM »
In that case, I think I'll bow out. You could unlock this, as I'd just be taking random guesses, and there are a lot of Swiss coachbuilders to go through.

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #22 on: May 27, 2015, 07:36:36 AM »
Unlocked and open to all again

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #23 on: May 27, 2015, 01:04:01 PM »
Piccard-Pictet by Baldenweg of Geneva circa 1922?

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Re: Wendax 1592
« Reply #24 on: May 27, 2015, 02:07:26 PM »
Geissberger?