Topic: Galrot-18 = 1939 Commer Sport by Gumpen

[galrot]

OK. Shame. I hadn't thought this coachbuilder would be that obscure for the Autopuzzles collective, but perhaps it is then.

Following coachbuilders have so far been suggested:

AKF/Auto-Karosserifabrikken
AMA
Arna
Astrup
Bjørge
Brumunddal Mek
Bugge
Bussbygg
Fjeldhus
Funnemark
Føreland
Geijer
Hartveit
Iglebæk
Iversen
Jacobsens
Knudsen
Kolberg
Munck
Norsk Automobilfabrikk
Repstad
Sanatan
Schrøder
Sigurd Jensen
Skabo
Strømmen
VBK/Vestfold Bil & Karosseri
Vest-Buss
Viggaklev

We also know that the coachbuilder usually built buses. So anyone care to give it a shot?

[Carnut]

I had Astrup on my list of ones which had been tried and discounted but they're not on your list so maybe I forgot to try it.
How about that one?

EIDT:
Ah, no - I did try them and you said no.
So you need to add them to your list...

[galrot]

My bad. I must have overlooked it. Now it is added.

[Carnut]

I wonder if I mis-read 'Arna' for 'Ama'?
Are they different companies?  how about Arna?

[galrot]

I wonder if I mis-read 'Arna' for 'Ama'?
Are they different companies?  how about Arna?

I think you likely did, as I had not heard of AMA before while Arna is a company that I do have some knowledge about. It's not them though.

[Carnut]

OK. Shame. I hadn't thought this coachbuilder would be that obscure for the Autopuzzles collective, but perhaps it is then.

If they don't show up on the first 20 pages of Google then I would say they're pretty obscure.
And if they're not on the first 20 pages they probably won't show up on any English language Google site at all.
Since using all the keywords possible surrounding this car don't produce any results it's possibly not solvable from a computer situated anywhere except Norway..

[galrot]

If they don't show up on the first 20 pages of Google then I would say they're pretty obscure.
And if they're not on the first 20 pages they probably won't show up on any English language Google site at all.
Since using all the keywords possible surrounding this car don't produce any results it's possibly not solvable from a computer situated anywhere except Norway..

I think it is quite hard to define what obscure means when it comes coachbuilders here. I've searched for plenty of coachbuilders in the past that produce absolutely no results at all even if I know the name of the company and where no one seems to have any info about the company. This is not on that kind of level of obscurity.

I have a book (which have some text in both English and German in addition to Norwegian) which dedicates 7 pages to the coachbuilder with history and pictures of the cars. When I searh for the name of the company then I still find a active company with the same which seems to be successor to coachbuilder, I find pictures of a few restored buses that appears to wear their coachworks, and I find a Norwegian blog post about coachbuilding which mention them with their name. But of course I do have a Norwegian IP.

I don't think this car is featured online yet, but it should be possible to find the name of the company online at least. It is also possible to ask more question about the coachbuilder to narrow it down.

[pguillem]

Is this company present on the Rutebilhistorik Forening list ?

[galrot]

Is this company present on the Rutebilhistorik Forening list ?

Yes, if I understood correctly what list you're talking about.

[pguillem]

Is this company present on the Rutebilhistorik Forening list ?

Yes, if I understood correctly what list you're talking about.

I mean the karosserifabrikker list

[galrot]

I mean the karosserifabrikker list

Ok. No, for some reason they have not included in that list. They have however it on another list on their webpage.

[pguillem]

A.W. Iversen Karosserifabrikk, Lier ?

[galrot]

No.

[pnegyesi]

I have a list of about 120 bus coachbuilders in Norway. To further narrow the field, can we limit the time frame? Was it active before the 1950s only?

[galrot]

They were still active in the '50s.

[pnegyesi]

Brumunddal Mek?

[galrot]

No.

[pnegyesi]

Tomas Bugge Karosseri?

[galrot]

Not that either.

[pnegyesi]

based in a bigger city?

[galrot]

No.

[pnegyesi]

less than 10,000 people?

[galrot]

Yes.

I will say though that it was not located that far from a larger city so it is possible that you find it organized under that citys name.

Edit: I also updated the "guessed coachbuilder" list. 

[pnegyesi]

Sigurd Jensen?

[galrot]

No.

BTW: As mentioned, the coachbuilder I'm looking for is mentioned on one of the lists at the homepage to Rutebilhistorik Forening. I would suggest to find that site and see if you could find it through there. I think it would be easier.