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Re: Wendax 1538
« Reply #50 on: April 05, 2015, 10:10:56 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1538
« Reply #51 on: April 05, 2015, 06:03:47 PM »
Formerly used in the oïl industry ?

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Re: Wendax 1538
« Reply #52 on: April 06, 2015, 02:38:10 AM »
No, built for a circus

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Re: Wendax 1538
« Reply #53 on: April 06, 2015, 02:00:35 PM »
No, built for a circus

- built for a circus
- not a classic coachbuilder at all
- not a manufacturer of commercial trailers
- not specialized in camping

Am I right ?

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Re: Wendax 1538
« Reply #54 on: April 06, 2015, 02:13:57 PM »
No, you misunderstood the caravan part. It is mainly a maker of camping trailers, i.e. caravans.

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Re: Wendax 1538
« Reply #55 on: April 07, 2015, 03:17:58 AM »
Was this truck built in the fifties ?

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Re: Wendax 1538
« Reply #56 on: April 07, 2015, 03:37:38 AM »
I don't have an exact year, but I think it was made in the 1950s.

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Re: Wendax 1538
« Reply #57 on: April 07, 2015, 03:43:16 AM »
Was the caravan make still active after 1960 ?

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Re: Wendax 1538
« Reply #58 on: April 07, 2015, 04:18:26 AM »
As far as I found out, by then the make was bought by another caravan producer.

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Re: Wendax 1538
« Reply #59 on: July 07, 2015, 03:06:31 AM »
Moving to the Black Hole

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Re: Wendax 1538
« Reply #60 on: April 04, 2019, 02:07:23 AM »
Lefeuvre/Caravanes Saint-Brieuc?

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Re: Wendax 1538
« Reply #61 on: April 04, 2019, 02:17:28 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1538
« Reply #62 on: April 19, 2019, 04:24:53 PM »
A caravan by the same company:

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Re: Wendax 1538
« Reply #63 on: April 19, 2019, 08:31:26 PM »
The directory of French caravan builders is quite extensive. Was it established after the 2nd WW?
https://rareandunique.media - Rare&Unique Vehicles magazine
http://magyarjarmu.hu - detailed Hungarian motoring history (Hungarian language)
http://automuseums.info - motoring museums' guide

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Re: Wendax 1538
« Reply #64 on: April 20, 2019, 04:15:05 AM »
I don't know, but I think so.

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Re: Wendax 1538
« Reply #65 on: October 14, 2019, 05:33:47 PM »
Paris-Beaune

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Re: Wendax 1538
« Reply #66 on: October 14, 2019, 05:39:33 PM »
Just four and a half year gone and we already have the solution!
Yes, the trailer was built by Paris-Beaune for the AMAR circus. It was supposed to be the largest camping trailer in Europe.
Very well done!

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Re: Solved: Wendax 1538 - Paris-Beaune camping trailer for Cirque AMAR
« Reply #67 on: October 14, 2019, 07:25:46 PM »
I didn't see the hint in Reply #62 until today. I recognized it as a Europa by Mabille and went looking for a Mabille circus trailer. This eventually brought me around to finding the Paris-Beaune brochure, but I'm still not sure if the Europa is produced by Mabille under license from Paris-Beaune, or the other way around, or licensed by another entity, or something else entirely.

Anyway, thanks!