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Re: FW #605
« Reply #50 on: October 12, 2024, 12:08:06 PM »
Oh sorry, maybe 'marmer' has any idea, or sommebody else?
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Re: FW #605
« Reply #51 on: October 12, 2024, 01:00:12 PM »
Well, is Commer Station Wagon the answer or are you looking for something more specific?  Is this a series production vehicle?  British newspaper classified ads of the period contain references to Commer Brake, Shooting Brake, Wagon, Station Wagon, Estate, 8cwt, Express, and Van.
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Re: FW #605
« Reply #52 on: October 12, 2024, 02:30:35 PM »
If all the variants you mentioned will look the same as the puzzle car, you would have found the solution. Sorry, unfortunately it's not like that.. ;)
It is a series production vehicle, not a one-off
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Re: FW #605
« Reply #53 on: October 12, 2024, 08:41:22 PM »
Is it a Brakenvan by Kevill-Davies and March?
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Re: FW #605
« Reply #54 on: October 13, 2024, 04:43:13 AM »
No
Hint: It is called 'Station Wagon', written in the local language where the car has been built. Only one letter needs to be changed
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Re: FW #605
« Reply #55 on: October 13, 2024, 07:15:40 AM »
Commer Stationwagen?
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Re: FW #605
« Reply #56 on: October 13, 2024, 09:23:02 AM »
Yes
LOCKED for you to find coachbuilder and year
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Re: FW #605
« Reply #57 on: October 13, 2024, 02:59:16 PM »
Please unlock. Any thoughts on 568?
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Re: FW #605
« Reply #58 on: October 13, 2024, 03:55:01 PM »
UNLOCKED (and 568 answered)
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Re: FW #605
« Reply #59 on: October 14, 2024, 06:44:45 AM »
Thank you fromwien.  A question. Is "Stationwagen" really a name rather than the Dutch-language generic descriptor for an estate car / shooting brake / station wagon?
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Re: FW #605
« Reply #60 on: October 14, 2024, 08:05:20 AM »
Quote from: max on October 14, 2024, 06:44:45 AM
Thank you fromwien.  A question. Is "Stationwagen" really a name rather than the Dutch-language generic descriptor for an estate car / shooting brake / station wagon?
There are two official names of the car existing (bozh correctly written below):
1) Commer Station-Wagen
2) Commer Stationswagen
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Re: FW #605
« Reply #61 on: October 14, 2024, 09:30:56 AM »
Built for a cleaning company in Vienna in 1952.  Wood body by Gräf und Stift.

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Re: FW #605
« Reply #62 on: October 14, 2024, 10:08:01 AM »
The complete Commer 8 cwt chassis inclusive front bodywork and cab has been imported to Austria by Tarbuk company. Then delivered to Gräf & Stift, where the vehicles got their  rear Station-Wagen-bodywork. Then sold to the public by Tarbuk
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1) Converted Commers (and bare chassis´) in Gräf & Stift factory
2) Tarbuk brochure
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Re: SOLVED: FW #605: Commer 8cwt Station-Wagen, Gräf & Stift bodywork, 1952
« Reply #63 on: October 14, 2024, 10:39:14 AM »
Wow, that was hard!  Thanks!  There are apparently two or three survivors remaining.
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Re: SOLVED: FW #605: Commer 8cwt Station-Wagen, Gräf & Stift bodywork, 1952
« Reply #64 on: October 14, 2024, 06:02:26 PM »
A hard nut  :applause: :applause: :applause:
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