Solved: Wendax 2963 - Gräf & Stift 120 TS(?)

Wendax · August 20, 2019, 02:45:45 AM

Two-tone in black and white.

For one point, please respond and identify this bus.

Wendax · August 27, 2019, 02:25:34 AM

up

gte4289 · August 28, 2019, 12:33:42 PM

Austrian?

Wendax · August 28, 2019, 01:03:25 PM

Yes

gte4289 · August 29, 2019, 09:30:48 PM

Struggling to match this to an Austrian coachbuilder. Highly obscure?

Wendax · August 30, 2019, 02:00:41 AM

Unfortunately I don't know the coachbuilder, just the chassis and a year.

gte4289 · August 30, 2019, 02:59:58 AM

In that case, 1947-49 Österreichische Saurerwerke 4CT D1?

Wendax · August 30, 2019, 03:24:45 AM

No

gte4289 · September 03, 2019, 01:19:43 PM

ÖAF 5DN?

Wendax · September 03, 2019, 05:51:59 PM

No

gte4289 · September 13, 2019, 03:06:41 PM

Before 1950?

Wendax · September 13, 2019, 04:05:15 PM

The picture is from 1950.

gte4289 · September 14, 2019, 09:54:55 PM

Gräf & Stift?

Wendax · September 15, 2019, 02:45:33 AM

Yes, locked for you.

gte4289 · September 15, 2019, 04:35:51 PM

120 TS?

Wendax · September 15, 2019, 04:57:18 PM

The 1950 magazine article just tells that it has the same engine as the 120 LM and 120 KN trucks. So I think 120 is correct, and T probably stands for the COE body (Trambus). I'm not sure whether S stood for Stadtbus (town bus), but I couldn't find any other suffixes for early Gräf & Stift COE buses, so I'll go for that.

gte4289 · September 15, 2019, 07:53:28 PM

Thank you for the point!

To be honest, I spent far too much time over-analyzing that which turned out to be a fairly straight-forward puzzle.

pguillem · September 15, 2019, 09:21:14 PM

There seems to be nothing about this interesting bus online. What a pity !

Wendax · October 11, 2020, 06:06:27 AM

It even made it onto the cover of a camera dealer's catalogue:

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Solved: Wendax 2963 - Gräf & Stift 120 TS(?)