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Solved: Wendax 3235 Opel Blitz hearse by Kässbohrer
« on: June 02, 2020, 01:16:51 AM »
For a last journey in style.

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

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2020, 09:48:05 PM »
At a guess, it could be a Packard, around 1935. Remove the bumper and it looks similar in front. I have seen pictures of a couple with similar side engine vents and not all had the passenger side spare.

For coachwork, there were several builders. I've seen a Henney that looked similar, with the running boards removed. That was sometimes done to ease removing the coffin, which would mean a 4th door behind the driver's. The "pallet" slides and pivots, so a casket can be removed from a side door, so the diseased exits like a person, instead of cargo.

This was a conservative buyer. It's hard to tell, but I don't think I see the "Lady chasing a donut" hood ornament.


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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2020, 01:13:27 AM »
Welcome to AutoPuzzles, mperry!
This hearse is not a Packard and the coachbuilder is not Henney.

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2020, 09:38:57 AM »
1934 Plymouth?

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2020, 09:42:11 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2020, 01:52:06 AM »
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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2020, 07:11:40 AM »
French?

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2020, 07:29:00 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2020, 08:03:03 AM »
German?

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2020, 08:15:04 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2020, 10:05:50 AM »
Built on a truck chassis?

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #11 on: June 11, 2020, 10:14:26 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #12 on: June 11, 2020, 10:32:14 AM »
Hansa/Lloyd Columbus?

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #13 on: June 11, 2020, 11:53:54 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #14 on: June 11, 2020, 01:02:13 PM »
Opel?

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #15 on: June 11, 2020, 01:05:06 PM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #16 on: June 11, 2020, 04:00:35 PM »
Pollmann?

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #17 on: June 11, 2020, 04:43:32 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #18 on: June 12, 2020, 09:07:15 AM »
German coachbuilder?

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #19 on: June 12, 2020, 10:26:18 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #20 on: June 26, 2020, 01:00:51 AM »
up again

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #21 on: June 26, 2020, 01:32:33 AM »
Kässbohrer?

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #22 on: June 26, 2020, 01:41:37 AM »
Yes, just add the truck model (easy) and the point is yours. Locked for you.

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #23 on: June 26, 2020, 10:07:50 AM »
Blitz?

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Re: Wendax 3235
« Reply #24 on: June 26, 2020, 02:23:37 PM »
Of course!