Author Topic: Solved: GTE 168 - 1926 Perl Fire Apparatus for Hitzendorf Voluntary Fire Department  (Read 822 times)

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Please identify this vehicle for a point.

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Re: GTE 168
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2019, 11:12:59 AM »
Experts?

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Re: GTE 168
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2019, 11:35:24 AM »
European

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Re: GTE 168
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2019, 02:26:16 PM »

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Re: GTE 168
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2019, 03:24:51 PM »
France?

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Re: GTE 168
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2019, 03:48:31 PM »

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Re: GTE 168
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2019, 05:41:01 PM »
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Re: GTE 168
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2019, 06:01:51 AM »
Strange design. Made in Switzerland ?

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Re: GTE 168
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2019, 11:10:38 AM »
Strange design. Made in Switzerland ?
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Re: GTE 168
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2019, 11:14:49 AM »
Made in Scandinavia ?

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Re: GTE 168
« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2019, 11:36:50 AM »

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Re: GTE 168
« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2019, 11:59:23 AM »
Made in Austria ?

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Re: GTE 168
« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2019, 03:47:23 PM »

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Re: GTE 168
« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2019, 04:40:05 PM »
Puch-based ?

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Re: GTE 168
« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2019, 04:44:31 PM »
I think the base car is a 1926 Perl Suprema. The room in front of the radiator was probably occupied by the pump.
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Re: GTE 168
« Reply #15 on: October 23, 2019, 06:14:33 PM »
I think the base car is a 1926 Perl Suprema. The room in front of the radiator was probably occupied by the pump.
You found it! In use by the Hitzendorf Voluntary Fire Department from 1926 - 1939. I think you're probably correct about the base, though I have nothing to confirm this.