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Who needs a driver's door?

For one point, please respond and identify the base vehicle and the coachbuilder.

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Re: Wendax 2302
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2017, 02:40:35 AM »
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Re: Wendax 2302
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2017, 09:37:34 AM »
Peugeot J7 , Gruau

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Re: Wendax 2302
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2017, 01:12:38 PM »
Twice no

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Re: Wendax 2302
« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2017, 04:35:29 PM »
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Re: Wendax 2302
« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2017, 05:03:24 PM »
1972 Hanomag Henschel by Westfalia

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Re: Wendax 2302
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2017, 09:01:12 AM »
Yes and no. Have a look at the original picture you must have found and have a second answer. Locked for you.

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Re: Wendax 2302
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2017, 09:23:16 AM »
I thought the Mercedes star was added just for the show  ;D

Hence it must be based on a Mercedes-Benz L 306 or L 307. I'm wondering why it wasn't advertised as such: wouldn't a Mercedes mobile home attract more customers than a Hanomag Henschel ?
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Re: Wendax 2302
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2017, 12:48:26 PM »
Hanomag-Henschel was taken over by Mercedes-Benz in 1970. The brand was kept for a while, but some models were also sold under the Mercedes-Benz badge. So it might be that the papers said that the manufacturer was Hanomag-Henschel, as they still were built in Hamburg-Harburg (ex-Tempo factory) and Bremen-Sebaldsbrück (ex-Borgward factory).

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