Solved: Wendax 2451 - Borgward B 3000 bus by Puppe

Wendax · January 01, 2018, 03:14:13 AM

Happy New Year!

For one point, please respond and identify bus and coachbuilder.

Wendax · January 08, 2018, 02:53:06 AM

up

Fёdor · January 08, 2018, 03:07:27 AM

German

Wendax · January 08, 2018, 03:13:35 AM

Yes

Fёdor · January 08, 2018, 04:18:28 AM

Bussing

Wendax · January 08, 2018, 04:50:37 AM

No

Wendax · January 22, 2018, 02:56:03 AM

up again

Hiawatha · January 22, 2018, 04:34:39 AM

Borgward B 3000, coachwork by H. Puppe, circa 1949?

Wendax · January 22, 2018, 04:48:30 AM

It is a Puppe body from around 1949, so this is locked for you to find the right chassis.

Hiawatha · January 22, 2018, 05:04:29 AM

I don't know what to say ..I found exactly the same picture on the book we know and it is clearly identified as such.

Wendax · January 22, 2018, 05:08:16 AM

I'll have a second look tonight at my source and my books. Perhaps my memory plays me a trick right now.

Wendax · January 22, 2018, 02:41:04 PM

We are both right, it's just that the sources are contradictory. As you stated Regenberg (as well as Michels in his Borgward trucks and buses book) state that it is a Borgward B 3000 chassis. The picture source, a 1949 magazine calls it an Opel Blitz chassis, but also states in the text that this body was made for chassis from various manufacturers. So I guess they used the Borgward picture to illustrate the body, especially as it wears no visible identification of the chassis brand. One more point for you.

pguillem · January 22, 2018, 04:05:37 PM

Great find. Congrats.

Hiawatha · January 22, 2018, 04:35:04 PM

Thank you..

Wendax · January 07, 2022, 07:32:12 AM

It even made it on the front page:

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Solved: Wendax 2451 - Borgward B 3000 bus by Puppe