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Re: Wendax 3845
« Reply #50 on: June 21, 2022, 12:58:32 AM »
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Re: Wendax 3845
« Reply #51 on: June 21, 2022, 10:12:23 AM »
Adler
Büssing
Brennabor
Daimler-Benz
Faun
Ford-Köln
Framo
Goliath
Hansa-Lloyd-Borgward
Hanomag
Henschel
Kaelble
Krupp
Magirus-KHD
MAN
NAG
Opel
Phänomen
Standard
Tempo
VOMAG

Am I correct in not guessing the air-cooled ones like Phänomen and Magirus?

There was a Stoewer three-axle truck in 1931, could this be it?
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Re: Wendax 3845
« Reply #52 on: June 21, 2022, 10:55:15 AM »
Usually one question at a time, please. It is not air-cooled and not a Stoewer. Your list will lead you to the brand.
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Re: Wendax 3845
« Reply #53 on: June 21, 2022, 11:13:31 AM »
Magirus pre-Deutz is not always air cooled.  Is it that?
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Re: Wendax 3845
« Reply #54 on: June 21, 2022, 12:28:28 PM »
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Re: Wendax 3845
« Reply #55 on: June 21, 2022, 12:44:47 PM »
Pre-1934 Opel Blitz?
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Re: Wendax 3845
« Reply #56 on: June 21, 2022, 05:01:32 PM »
It is an Opel, not a Blitz though.
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Re: Wendax 3845
« Reply #57 on: June 21, 2022, 05:46:55 PM »
1928-30 Opel Model 12/60?
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Re: Wendax 3845
« Reply #58 on: June 22, 2022, 01:12:43 AM »
Almost, it is a 12/__ PS.
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Re: Wendax 3845
« Reply #59 on: June 22, 2022, 08:13:22 AM »
12/50?  I’ve seen that in sources too.  Now to find builder.
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Re: Wendax 3845
« Reply #60 on: June 22, 2022, 08:48:49 AM »
Yes, it is a 12/50 PS. That was the easy part. The company responsible for the 3-wheel conversion is very obscure.
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Re: Wendax 3845
« Reply #61 on: June 22, 2022, 02:06:29 PM »
Was the conversion done by Elite?
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Re: Wendax 3845
« Reply #62 on: June 22, 2022, 04:30:19 PM »
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Re: Wendax 3845
« Reply #63 on: June 22, 2022, 10:07:44 PM »
Wagenbauanstalt Alois Träger in Munich?
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Re: Wendax 3845
« Reply #64 on: June 23, 2022, 01:03:30 AM »
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Re: Wendax 3845
« Reply #65 on: June 23, 2022, 09:36:49 AM »
According to Alexander Storz, the Träger firm built the Pritschenwagen bodies for the 12/50 PS chassis.  I was hoping that was it; will keep looking for the Dreiachser conversion.  Very glad I took some German in college.  :)
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Re: Wendax 3845
« Reply #66 on: June 23, 2022, 10:09:32 AM »
Glück?
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Re: Wendax 3845
« Reply #67 on: June 23, 2022, 01:11:07 PM »
No luck (Glück)!

I think I call this puzzle solved as I am no longer sure that the name I have really was the one of the company responsible for the conversion. So here is your point for identifying the base car.
The picture is one out of a set of three, one of them with a name and address typed on the back. The seller stated that it was the coachbuilder. I couldn't find any trace of it however. I even went through an address book of Merseburg from 1940 and there was neither a company with that name, address or telephone number, nor a citizen with that name. That doesn't exclude the possibility entirely, but I regard the typed name not as enough of a proof anymore.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 3845 - Opel 12/50 PS converted to six-wheel truck
« Reply #68 on: June 23, 2022, 01:18:15 PM »
Thanks!  Whew, that was hard!  I found one mention of a home-built truck conversion, possibly after an accident or to get around the prohibition on privately owned vehicles (1920s were OK.)
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