Productmobiles...almost solved!

[Ray B.]

That's right: he lost his chance. Up to you...

[Otto Puzzell]

I believe #3 is built on a Dodge Metro chassis; the body was built by Gerstenslager in Ohio.

[Ray B.]

I er... don't know what is a Dodge Metro, and couldn't find it. But since you found Gerstenslager you must know what you're talking about. Probably it matches what my (reliable) source says.
Can you be more precise?
Locked for you, now, til your next answer.

[75america]

That's right: he lost his chance. Up to you...

I only know it's Dodge based.  And in your first post you ask only the make as an valid answer...

See also your reply # 17

[Ray B.]

I won't be a nitpicker regarding the year, but  what kind of Dodge chassis? It is on the internet.
Still locked for 75america.

Not only the make: I was asking for "the make, possibly model and year", and locked it for you so you could be more precise.
Why didn't you reply then?

[75america]

I won't be a nitpicker regarding the year, but  what kind of Dodge chassis? It is on the internet.
Still locked for 75america.

Not only the make: I was asking for "the make, possibly model and year", and locked it for you so you could be more precise.
Why didn't you reply then?

Because nothing changed since my reply #18 

[Ray B.]

75america, my rteply #17 concerned Productmobile #6, the Studebaker, not the Dodge.
You say that nothing changed since your reply #18. What didn't change is that the answer is somewhere on the internet and you didn't find it.

I am just trying to apply some simple rules, without making a fuss about it:
when a puzzler gives an incomplete answer, the point usually goes to the one who completes it. To avoid being unfair, we often lock puzzles for a certain time in favor of the one who gave the first answer. You've had about 6 weeks: don't you think others could try their luck?

[75america]

@ Ray B

You are the owner of the puzzle so you make the rules for it.
If I can't give you all the requested information within a reasonable time, so be it.

I only thought that because of the text ' Give us the make, possibly model and year' in your first post, the model name and year were not mandatory. (But English is not my mother language so I probably misunderstand it)
No problem if this one is open for all again, because I can't find the model name of the Dodge it is based on.

[ImpishGrin]

As for the Wienermobile - I guess it was based on a truck chassis (although all of the around billion pages I've visited say only "based on a customized Dodge chassis"). So a 1952 Power Wagon maybe?

Edit: After further thinking I've decide a Poer Wagon would be too big. So a Dodge Route Van maybe? Or a simple B-Series truck?

[ImpishGrin]

Bump?

[Allemano]

Ray B. won't be a frequent visitor for some period, so, please be patient!

[Otto Puzzell]

I believe #3 is built on a Dodge Metro chassis; the body was built by Gerstenslager in Ohio.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

[Ray B.]

I don't mind you sticking to it, Otto, if you can show us what a "Dodge Metro" is. I can't find any such thing. The name I have is a more generic one (although official). An remember, only the chassis was used. So a name like "package delivery panel" would be meaningless.

[ImpishGrin]

I don't mind you sticking to it, Otto, if you can show us what a "Dodge Metro" is. I can't find any such thing. The name I have is a more generic one (although official). An remember, only the chassis was used. So a name like "package delivery panel" would be meaningless.

Is none of my guesses correct?

[Ray B.]

I don't mind you sticking to it, Otto, if you can show us what a "Dodge Metro" is. I can't find any such thing. The name I have is a more generic one (although official). An remember, only the chassis was used. So a name like "package delivery panel" would be meaningless.

Is none of my guesses correct?

Dodge Route Van falls in the same category as "Package Delivery Panel". As for B-series trucks, you may be right, but on the brochures I have Dodge trucks series are identified in another  manner. So, prove me wrong or give me this (very simple) ID for this chassis.

[ImpishGrin]

Dodge 3/4-Ton?

[Ray B.]

Not that, but you're on your way (unless Otto gets there first)

[ImpishGrin]

Well, the B-Series trucks (1948-1953) were made as half-ton, 3/4-ton and one-ton models. So let's try again: Dodge B-Series one-ton truck chassis?

[Ray B.]

Bingo!

[Ray B.]

The number 6's identification (a Studebaker) isn't complete yet.
As soon has someone fills this gap, I'll tally the points, but will leave it in this section until the last two, which may be harder, are found (2 points each).

[pnegyesi]

As for No8. It is from 1931 and the original article doesn't mention a word on its chassis: THERE seems to be no end to the ingenuity of advertising men; they pop up everywhere with devices that attract attention by their novelty and ingenuity. An outstanding case in point is that of a Berlin advertising man who has rigged up a novel contrivance on an automobile that creates widespread gaping as it travels through the streets of Berlin. The car, shown in the photo at the left, has mounted on it a powerful loud speaker in the form of a huge drum, on the heads of which are painted the actors of the feature attraction. Announcements, music, etc., are furnished by a gramaphone hooked to the speaker. At night, the attractiveness of the device is accentuated by means of vari-colored lights arranged inside the drum. The driver operates the speaker.

[Ray B.]

Fine!
At least you found my original source and it's usually worth one point.
I'll save the other for whoever gives us the chassis. A very slim chance for this, but we've seen it happen.

[pnegyesi]

Well, I have an idea on where Modern Mechanics sourced this picture from in 1931. I will visit a library in June, wher I can see that magazine. I'll bookmark this one now

[Allemano]

I had saved N°7 for a quite long time, but – same as in pnegyesi's case – no infos about chassis or original car:

[Ray B.]

One point for you too then.
Now I just came to see that the make and approximate year, even if the magazine doesn't say it, is quite obvious.