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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2011 => Topic started by: bentleybob on October 29, 2011, 08:20:36 PM

Title: Solved: Risch Swiss-Packard
Post by: bentleybob on October 29, 2011, 08:20:36 PM
Ah, yes, pre war, when cars did not all look alike, and it was easy to see at a glance what it was....So could I please have the make, type, coachbuilder and some background on this one for a point please?
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Post by: bentleybob on November 10, 2011, 05:48:17 AM
Move to experts, who will no doubt deal swiftly with this. ;)
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Post by: bentleybob on November 16, 2011, 10:06:47 AM
and up...
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Post by: pnegyesi on November 16, 2011, 10:38:09 AM
British coachwork?
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Post by: bentleybob on November 16, 2011, 10:59:48 AM
no, not this one
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Post by: Joćo on November 16, 2011, 11:11:07 AM
Graber bodied Packard ?
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Post by: bentleybob on November 16, 2011, 12:23:07 PM
Certainly in the right ball park: yes, but neither name is quite there.
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Post by: woodinsight on November 16, 2011, 12:47:12 PM
Egli-bodied Chrysler?
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Post by: bentleybob on November 16, 2011, 02:28:54 PM
Getting further away, actually
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Post by: Wendax on November 16, 2011, 02:56:27 PM
Gangloff body?
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Post by: Joćo on November 16, 2011, 03:27:10 PM
It's a 901 from 1932?
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Post by: woodinsight on November 16, 2011, 03:43:19 PM
Swiss body, American chassis?
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Post by: bentleybob on November 16, 2011, 03:51:05 PM
Not Gangloff, without knowing what the car exactly is, it might be difficult to grasp how the body came together. Please bear my earlier answers in mind...
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Post by: bentleybob on November 16, 2011, 04:08:26 PM
Re:"Swiss body, American chassis?" Yes, and up to a point... ;)
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Post by: pnegyesi on November 17, 2011, 01:22:14 AM
Is it a Buick assembled in CH?
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Post by: bentleybob on November 17, 2011, 04:26:02 AM
Right direction, wrong make
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Post by: pnegyesi on November 17, 2011, 05:01:05 AM
Is it a Dodge assembled by Saurer?
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Post by: bentleybob on November 17, 2011, 07:32:58 AM
The make was already mentioned, but not the story behind it.
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Post by: Wendax on November 17, 2011, 07:48:01 AM
It is a 1934 "Swiss Packard" by Werner Risch from Zürich.

Werner Risch was Packard's general importer in Switzerland for many years. To meet local demand and Swiss anti-depression legislation, Risch also modified and mounted Packard Automobiles from 1934-39 under the label "Swiss Packard". He used and partly modified the Packard chassis, engine, steering and gearbox, and completed the car by using local craftsmen.
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Post by: Joćo on November 17, 2011, 08:06:33 AM
Interesting!
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Post by: bentleybob on November 17, 2011, 02:29:09 PM
Yep, Wendax is right, that is the story. The cars had lots of adaptions for the the Swiss roads (brakes, steering, cooling etc). On the radiator they also were labeled as such. Packard cooperated, though a regular US chassis always remained available.
Though there are indications that Graber often supplied (parts of) the body, they were not labled as such, probably because Risch was a tough negotiator and wanted to guard his specific indentity, but also because Graber wanted to be able to supply Packard chassis with bodies of his own design.