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Title: Solved: Wendax 388 - Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Cabriolet Hess
Post by: Wendax on November 16, 2011, 01:33:57 PM: Base car should be easy.

For one point, please respond and identify this car and its coachbuilder.
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Post by: dracu777 on November 18, 2011, 04:24:16 PM: Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GT with Stabilimenti Farina coachwork? I'm guessing from 1931.
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Post by: Wendax on November 18, 2011, 04:27:50 PM: The base car is an Alfa Romeo 6 C 1750 indeed. But the coachbuilder isn't Stabilimenti Farina.
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Post by: dracu777 on November 18, 2011, 10:36:45 PM: How many guesses do I get? :P

Is it Castagna?
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Post by: Wendax on November 19, 2011, 02:58:27 AM: You can guess as often as you like, as long as it is one guess at a time and nobody else comes up faster with the answer. I won't lock it for you, because IMHO the base car was very obvious. The real puzzle lies within the coachbuilder. And it is not Castagna...
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Post by: dracu777 on November 19, 2011, 07:04:58 PM: James Young?
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Post by: Wendax on November 20, 2011, 02:28:49 AM: No
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Post by: dracu777 on November 21, 2011, 03:01:31 PM: Worblaufen?
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Post by: Wendax on November 21, 2011, 03:13:04 PM: No, but it is a Swiss body. ;)
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Post by: dracu777 on November 21, 2011, 03:16:38 PM: That should make my guessing easier :P

Graber?
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Post by: Wendax on November 21, 2011, 03:49:13 PM: No
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Post by: dracu777 on November 21, 2011, 03:57:30 PM: I don't recall ever seeing a body style other than a spider, but I'll take a guess anyway. Brichet?
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Post by: Wendax on November 21, 2011, 04:00:11 PM: Not that one either
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Post by: dracu777 on November 21, 2011, 04:05:41 PM: Oh man...I'm running out of ideas here. Is it Heber Freres?
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Post by: Wendax on November 21, 2011, 04:12:55 PM: Sorry, no
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Post by: dracu777 on November 21, 2011, 04:14:16 PM: Gangloff?
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Post by: Wendax on November 21, 2011, 04:27:17 PM: No
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Post by: dracu777 on November 21, 2011, 05:08:37 PM: Tuscher?
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Post by: Wendax on November 22, 2011, 12:41:15 AM: No
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Post by: dracu777 on November 22, 2011, 01:12:55 PM: Wow. I just ran out of Swiss coach builders without having to dig into books.

Was this car originally wearing its Swiss coach, or is it a later rebody?
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Post by: Wendax on November 22, 2011, 01:17:46 PM: I think it is the original body. The coachbuilder manufactured at least four different bodies on the 6C1750 chassis.
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Post by: dracu777 on November 22, 2011, 02:06:19 PM: On a side note, this is a really beautiful car. Do you know if it's still in existence?

Next guess: Bernath Willy?
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Post by: Wendax on November 22, 2011, 04:26:40 PM: It is not by Willy Bernath.

I couldn't find anything on the web about the existence of the car.
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Post by: dracu777 on November 22, 2011, 10:21:51 PM: Do you know if that is a real or faux cabriolet?
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Post by: Wendax on November 23, 2011, 02:28:15 AM: It is a real one.
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Post by: dracu777 on November 23, 2011, 10:29:33 AM: I am stumped. What else besides Alfas did the coachbuilders provide bodies for?
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Post by: Wendax on November 23, 2011, 12:08:01 PM: They clothed car chassis from Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland, USA and Italy (at least), truck chassis and buses.
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Post by: dracu777 on November 23, 2011, 12:44:45 PM: Hartmann?
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Post by: Wendax on November 23, 2011, 12:50:45 PM: No
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Post by: dracu777 on November 23, 2011, 01:01:34 PM: Lol...Surely it has to be Langenthal.
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Post by: Wendax on November 23, 2011, 01:03:50 PM: Sorry, not that one either
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Post by: dracu777 on November 23, 2011, 01:10:46 PM: Ramseier?
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Post by: Wendax on November 23, 2011, 01:31:13 PM: No
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Post by: dracu777 on November 23, 2011, 02:07:10 PM: Wenger?
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Post by: Wendax on November 23, 2011, 02:08:05 PM: No
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Post by: dracu777 on November 23, 2011, 02:14:33 PM: Coachbuilder from Italian, German or French neighboring cantons?
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Post by: Wendax on November 23, 2011, 02:28:04 PM: Yes, partly
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Post by: dracu777 on November 23, 2011, 03:07:16 PM: Hess?
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Post by: Wendax on November 23, 2011, 04:16:56 PM: Finally!

Congratulations, it is a convertible body by Carrosserie Hess. One point for you.
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 388 - Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Cabriolet Hess
Post by: dracu777 on November 23, 2011, 04:27:04 PM: Wow. That was a learning experience. It is a beautiful car indeed. Do you have any other photos or information about the car?
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 388 - Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Cabriolet Hess
Post by: Wendax on November 23, 2011, 04:39:21 PM: Sorry, no. I took it from an article about Hess where there was no further information about the pictured cars.