Bentleybob 44 solved: Ruckstuhl body on Ford A (?)

Wendax · June 05, 2012, 03:12:17 AM

Heinrich Eckert?

woodinsight · June 05, 2012, 04:15:54 AM

Gygax?

bentleybob · June 05, 2012, 03:56:50 PM

Neither Heinrich Eckert nor Gygax..

Wendax · June 05, 2012, 04:26:18 PM

Tüscher?

woodinsight · June 06, 2012, 03:00:46 AM

Wenger?

bentleybob · June 06, 2012, 04:08:26 AM

Neither nor

Wendax · June 06, 2012, 04:33:11 AM

Baldenweg?

woodinsight · June 06, 2012, 08:46:35 AM

Dolder?

João · June 06, 2012, 09:13:37 AM

Ruckstuhl?

bentleybob · June 06, 2012, 05:16:34 PM

Yes, João guessed correctly: Ruckstuhl.

RayTheRat · June 06, 2012, 06:43:11 PM

The concept that it might be a Ford Model A grill, hood, cowl and possibly fenders and hood on an Essex chassis is a distinct possibility. Going by the wheel size, (they look like 21") the Model A part would be a 1928. But Ford used a transverse leaf spring rear suspension until 1949 when longitudinal semi-elliptical springs were adopted. The car in the photo seems to have longitudinal semi-eliptics, as did the Essex of that time period. So I'd call it a 1928 Ford Model A on an Essex (?) chassis. But that's just me.

RtR

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Bentleybob 44 solved: Ruckstuhl body on Ford A (?)

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