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Title: Solved: Wendax 418 - Opel Blitz hearse by Gebr. Eickhoff
Post by: Wendax on December 17, 2011, 04:02:43 PM
A nice automobile as long as you sit in the first row.

For one point, please respond and identify this funeral van by telling its base and the coachbuilder.
Title: Re: Wendax 418
Post by: Wendax on December 24, 2011, 01:57:53 AM
up
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Post by: richard cuyler on December 30, 2011, 06:31:58 PM
Looks like a top quality piece of kit, is it British? If so I'm tending towards Armstrong Siddeley (that mascot......) or Alvis. But the rear wings look 1950's Opel-ish. This one is a real puzzler.
Title: Re: Wendax 418
Post by: Wendax on December 31, 2011, 02:35:31 AM
It is not British, but follow those rear wing thoughts.  ;)
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Post by: richard cuyler on December 31, 2011, 01:24:18 PM
Opel Blitz, late 40s, early 50s? The grille looks Blitz-ish, but those headlights, appropriately pointing towards the heavens :D, may be from a VW or similar 'aerodynamically' designed car. Das ist meine beste guess. ;D
Title: Re: Wendax 418
Post by: Wendax on December 31, 2011, 01:41:53 PM
Yes, the base car is an Opel Blitz from the early 1950s. That was the easy part, which leaves the identification of the coachbuilder as the difficult one.
Title: Re: Wendax 418
Post by: Wendax on January 07, 2012, 01:34:32 AM
up again
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Post by: Oguerrerob on April 01, 2012, 11:16:20 AM
Miesen Karosserie?
Title: Re: Wendax 418
Post by: Wendax on April 01, 2012, 12:08:48 PM
No, much more obscure
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Post by: Allemano on April 01, 2012, 12:36:29 PM
From NRW?
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Post by: Wendax on April 01, 2012, 12:38:35 PM
Ja
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Post by: Allemano on April 01, 2012, 12:39:09 PM
Ruhr-Area?
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Post by: Wendax on April 01, 2012, 02:16:45 PM
No
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Post by: Allemano on April 04, 2012, 01:18:51 AM
Southern from Düsseldorf?
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Post by: Wendax on April 04, 2012, 02:46:08 AM
Let's put it this way: the center of the city where this coachwork was done is more southern than the center of Düsseldorf, but parts of the city are more northern than parts of Düsseldorf
Title: Re: Wendax 418
Post by: Allemano on April 04, 2012, 02:51:19 AM
Neuss?
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Post by: Wendax on April 04, 2012, 02:59:01 AM
Nein
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Post by: Allemano on April 04, 2012, 03:05:15 AM
In the neighbourhood of D'dorf?
Title: Re: Wendax 418
Post by: Wendax on April 04, 2012, 03:05:52 AM
Yes
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Post by: Allemano on April 04, 2012, 03:10:22 AM
hmmm... Solingen?
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Post by: Wendax on April 04, 2012, 03:15:03 AM
yes
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Post by: Allemano on April 04, 2012, 03:20:27 AM
Bauer?
Title: Re: Wendax 418
Post by: Wendax on April 04, 2012, 03:27:35 AM
No
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Post by: Allemano on April 04, 2012, 03:42:42 AM
www-available?
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Post by: Wendax on April 04, 2012, 03:57:36 AM
The picture is from a book about motoring in Solingen. I haven't tried to find the company on the web.
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Post by: Allemano on April 04, 2012, 04:04:40 AM
Thanks, I think I'm off... ;)
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Post by: Wendax on April 04, 2012, 12:22:43 PM
Don't give up! The company still exists in Solingen, but unfortunately they don't tell anything about their history (founded in 1900) on their homepage.
Title: Re: Wendax 418
Post by: Allemano on April 05, 2012, 12:16:36 PM
Rautenbach?
Title: Re: Wendax 418
Post by: Wendax on April 05, 2012, 01:42:12 PM
No, keep on trying
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Post by: grobmotorix on April 11, 2012, 06:14:12 PM
Kronenberg?
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Post by: Wendax on April 12, 2012, 02:10:38 AM
Not that one either
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Post by: ImpishGrin on July 02, 2012, 11:52:57 AM
Is the company still in the coachbuilding business?
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Post by: Wendax on July 14, 2012, 01:37:29 PM
Yes, but it seems as if they concentrate on repair nowadays.
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Post by: Allan L on July 14, 2012, 01:53:54 PM
Salomon?
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Post by: Wendax on July 14, 2012, 02:10:27 PM
No
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Post by: guido66 on July 14, 2012, 03:36:41 PM
Bethke?
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Post by: Wendax on July 14, 2012, 03:49:41 PM
No
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Post by: guido66 on July 14, 2012, 04:04:31 PM
Eickhoff?
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Post by: Wendax on July 14, 2012, 05:07:06 PM
And we have a winner, after more than half a year!

This hearse was built by Gebr. Eickhoff from Solingen, using an Opel Blitz chassis and some design elements from an Opel Olympia.
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 418 - Opel Blitz hearse by Gebr. Eickhoff
Post by: pnegyesi on October 15, 2019, 01:21:02 AM
What was the title of the book where this picture appeared? Thank you!
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 418 - Opel Blitz hearse by Gebr. Eickhoff
Post by: Wendax on October 15, 2019, 02:11:36 AM
Motorisierung in Solingen 1900-1945 by Ursula Kosinski