Solved: Wendax 713 - 1927 Norsk Geijer, modified by N. Jacobsens Karosserifabrikk in the late 1930s

[Wendax]

Engine trouble?

For one point, please respond and identify car and coachbuilder.

[Wendax]

up

[Wendax]

up again

[woodinsight]

Scandinavian?

[Wendax]

Well observed!

[woodinsight]

Based on a Volvo?

[Wendax]

No

[woodinsight]

Perhaps based on a US car?

[Wendax]

No

[woodinsight]

Base car is European though?

[Bill Murray]

This is not much help, if any, but it greatly resembles a Zis 101A
that looks like it has been towed to where the photo was taken.

For the moment I have no idea who built the body although it looks
fairly like the standard body except for the sun-roof.

[Wendax]

Base car is European though?

Yes

[Wendax]

This is not much help, if any, but it greatly resembles a Zis 110A
that looks like it has been towed to where the photo was taken.

For the moment I have no idea who built the body although it looks
fairly like the standard body except for the sun-roof.

It is not a ZIS nor ZIS-based.

[Paul Jaray]

Norsk Geijer

[Wendax]

Yes, locked for you to find the coachbuilder

[Paul Jaray]

I have that pic with no info, and I can't find the site back.
Is the answer online?

[Wendax]

Yes and not really hard to find

[Paul Jaray]

Here's a side view:
I read several sources on that, C. Geijer & Co.s Bilfabrikk A/S was also a producer of car and bus bodies...this one was done by a different firm?
Aasgaard is the only name beside Geijer I found so far.

The company a/s c. Geijer & co. was founded by Swede Carl Axel Geijer in Kristiania in 1869 to engage in wholesale with iron and other metals. In 1900 he sold the company to Carl Johan Aasgaard, who worked with great skill and great progress.
Aasgaard is the ancestor of the family who ran the Aasgaard company until the late 1980s when it was taken over by the Swedes.
In 1918 he founded the firm c. Geijer & co. 's car factory a/s and started production of car and bus bodies.
Torleif Aasgaard, son of Carl Johan Aasgaard, drove up to the bus body factory to become the country's largest.

[Bill Murray]

Just curious if this one is unlocked yet??

[Wendax]

Here's a side view:
I read several sources on that, C. Geijer & Co.s Bilfabrikk A/S was also a producer of car and bus bodies...this one was done by a different firm?
Aasgaard is the only name beside Geijer I found so far.

Neither Geijer nor Aasgaard.

Unlocked and open to all.

[Wendax]

Just curious if this one is unlocked yet??

Go ahead, Bill

[Bill Murray]

Thanks.

I don't want Paul to think I am pushing him out of the way, but I did spend a lot of time on this
one as to find a Norwegian car is quite a challenge and a lot of fun looking.

Here is what I have found so far.  I also found the same two photos.

It seems this car is a 1927 Geijer that was rebodied for a Torleif Aasgaard in the late 1930's.
I am working off a Norwegian language site and Google translate isn't working so I am using
my command of Swedish to try to sort the story out.

If I am correct, it was rebodied by the N. Jakobsens Karosserifabrikk.  I can find almost nothing
yet on that firm but they did build commercial vehicles also I gather.

According to my information, there is not a lot left of the original Geijer except the signature front
bumper and the distinct emblem on the front of the motor hood/grille.

The motor has been changed as have the wheels but no information was given as to what car was
the donor.  On the other hand, I believe the motor hood/grille came from a 1938 Chrysler as it is
almost identical to that marque.  The wheels may also have come from that vehicle.

Chrysler products were imported in the 1934-1939 time frame into Norway as chassis and with complete
front end up to and including the windscreen.  Most were bodied as taxi or hire car limousines.
I have two other photos somewhere of a Dodge and a Chrysler bodied by Strømmen Dodge which I will
edit into this post when I find them.

So, the basic chassis seems to be a 1927 Geijer with a lot of new stuff put onto it from my translation
of the article about the car.

Whether I am right or wrong, any other information would be most appreciated, a fascinating subject rarely
ever touched on.

[Wendax]

There is nothing I could add to your answer but a point.   Well done!
The car is also referred to as "the last Geijer".
It is Jacobsens Karosserifabrikk, by the way.

[Bill Murray]

Sorry, yes, Jacobsens.  As to the "last Geijer" I suspect we are using the same source materiel.

Here are the two photos I just found, turns out they are both Dodges.
Apologies for the quality, they were scanned from very old magazines.

[Paul Jaray]

Nice job!