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Title: Solved: Wendax 822 - Opel Olympia 1950 by Langenthal
Post by: Wendax on February 27, 2013, 02:24:53 AM
Near mint.

For one point, please respond and identify this car, tell me what is special about it and who was responsible for it.
Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: Wendax on March 06, 2013, 02:33:32 AM
up
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Post by: targhediferro on March 06, 2013, 02:51:18 AM
it looks like a normal Opel kadett Olympia, 1951...has it a special mechanics?
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Post by: DeAutogids on March 06, 2013, 02:52:38 AM
I would say it looks like an unrestaured version of a 1950 Olympia by Opel?
Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: Wendax on March 06, 2013, 03:05:49 AM
It is an Opel Olympia from 1950 (not Kadett), but there is a visible difference to the stock 1950 Olympia.
Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: DeAutogids on March 06, 2013, 03:13:59 AM
The trunk looks different.
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Post by: Wendax on March 06, 2013, 03:28:41 AM
Quote from: DeAutogids on March 06, 2013, 03:13:59 AM
The trunk looks different.
Follow that path.
Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: targhediferro on March 12, 2013, 05:56:26 PM
In my first post I told about a Kadett Olympia 1951; you corrected me, saying it was not a Kadett...and it was from 1950. Perhaps that was a clue: I think Opel Olympia got a larger trunk  since 1951 only, so this could be a sort of prototype of the renewed model.
Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: RayTheRat on March 12, 2013, 06:07:42 PM
Is it the "humpback" trunk (boot) that's different from the 1951 "bustle-back" trunk?

Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: Wendax on March 12, 2013, 06:10:08 PM
Quote from: targhediferro on March 12, 2013, 05:56:26 PM
In my first post I told about a Kadett Olympia 1951; you corrected me, saying it was not a Kadett...and it was from 1950. Perhaps that was a clue: I think Opel Olympia got a larger trunk  since 1951 only, so this could be a sort of prototype of the renewed model.
It is not a prototype. Let's say, someone had an idea before the guys at Opel themselves.
Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: Wendax on March 12, 2013, 06:11:22 PM
Quote from: RayTheRat on March 12, 2013, 06:07:42 PM
Is it the "humpback" trunk (boot) that's different from the 1951 "bustle-back" trunk?
Yes, the trunk is what makes the puzzle car different, but who was responsible for it?
Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: targhediferro on March 12, 2013, 06:13:59 PM
Was it an home-made one-off, or a coachbuilder job?
Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: Bill Murray on March 12, 2013, 06:25:56 PM
Meh....

Perhaps a police car.

Bill
Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: Wendax on March 12, 2013, 06:26:04 PM
A coachbuilder's job, there were several built.
Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: Wendax on March 12, 2013, 06:31:00 PM
Quote from: Bill Murray on March 12, 2013, 06:25:56 PM
Meh....

Perhaps a police car.

Bill
I don't know for sure, but I don't think so. Special police coachwork at that time was usually of the Kübelwagen type, like the Volkswagen Typ 18A or the Mercedes-Benz 170 Da OTP.
Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: RayTheRat on March 12, 2013, 06:47:55 PM
 Rometsch?
Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: Wendax on March 12, 2013, 06:50:55 PM
No
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Post by: targhediferro on March 12, 2013, 06:55:13 PM
Miesen?
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Post by: Wendax on March 13, 2013, 02:25:16 AM
No
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Post by: targhediferro on March 13, 2013, 02:12:51 PM
Wendler?
Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: Wendax on March 13, 2013, 02:31:09 PM
No
Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: targhediferro on March 13, 2013, 06:27:48 PM
Karmann?
Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: Wendax on March 14, 2013, 03:15:08 AM
No.

A hint: the coachbuilder was not German.
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Post by: mekubb on March 14, 2013, 05:08:21 AM
Swiss coach builder ?
Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: Wendax on March 14, 2013, 05:12:13 AM
Yes
Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: targhediferro on March 14, 2013, 05:32:27 AM
Graber?
Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: Wendax on March 14, 2013, 05:34:05 AM
No
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Post by: mekubb on March 14, 2013, 05:40:47 AM
Beutler ?
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Post by: Wendax on March 14, 2013, 05:41:48 AM
No
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Post by: mekubb on March 14, 2013, 05:47:12 AM
Tüscher ?
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Post by: Wendax on March 14, 2013, 05:50:19 AM
No
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Post by: mekubb on March 14, 2013, 06:07:19 AM
Köng ?
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Post by: Wendax on March 14, 2013, 06:12:41 AM
Beutler
Graber
Köng
Tüscher
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Post by: targhediferro on March 14, 2013, 06:39:28 AM
Italsuisse?
Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: Wendax on March 14, 2013, 06:50:22 AM
Beutler
Graber
Italsuisse
Köng
Tüscher
Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: Bill Murray on March 14, 2013, 06:52:41 AM
A guess, but a guess with some research behind it.

I did not find this vehicle, but I did find several photos of vehicles modified by Langenthal that had an extended boot/trunk and or extended rear body work for hire cars and station wagons.

Could that be our builder??

Bill
Title: Re: Wendax 822
Post by: Wendax on March 14, 2013, 07:21:10 AM
Well done, Bill!
This conversion was done by Carrosserie Langenthal.
One more point for you.
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 822 - Opel Olympia 1950 by Langenthal
Post by: Bill Murray on March 14, 2013, 07:28:35 AM
Thank you very much Gerd:

I had about given up on this one.
Here is one of the more interesting conversions I found in my research.
Bill
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 822 - Opel Olympia 1950 by Langenthal
Post by: Wendax on March 14, 2013, 07:45:40 AM
Sweet!