Somehow the hood and the body don't go together in harmony.
For one point, please respond and identify this bus by naming the chassis and the coachbuilder.
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German? If yes, Bussing?
Yes, German bus on a Büssing (or Büssing-NAG) chassis. That was the easy part.
Is the coachbuilder German too?
Yes
Auwarter?
No, less known than Auwärter
Did the coachbuilder make also cars, or just buses?
Gaubshaft?
Quote from: targhediferro on April 01, 2013, 03:24:17 PM
Did the coachbuilder make also cars, or just buses?
I don't know of any cars bodied by them.
Their main business was buses for sure, but they also were into truck coachbuilding.
Quote from: targhediferro on April 01, 2013, 03:32:20 PM
Gaubshaft?
Not Gaubschat
Fleischer?
No
BTW, Fleischer did body cars: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=15908.0
Schumann?
No
Trutz?
Not Trutz either
FMF?
No, not FKF either.
Ludewig?
Quote from: DeAutogids on April 02, 2013, 01:26:09 PM
Ludewig?
No, Ludewig built car bodies, too: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=15471.0
Emmelmann?
No
Goppel, Augsburg?
Quote from: targhediferro on April 02, 2013, 04:20:27 PM
Goppel, Augsburg?
Not Göppel, but located less than 150 km from Augsburg.
Josef Steib?
Hiller?
No
Hubertia?
Still more than 300 km off target.
Drögmöller body on a Büssing chassis?
Getting much closer, just about 10 km off target
Vetter body on a Büssing chassis?
No
Kowex?
No, Kowex didn't exist back then.
I found this firm on a quite affordable site, Kowex Fahrzeugbau, Heilbronn...as it is not the right one, I guess Wankmiller from Heilbronn too...as I suppose Drauz did also cars.
Not Drauz.
The coachbuilder we are looking for is not from Heilbronn.
Sorry, I mixed something up. The coachbuilder in question is in a town almost 200 km south of Heilbronn.
The reason I got this wrong is that there is a village of the same name which is part of the city of Heilbronn, so Google Maps told me that it is just 10 km away.
A rather well known builder but they did several vehicles on this chassis.
Ackermann?
Bill
Not Ackermann
Kässbohrer body on a Büssing chassis?
Quote from: 4popoid on April 04, 2013, 06:26:29 PM
Kässbohrer body on a Büssing chassis?
Not Kässbohrer.
BTW, Kässbohrer did car coachwork: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=12696.0
Hymer body on a Büssing chassis?
No, although the company in question also built some motorhomes.
westfalia?
No
Voll?
Kögel body on a Büssing chassis?
Neither Voll nor Kögel
Badische Fahrzeug body on a Büssing chassis?
No
Weinsberg body on a Büssing chassis?
No, more to the south than Weinsberg
Pro time
Here begins the geographical puzzle : Rudolf Böbel Karosseriebau in Ulm-Böblingen ?
Not Böbel, and you are about 50 km off target.
Is it located in Untergruppenbach ?
No, it is located south of Ulm.
Wandering around the Schwäb'sche Eisebahne : Ottenbacher in Biberach ?
Quote from: pguillem on April 23, 2013, 11:51:45 AM
Wandering around the Schwäb'sche Eisebahne : Ottenbacher in Biberach ?
:D
Yes, it is a Büssing-NAG bus bodied by Ottenbacher. One more point for you.
The original ad for the motorhome mentioned above:
A beautiful spine can also be fine.
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