Solved: Wendax 999 - Volkswagen Bus on Kübelwagen chassis (probably) by Deckwerth

[pnegyesi]

based on a DKW?

[Wendax]

No

[targhediferro]

Stoll?

[Wendax]

No

[Allemano]

.. but it is rear-engined?

[targhediferro]

Till now I got for sure that it is a coachbuilted Typ2...now Allemano's questions make me doubt about this convinction. Is it a Volkswagen?

[Wendax]

It is based on a rear-engined Volkswagen, but it is not a Typ 2.

[pnegyesi]

is it based on a 411?

[Wendax]

No

[pnegyesi]

why would someone build a Transporter based on a VW? or am I missing something here?

[Wendax]

That's exactly what happened. Think about it and you may find out why this was done. That may help you a little bit in order to focus on the solution.

[pnegyesi]

was this built on a crashed Beetle?

[Wendax]

I think the VW base was rather not a Beetle.

[targhediferro]

Based on kubelwagen?

[Wendax]

Yes

[pnegyesi]

an East German private attempt to build a Transporter replica?

[Wendax]

Yes, by a privately owned workshop

[targhediferro]

The only hint I found is with a certain Herr Grundmann, who worked at Framo before the war.

[Wendax]

It is not him. I think the solution will be hard to find online. Although the company still exists, they just mention these cars just in a single sentence without a picture. I found the company's name in a magazine article.

[pnegyesi]

was this built in the late 1950s?

[targhediferro]

Was he from Zwickau?

[Wendax]

It is from the 1950s, but I don't have an exact date. It was not built in Zwickau.

[pnegyesi]

is it a repairshop today?

[Wendax]

No, a truck coachbuilder

[pnegyesi]

in Leipzig?