GTC #121 Tru...Bus special! SOLVED: Michael Conrad's Hamburger Hochbahn AG Bus

[DHoffmann]

That's right, another palindromic puzzle special!

Who's seen this bus before, and can accurately identify it?

[DHoffmann]

Experts!

[DHoffmann]

Whoopsie-daisy, forgot about this one!

Pros?

[Wendax]

From Austria? If so, Gräf & Stift?

[DHoffmann]

From Austria? If so, Gräf & Stift?

Not Austrian, no.

[Wendax]

German?

[DHoffmann]

German?

Jawohl.

[Wendax]

Anything to do with the German bus standardization program VÖV?

[DHoffmann]

Anything to do with the German bus standardization program VÖV?

I don't believe it to have been, no.

[Wendax]

A project of a bus manufacturer or by an independent designer?

[DHoffmann]

A project of a bus manufacturer or by an independent designer?

The latter.

[Wendax]

Louis L. Lepoix?

[DHoffmann]

Louis L. Lepoix?

No.

[oko94]

Was the designer specialized in vehicle design or was he more of an industrial designer ?

[DHoffmann]

Was the designer specialized in vehicle design or was he more of an industrial designer ?

Definitely vehicle design.

[oko94]

Albrecht Goertz ?

[DHoffmann]

Albrecht Goertz ?

Nope.

[oko94]

Was this German designer independent when he designed this bus and then got hired by a car make or design studio ?

[DHoffmann]

Was this German designer independent when he designed this bus and then got hired by a car make or design studio ?

Yes I do believe that to have been the case.

[oko94]

Claus Luthe ?

[DHoffmann]

Claus Luthe ?

Not him.

[Wendax]

Hans A. Muth?

[DHoffmann]

Hans A. Muth?

Nossir.

[oko94]

Manfred Rennen ?

[DHoffmann]

Manfred Rennen ?

Once again, no.