Solved - THOR #100: Auto Lux electric truck (1940-1942)

[thorax]

only year and brand of this truck for one point

[thorax]

time for experts!

[richard cuyler]

Italian?

[thorax]

si

[richard cuyler]

Electric?

[thorax]

yes

[richard cuyler]

The swipe of colour diagonally across the grill suggests Lancia Esatau. If so, this would be a mid-to-late 1940s vehicle.

[thorax]

Not Lancia but right period

[thorax]

pros?

[Wendax]

1942 Auto-Lux

[targhediferro]

Wheels look like Fiat 621's one we had some time ago...is it a Fiat 626 electric prototype?

[thorax]

Auto Lux is the right answer but I've a different year: locked to Wendax

[Wendax]

Sorry, I mistyped. It is a 1947 Auto-Lux.

[Hiawatha]

Masked headlights , white mudguards and bumper suggest wartime..

[Bill Murray]

I think Hiawatha is correct and it may be mis-identified on the web.
Gerd has the point in my opinion but I would say 1940-1942 vintage is more likely.

Bill

[thorax]

I think you are right Bill: one point to Wendax

[pguillem]

Too late ! IntroDucing the Auto-Lux.

[Wendax]

I knew there was a reason why I didn't take the year from the original caption. 

[targhediferro]

There are some differences between the quiz truck and the one shown in the picture with Mussolini;  the windscreen corners are less rounded, the mudguards are different (without the two cromed profiles), the front grill is different and the front light looks less prominent, the profile on the cabin is very different. 

[pguillem]

There are some differences between the quiz truck and the one shown in the picture with Mussolini;  the windscreen corners are less rounded, the mudguards are different (without the two cromed profiles), the front grill is different and the front light looks less prominent, the profile on the cabin is very different.

These photographs were taken on 04.09.1942.  The legend only says "Roma - Il Duce osserva un nuovo tipo di vettura e autocarro elettrico, presentatogli dal sen. Beneduce a Villa Torlonia"  The truck was built by Società meridionale elettrocarri Napoli.  Maybe it was a prototype ?

[thorax]

the same day:

[Iluvatar]

the same day:

This is the Touring (and Stigler?) electric prototype on Fiat chassis.

[thorax]

the same day:

This is the Touring (and Stigler?) electric prototype on Fiat chassis.

Fiat 1100 L chassis: car made for Mr. Franco Mazzarotti

[Wendax]

the same day:

This is the Touring (and Stigler?) electric prototype on Fiat chassis.

Fiat 1100 L chassis: car made for Mr. Franco Mazzarotti

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=6471

[pguillem]

Bill found a wonderful reference about this subject. "La storia di Auto Lux, elettrica a Milano nel 1937" was written by Franco Maggiolini "pubblicato nel numero 2 di Auto Elettrica, Marzo – Aprile 1992".  Thanks a lot, Bill !