Now that's an extraordinaires design!
Which coachbuilder designed it? On what basis (manufacturer and type) and when?
There is a point for the correct answer and a "sichel-bee" for the place where this picture was taken.
Up to Experts.
Büssing?
Yes.
Is this a 1935-ish Büssing-NAG Trambus designed by Paul Arendt?
The chassis is based on developments by Paul Arendt, but I don't know of any connection to the coachbuilder I'm looking for. Besides, the year of construction was later.
Getting closer. Büssing-NAG 650 TU 1937 from ÜSTRA Hannover. Working on coachbuilder.
Yes, it is a 650 TU, but the year of manufacture still needs adjustment....
Are you looking for a pre-war date? Because I found two different sources with pictures that have mid-1930s dates.
Yes, I am looking for a pre-war date.
1939? And the body by Emmelmann?
Earlier and not from Emmelmann.
If it's not 1937 and it's not 1939, it must be 1938? Kässbohrer?
Neither 1938 nor Kässbohrer.
1936?
Yes.
Komnick, from Elbling?
No
Coachbuilder from Hannover?
No, neither Hannover nor Lower Saxony.
Drauz?
No
Evels, from Münster?
No
Gaubschat?
No
Walter Vetter?
Unfortunately also not.
Ludewig?
No. But North Rhine-Westphalia is the right region.
Is it Bauer?
No
Fahrzeugwerke Recklinghausen?
No.
Köther from Düsseldorf?
No.
Waggonfabrik Uerdingen?
Yes, this Büssing 650 TU was built by Waggonfabrikfabrik Uerdingen in 1936. Here is your next point and a "sichel-bee" waits for the AutoPuzzler who tells us the place where the puzzle photo was taken.
Is it Hannover or do you want more specific than that?
Hanover, i.e. ÜSTRA, is quite clear. For a bee, it should be a bit more precise, the photo point is quite easy to locate, it looks almost the same there today, or again today.
Is that Marktkirche?
There is no church in the picture but a railing...Go east from the Marktkirche.
There is a railing like that where Schiffgraben goes under the railroad track. Google also tells me that there is a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Hannover, which I find very amusing.
Quote from: marmer on December 20, 2022, 09:53:18 AM
There is a railing like that where Schiffgraben goes under the railroad track. Google also tells me that there is a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Hannover, which I find very amusing.
Hanover is the capital of Lower Saxony and therefore very cosmopolitan...
The picture was taken a little further north, at the southern subway next to the main station. But it's hard to recognise today, so you also get a well-deserved "sichel-bee."