SOLVED: si_359 - Henschel - Bimot HS 190 - by Spermann - 1950-1951

[sichel]

No.

[marmer]

E.H. von Lienen?  The only four I have found are Kässbohrer, FAKA, Lamperhoff, and Lienen.

[sichel]

Sorry, but there is one more.

[marmer]

Could it be the relatively near-to-Brandt-in-Hagen company of Ludewig in Essen, who later built bus bodies on Henschel chassis? (There are a few more coachbuilders in this region, am I getting close?)

[sichel]

It's not Ludewig, but you're close. North Rhine-Westphalia is the right region.

[marmer]

Fahrzeuge Recklinghausen?

[sichel]

No,go east for about 40 kilometres.

[marmer]

Bönen?  Or Hamm?

[sichel]

Neither nor.

[marmer]

Kamen or Bergkamen?

[sichel]

Approx. 10 kilometres to the north

[marmer]

Werne?

[sichel]

Yes, then I'll lock so you can look for the coachbuilder.

[marmer]

Spermann?

[sichel]

Yes, you will get the point later, I go to bed.

[marmer]

Sleep well!  That was hard!

[sichel]

Hey marmer, here is your point! You've really earned it! 
There are not many sources that depict this particular version. There were only eleven examples in total: eight bus chassis (on one of which the "Brandt truck" was built) and three tractor units. The two coupled, transversely mounted 95 hp engines could probably not be reliably synchronised. I attach a picture with a view of the left engine.

[pguillem]

Is it the same as the BÜcherbus from Gladbeck ?

[sichel]

Thank you for this picture, I didn't know him yet. But that is Kässbohrer and not Spermann. The shape is very similar to the Kässbhrer Bimot (I'll add a picture), but it lacks the maintenance flaps on the sides and there's one too many stars on the bonnet...My guess is Mercedes O/OP between 3500 and 6600. Judging by the tyre size, more likely 5000 or 6600, but that's a bit like reading in a crystal ball.