Partly obscure.
For one point, please respond and identify this vehicle and its coachbuilder.
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USA
No
German
Yes
M.A.N.
No
Benz ?
No, but close
SAF?
Mercedes
DMG?
No, think easy
Mercedes-Benz
Yes :)
Sometimes the euro falls cant by cent...
Is it a L 1000?
Yes, now for the (obscure) coachbuilder
Is it a Hearse?
No
Body from Germany?
Yes
Has the company you are looking for ever been a mystery at AP.
No, it wasn't even mentioned here before.
Still active after WWII?
So it seems.
Pre-war superstructure?
Yes
Musigk & Haas, Berlin.
No
Josef Jakob?
No
Meyer-Hagen?
No
Freudenberg?
No
Wellmeyer
No
Freudenau, Bielefeld
No
Weka?
No
up again
Adam fom Überherrn.
No
Schwelm
No
Bosse?
No
Teha?
No
Sommer?
No
Schröder?
No
Nicolaus Schneider?
No
Schlüter?
No
Schleede?
No
Jung?
No
Kellner from Recklinghausen?
Neither nor
Can the photo be found online?
Not any more probably
Well, I'll just have to keep browsing. Keppler?
No
Kiffe?
No
Klenk?
No
Köhler
No
Next one: Kolbert.
Sorry, missed that one. The answer is as usual: no.
Kotschenreuther
No
Kumlin, you can't do more than say "no"...
No ;D
Wilke?
No
Welte?
No
Why doesn't that surprise me...
Wackenhut?
No
Sommer?
No
Schwarze?
No
Schulze, Mann & Co?
No
Schröder?
No
Schleede?
No
Arnold Meier?
No
What about Dinkel?
It's nice in breads, but here it is wrong. ;D
:lmao:
Unfortunately, only the German-speaking colleagues understand the pun.
Do you have a tip in which region the bodybuilder was or is active?
Southwestern Germany
Badisches Fahrzeug- und Karossriewerk GmbH, Weisweil
Franz Xaver Seitz, Konstanz
No
Vögtle und Zeller?
No
Auer? We have already had them here.
Schott?
No
Fries?
No
Hennhöfer & Uttenthaler?
No
Wanko, Heilbronn?
No
One-off, built by a haulage company for its own purposes?
No, done by a company defining itself as "Wagen-Karosseriebau".
Gergen?
No
Müller?
No
up to the Masters
Kautt?
Renckly & Kunzmann?
Twice no
Widerkehr?
No
Heine?
No
Waldner
No
Error, sorry.
Dürr & Söhne?
No
Freiburger Karosserie- und Wagenfabrik?
No, the coachbuilder is named after its owner/founder
Gebhard?
No
Kautt?
No
Läpple?
No
Knapp?
No
Within 50 km of Stuttgart?
Thamm?
Within 150 km of Stuttgart?
Yes
Knauber & Fischer?
Epple?
Twice no
Carl Wagner?
Nitz?
No, no
Thiel?
No
Peka, Karlsruhe?
Not Peka, but from Karlsruhe.
Unterberg & Helmle?
No
Claus Metz?
No
Ringle?
No
Bouse & Reichert?
No
Schoemperlen?
No
Knauber & Fischer?
No
Weber & Freiberger?
No
Mosse?
No
Spitzfaden?
:applause:
Yes, the bodywork was done by Theobald Spitzfaden of Karlsruhe. The handwritten word on the back is Lieferwagen (Van).
Two trucks bodied by Spitzfaden:
:applause: :applause: :applause:
Not easy, congratulations..
Thank you.