Please ID both donor and coachbuilder. I think this will be difficult to solve, but prove me wrong. I will give you 2 points if you ID the coachbuilder.
Experts?
Professionals?
It certainly looks French. Built on a Rochet-Schneider chassis?
French. Not a Rochet-Schneider chassis
Delahaye chassis?
Yes, I give you 3 attempts to find the coachbuilder. Locked
Carrosserie Duffau from Tarbes?
no
Grange Frères? If not, you may unlock.
unlocked
Is it an obscure French coachbuilder ?
Yes
Did we have it at AP before ?
No
Here we go : Carrosserie Dauphinoise ?
no
Henri Marcq ?
no.
Apparently the company was around both before and after the 2nd WW
Was it known for other types of vehicles ?
It is very difficult to tell as aside from general mentioning, I have not seen any other vehicles bodied by them
I understand that it is not Pascual et Troin and that it can't be found on the web, except for general mentioning without images. Am I right ?
absolutely
Sorry. I have no idea where to go.
Postel from Amiens ?
unfortunately no
Just to be sure : not Ravistre et Martel, as it was here before ?
no
Scemia ?
no
Teilhol ?
no
Viguier ?
no
here is a little clue. It was located in a city which today has around 175,000 inhabitants
From Le Havre?
no
Reims?
St-Étienne ?
locked for pguillem - it was in St Etienne
I can't find it. Please unlock. Thanks.
reluctantly unlocked
Ducarme?
no
I found another picture of the bus and I know which company used it, but still no name for the coachbuilder.
Quote from: Wendax on September 30, 2019, 04:45:17 PM
I found another picture of the bus and I know which company used it, but still no name for the coachbuilder.
My location (CA) has been blacklisted by this site. However, the front lights of these buses are completely different. As for the grille, I'm not sure that it is the same.
Quote from: Wendax on September 30, 2019, 04:45:17 PM
I found another picture of the bus and I know which company used it, but still no name for the coachbuilder.
I discovered the same image a while back, but as with you, it got me no closer to identifying the coachbuilder.
Quote from: pguillem on September 30, 2019, 05:06:54 PM
My location (CA) has been blacklisted by this site. However, the front lights of these buses are completely different. As for the grille, I'm not sure that it is the same.
The company is located in the same vicinity as the coachbuilder and the bus appears to be identical in virtually every respect except for the headlight mountings. In my opinion, this is either the same bus with modified headlight mountings (more likely), or a nearly-identical bus by the same coachbuilder.
nicely found, but still no cheese :)
I have the references of 50 French bus coachbuilders in my files. The only one which is based in St Étienne is Gruau, which has been already in AP before. I don't have anything else to offer. Sorry.
Not very far from St-Étienne : Teilhol, Courpière ?
unfortunately not
Masters?
Black Hole?
BH
Taquet?
thanks for reviving this old puzzle
Not Taquet
Guillot?
no
Marnat?
no
Rotroun?
no
Charras & Pochon?
thanks for reviving an old puzzle. Not them. This company is extremely difficult to find.
Foucherand?
or maybe not that difficult after all :) Congratulations, another one is solved! I hope I awarded two points
Thanks!