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SOLVED: FW #460: Ford FK1000 Ambulance by Austro-Tatra, 1958
« on: February 04, 2023, 11:16:13 AM »
Please identify this car: Make? Type? Purpose? Coachbuilder? Year?
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Re: FW #460
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2023, 10:41:05 AM »
Experts?

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2023, 09:42:35 AM »
Volkswagen?

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2023, 09:45:35 AM »
No

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2023, 09:47:30 AM »
OK, well I had to get that out of the way.  Police vehicle?

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2023, 10:56:59 AM »
No

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2023, 11:36:54 AM »
Renault Estafette?

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2023, 12:06:27 PM »
No

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2023, 12:33:59 PM »
Ford Transit?

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2023, 12:43:26 PM »
Very nearby. Ford is correct

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2023, 01:05:49 PM »
Taunus Transit?

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2023, 04:57:26 PM »
Ford Taunus, but not a Transit

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2023, 08:39:38 PM »
FK1000?

Ambulance?

Miesen?

1956?
« Last Edit: March 27, 2023, 08:49:53 PM by marmer »

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2023, 03:16:50 AM »
Ford Taunus FK 1000 Ambulance
Not Miesen, not 1956
LOCKED for you for three attempts to find coachbuilder and year

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2023, 12:36:25 PM »
1953, Berwi? (apparently the trafficator semaphores disappeared by 1958)

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #15 on: March 28, 2023, 03:53:14 PM »
'Apparently the trafficator semaphores disappeared by 1958': Very well noticed.  ;) But not 1953. Sorry, not Berwi

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #16 on: March 29, 2023, 06:46:44 AM »
German coachbuilder?
Ein Henschel zieht am Berg und ein Mercedes
an den Türen. (and an attempt of a translation):
A Henschel in rushing up the hill, wheras in a Mercedes wind is rushing through the doors. c/o norberthanke

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #17 on: March 29, 2023, 07:15:32 AM »
No

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #18 on: March 29, 2023, 07:55:44 AM »
From Scandinavia?
Ein Henschel zieht am Berg und ein Mercedes
an den Türen. (and an attempt of a translation):
A Henschel in rushing up the hill, wheras in a Mercedes wind is rushing through the doors. c/o norberthanke

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #19 on: March 29, 2023, 08:32:22 AM »
No

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #20 on: March 29, 2023, 08:34:21 AM »
Missed to check: Sorry 'sichel', still LOCKED for two attempts for 'marmer'!

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #21 on: March 29, 2023, 09:42:19 AM »
I am very grateful to Sichel for asking those questions, though!  Thank goodness I don't have to run through all the Danish ambulance builders again.

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #22 on: March 29, 2023, 09:52:55 AM »
Sorry, it's already difficult to count to two.... Marmer, I'll be happy to do some work for you.  ;)
Ein Henschel zieht am Berg und ein Mercedes
an den Türen. (and an attempt of a translation):
A Henschel in rushing up the hill, wheras in a Mercedes wind is rushing through the doors. c/o norberthanke

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #23 on: March 29, 2023, 11:24:04 AM »
Is it Di Giorgi?

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Re: FW #460
« Reply #24 on: March 29, 2023, 11:57:04 AM »
No