PN #1193

[pnegyesi]

Please ID chassis, coachbuilder and year for a point

[pnegyesi]

Experts?

[tobytwirl]

Mercedes chassis?

[pnegyesi]

no

[norberthanke]

Spohn

[pnegyesi]

no

[tobytwirl]

pre-war chassis?

[pnegyesi]

yes

[neilshouse]

A Horch maybe?

[pnegyesi]

no

[norberthanke]

upper is pure Borgward 1800, hte modell before the Isabella - my first vintage car!

[pnegyesi]

sorry, but this has got nothing to do with Borgward

[targhediferro]

Fiat 508 C based?

[richard cuyler]

Is it German?

[pnegyesi]

it is entirely German. Not based on a Fiat 508

[tobytwirl]

Is the base from the Auto Union group - Audi or Wanderer?

[pnegyesi]

So far so good, it was based on a Wanderer

[gte4289]

Any connection to Gottlob Espenlaub?

[pnegyesi]

nothing

[tobytwirl]

This bodywork is presumably the work of a small coachbuilder or even an amateur, because it undoubtably incorporates the cabin of a Borgward Hansa 1500, and even the bonnet, which characteristically never seemed to be closed properly on the Borgwards. There were always 2 little somethings on each side which were visible in the gap - and sure enough there is one of them visible on the puzzle car. The front and external trim are of course not from a Borgward, and the bonnet has been cut down at the front. So I am thinking it was built around 1953 but once Spohn has gone, I had no idea who did it - Rappold?

[pnegyesi]

Nice assumption. The car was built in 1951. The builder was claimed to be a Karosseriebaumeister, but I don't have too much info on him

[tobytwirl]

Is it definitely on the 'net somewhere?

[pnegyesi]

To be completely honest, I did not find anything on him yet

[tobytwirl]

So is the photo of the car on internet?

[pnegyesi]

no