Author Topic: SOLVED: FW #296: Ernst Auwärter (Mercedes) L608 Heck, 1967-69  (Read 2456 times)

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Please be so kind and identify this bus for one point: Make? Type? Coachbuilder? Year?
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Re: FW #296
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2022, 03:40:15 AM »
Experts?

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Re: FW #296
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2022, 09:23:33 AM »
Professionals?

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Re: FW #296
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2022, 12:55:47 PM »
German ?

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Re: FW #296
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2022, 06:01:40 PM »
Yes

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Re: FW #296
« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2022, 10:12:59 PM »
Bodied by Auwärter ?
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Re: FW #296
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2022, 01:54:06 AM »
No

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Re: FW #296
« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2022, 02:24:31 PM »
Vetter ?

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Re: FW #296
« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2022, 03:18:35 PM »
Not Vetter

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Re: FW #296
« Reply #9 on: June 13, 2022, 06:04:19 PM »
Steib ?

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Re: FW #296
« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2022, 02:22:01 AM »
Not Steib

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Re: FW #296
« Reply #11 on: July 04, 2022, 06:21:21 AM »
Masters?

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Re: FW #296
« Reply #12 on: July 04, 2022, 01:37:25 PM »
Trying to confirm the obvious: Based on a Mercedes-Benz O 309?

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Re: FW #296
« Reply #13 on: July 04, 2022, 05:09:55 PM »
No

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Re: FW #296
« Reply #14 on: July 05, 2022, 01:12:26 AM »
Mercedes-Benz at least or am I fooled by the looks of it?

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Re: FW #296
« Reply #15 on: July 06, 2022, 06:01:27 AM »
is it based on a German chassis at all?
https://rareandunique.media - Rare&Unique Vehicles magazine
http://magyarjarmu.hu - detailed Hungarian motoring history (Hungarian language)
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Re: FW #296
« Reply #16 on: July 06, 2022, 10:45:39 AM »
Mercedes-Benz at least or am I fooled by the looks of it?
Yes, Mercedes based
is it based on a German chassis at all?
Mercedes based

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Re: FW #296
« Reply #17 on: July 06, 2022, 11:49:01 AM »
Austrian coachbuilder?

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Re: FW #296
« Reply #18 on: July 06, 2022, 01:34:32 PM »
No

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Re: FW #296
« Reply #19 on: July 06, 2022, 02:01:29 PM »
German coachbuilder?

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Re: FW #296
« Reply #20 on: July 06, 2022, 02:46:15 PM »
Yes

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Re: FW #296
« Reply #21 on: July 13, 2022, 01:52:20 AM »
Well-known coachbuilder?

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Re: FW #296
« Reply #22 on: July 13, 2022, 02:31:36 AM »
No

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Re: FW #296
« Reply #23 on: July 13, 2022, 02:39:53 AM »
Does the company still exist?

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Re: FW #296
« Reply #24 on: July 13, 2022, 06:33:31 AM »
I will say NO, as I haven't found current informations about this company. But for this case, I am not sure to be right or not