Lots of windows.
For one point, please respond and identify bus and coachbuilder.
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Looks very German. Right?
Yes
The design looks like Pekol.
Not by Pekol
Borgward B 1500 by Karosseriebau Eben, Bavaria.
No
Graaff Junior R1?
No
It is based on Orion technology? Single tires on the rear axle.
No Orion connection
Rear engined?
No
Did the manufactorer built more coaches than this one?
Yes
Combustion engine?
Yes
Rudolf Böbel, Weisweil, 1953. Luxus Minibus based on Tempo-Matador. Is very well hidden on the Internet ;)
Well found! And there was more than one:
Thanks four the point. 14 Pasangers and 34 HP: Much fun for the driver!!
Quote from: sichel on May 20, 2021, 11:19:07 AM
Rudolf Böbel, Weisweil, 1953. Luxus Minibus based on Tempo-Matador. Is very well hidden on the Internet ;)
You bet ! I couldn't find the Böbel reference :applause:
Try searching for: "Abend der Technikgeschichte", Ulm
Quote from: sichel on May 20, 2021, 04:06:49 PM
Try searching for: "Abend der Technikgeschichte", Ulm
I never could have find it. My German knowledge is a far-away souvenir...
Or try "Rudolf Böbel Karosseriebau Omnibusse Ulm" on google and browse the images...
More simply : I didn't suspect that Böbel was the Karosseriebauer, as all Böbel buses I knew were large ones, looking very different.
The company history of Böbel was a constant up and down. Several removals, problems with clients (Wendax !?, Trippel). Last station was "Badisches Fahrzeug und Karosseriewerk", where the Matador-Bus was built. Than Bachert-Fahrzeugbau (fire-fighting vehicles) took over.
Besides coachbuilding buses Böbel also built a VW roadster: https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2012-41/solved-pj439-maxi-mini-puzzle/msg194365/#msg194365
and bodied a Brütsch: https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2015-44/solved-neh-4354-brutsch-300-rohbau/
Thank you for this additional background information.
A better version of a previously posted picture:
And a different bus with an additional roof window at the Promenade des Anglais in Nice: