Please identify donor, coachbuilder and year for a point
Experts?
Csepel?
no
Eastern Europe?
no
French?
no
German?
oh yes
Henschel?
almost
HS140N 1951?
it is not a Henschel, but very close to Henschel
Hanomag?
now we have the donor. The coachbuilder will be difficult, but not impossible - it has been mentioned on AP before
German coachbuilder?
Hubertia?
German coachbuilder, not Hubertia
Wille?
no
Wachter??
no
Thiele???
no
Göppel????
not Göppel, but it rhymes :) :)
Böbel?
well, I hoped that you'll find it now :)
Do you know which Hanomag chassis was used? It looks way too large for the L28. ???
Unfortunately it was not specified
I sat on this potential puzzle for months before finally posting it--only to notice you had beat me to the punch by mere hours! :)
Quote from: Wendax on June 07, 2020, 02:50:18 PM
Do you know which Hanomag chassis was used? It looks way too large for the L28. ???
Quote from: pnegyesi on June 07, 2020, 03:44:18 PM
Unfortunately it was not specified
If you have more than a passing curiosity, the chassis type may be identified in the March 1989 issue of
Omnibusspiegel (of which I do not have a copy).
I'm still quite sure that the Hanomag identification is wrong and was just a guess by someone looking at the Hanomag-like front. The L28 was much smaller: even with the bigger 2,5 t chassis it seated at most 18 passengers (see below). I can't say for sure what chassis is beneath the Böbel body, I couldn't even find any other German bus of the early 50's with these characteristic front wheels having just 2 vent holes. But my personal guess would be a Borgward BO 4000 chassis.