Solved: PN #1167 -- Tornax Rex rebodied by Hans Tröller, 1950s

[pnegyesi]

oh yes :) Tröller appeared on AP previously with an OPel 1200 rebody.

Now for the donor. Let me give you a lock for 5 attempts. Good luck!

[Wendax]

I think the previously puzzled Opel wasn't made by Tröller. Simsa refers in his book just to Tröller as one of those coachbuilders offering rebodies for old chassis. So this is probably the first real Tröller body here.  :)

Now for the base of this one: you said that Adler was too easy, so it must be a more obscure base car, at least in Germany. Is it a German base car at all?

[pnegyesi]

It is a small-scale German car

[Wendax]

From the 1930s?
Röhr Junior?

[pnegyesi]

1930s, not a Röhr

[Wendax]

NAG-Voran?

[pnegyesi]

no, you really have to think "outside the box"

[Wendax]

Was a race car chassis used?

[pnegyesi]

no

[Wendax]

A delivery van chassis?

[pnegyesi]

no

[Wendax]

So built on an ordinary car chassis by an obscure maker?

[pnegyesi]

I'd not call this car "ordinary" and the brand isn't "obscure". But its body looked significantly different

[Wendax]

Was the base car a military vehicle, like VW Schwimmwagen, Trippel SG6 or Tempo G1200?

[pnegyesi]

no. Let's say the brand was not obscure, it was just less well-known.

[gte4289]

Let me give you a lock for 5 attempts. Good luck!

Still locked?

[Wendax]

Not so many German less-known companies around that built front-engined, four-wheeled cars in the 1930s. Tornax?

[pnegyesi]

Indeed :) :)

This is based on a Tornax Rex, two very well deserved points for you

[Wendax]

Thank you, never heard of a rebodied Tornax before.

[pnegyesi]

Just looking at the sheer number of German coachbuilders I found during the last two years, it is overwhelming. And it seems  only the surface has been scraped both in Germany and Austria.  Now that I have finished my thesis (anybody interested in reading a 286-page essay on how the automobile was curated in the 20th century in German and Austrian museums :)?) I plan to do some research on these in the next few years.

[Wendax]

Great! Looking forward to your unearthing.  ;D

[barrett]

Just looking at the sheer number of German coachbuilders I found during the last two years, it is overwhelming. And it seems  only the surface has been scraped both in Germany and Austria.  Now that I have finished my thesis (anybody interested in reading a 286-page essay on how the automobile was curated in the 20th century in German and Austrian museums :)?) I plan to do some research on these in the next few years.

A book, in the English language, on small German coachbuilders would be very welcome. In fact, any English-language book that covers the lesser-known German cars would be a real must-have for any serious car enthusiast.