Please ID chassis, coachbuilder and year for a point
Experts?
Mercedes chassis?
no
Spohn
no
pre-war chassis?
yes
A Horch maybe?
no
upper is pure Borgward 1800, hte modell before the Isabella - my first vintage car!
sorry, but this has got nothing to do with Borgward
Fiat 508 C based?
Is it German?
it is entirely German. Not based on a Fiat 508
Is the base from the Auto Union group - Audi or Wanderer?
So far so good, it was based on a Wanderer
Any connection to Gottlob Espenlaub?
nothing
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?
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
Is it definitely on the 'net somewhere?
To be completely honest, I did not find anything on him yet
So is the photo of the car on internet?
no
Interesting that it has a Paris registration and that there's what seems to be a Peugeot 403 in the background. Any French input at all?
none
Professionals?
Any connection with Karosseriebaumeisterschule Kaiserslautern?
It seems none
Black Hole
Was this one done by Fritz Tröller?
no
Was the coachbuilder located in the vicinity of Munich?
roughly 280 km from Munich
yes
Karosseriefabrik Voll?
Grimm?
neither, nor
Heinrich Grebert/Gebert?
Thanks for reviving another old puzzle. I am happy to report that it is now possible to solve this puzzle with the information provided - you just need to know where to look. It's not Grebert/Gebert though