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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => Topic started by: sichel on December 20, 2025, 07:03:31 AM

Title: SOLVED: si_932 - Mercedes - 300 W 186 - by Lamperhoff
Post by: sichel on December 20, 2025, 07:03:31 AM
The vehicle manufacturer and the (complete!) type designation should not be a problem.
But who manufactured the bodywork?
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Post by: sichel on December 28, 2025, 01:03:08 PM
Up to the Experts.
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Post by: marmer on December 29, 2025, 03:26:23 PM
300?  Well-known coachbuilder?
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Post by: sichel on December 29, 2025, 05:58:43 PM
300 km/h? ;-)
Yes, a well-known coachbuilder.
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Post by: marmer on December 29, 2025, 07:28:14 PM
1951-54 W186 Typ 300 (A) Adenauer, by Hermann Techau?  It's not a 300 B, C, or D because it has no vent windows in the front doors.
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Post by: hermanoto on January 02, 2026, 03:19:24 PM
Mercedes-Brnz 300C, rebodied  by Conread Pollmann, ca. 1955
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Post by: sichel on January 03, 2026, 10:32:49 AM
Marmer is right, it is a Mercedes-Benz W186 Typ 300. I don't have a year of manufacture, but based on the front windows, I also think it's a 300 a.
Now all that's missing is the coachbuilder. It's neither Techau nor Pollmann.
Marmer has three attempts to solve the puzzle. Locked for him.
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Post by: marmer on January 03, 2026, 10:14:07 PM
Miesen?
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Post by: sichel on January 04, 2026, 08:28:46 AM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 15, 2026, 01:12:37 PM
German coachbuilder?
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Post by: sichel on January 15, 2026, 02:27:49 PM
Yes.
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Post by: marmer on January 15, 2026, 03:44:15 PM
Lueg?
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Post by: sichel on January 15, 2026, 04:53:43 PM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 15, 2026, 06:23:24 PM
Herrmann?
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Post by: sichel on January 16, 2026, 10:51:05 AM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 16, 2026, 11:00:47 AM
Emmelmann?
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Post by: sichel on January 17, 2026, 08:36:23 AM
No. That was already the fourth attempt, I unlock it.
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Post by: marmer on January 17, 2026, 11:49:37 AM
Stolle?
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Post by: sichel on January 17, 2026, 12:02:50 PM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 17, 2026, 02:18:33 PM
Kässbohrer?
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Post by: marmer on January 17, 2026, 06:54:21 PM
Rappold?
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Post by: sichel on January 18, 2026, 09:34:50 AM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 18, 2026, 12:45:48 PM
Luchterhand & Freytag?
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Post by: sichel on January 19, 2026, 12:55:14 PM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 21, 2026, 10:31:11 AM
Welsch?
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Post by: sichel on January 21, 2026, 12:44:26 PM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 21, 2026, 12:54:20 PM
Binz?
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Post by: sichel on January 21, 2026, 01:19:04 PM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 21, 2026, 01:58:50 PM
Saarbrücker Karosseriefabrik?
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Post by: sichel on January 22, 2026, 10:44:15 AM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 22, 2026, 11:14:50 AM
Hägele?
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Post by: sichel on January 22, 2026, 12:29:19 PM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 22, 2026, 12:42:30 PM
Heidemann?
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Post by: sichel on January 22, 2026, 05:14:10 PM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 22, 2026, 06:21:11 PM
Köster?
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Post by: sichel on January 23, 2026, 06:47:37 AM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 23, 2026, 01:25:05 PM
Rometsch?
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Post by: sichel on January 23, 2026, 06:22:33 PM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 23, 2026, 10:41:48 PM
Krebs?
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Post by: sichel on January 24, 2026, 12:52:52 PM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 24, 2026, 07:14:03 PM
Techau
Pollmann
Miesen
Lueg
Emmelmann
Stolle
Hermann
Rappold
Luchterhand & Freytag
Welsch
Binz
Kässbohrer
Saarbrücker Karosseriefabrik
Hägele
Heidemann
Köster
Rometsch
Krebs

Deutsch?


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Post by: sichel on January 25, 2026, 09:01:23 AM
No, Deutsch either, unfortunately.
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Post by: marmer on January 25, 2026, 11:01:41 AM
Autenreith?
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Post by: sichel on January 25, 2026, 07:34:05 PM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 25, 2026, 10:11:42 PM
Baur?
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Post by: sichel on January 26, 2026, 02:10:56 AM
No. Think outside the box...
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Post by: marmer on January 26, 2026, 09:38:29 AM
Gläser?
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Post by: sichel on January 26, 2026, 09:44:21 AM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 26, 2026, 10:31:37 AM
Wendler?
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Post by: sichel on January 26, 2026, 10:45:19 AM
No
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Post by: marmer on January 26, 2026, 11:19:03 AM
Different box: Ackermann?
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Post by: sichel on January 26, 2026, 12:30:58 PM
The box is correct, but it's not Ackrmann.
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Post by: marmer on January 26, 2026, 01:09:22 PM
Ernst Auwärter?
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Post by: sichel on January 26, 2026, 01:52:30 PM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 26, 2026, 01:54:46 PM
Buschbaum?
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Post by: sichel on January 26, 2026, 01:57:01 PM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 26, 2026, 01:57:51 PM
Eylert?
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Post by: sichel on January 26, 2026, 02:08:54 PM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 26, 2026, 02:25:30 PM
Gaubschat?
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Post by: sichel on January 26, 2026, 07:22:48 PM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 27, 2026, 10:26:51 AM
LOWA?
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Post by: sichel on January 27, 2026, 10:28:41 AM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 27, 2026, 11:57:46 AM
Is this a coachbuilder from the former East Germany?
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Post by: sichel on January 27, 2026, 12:50:37 PM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 27, 2026, 10:43:12 PM
Reutter?
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Post by: sichel on January 28, 2026, 05:21:43 AM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 28, 2026, 07:40:17 AM
Out of the box: Spohn?
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Post by: sichel on January 28, 2026, 06:26:47 PM
Spohn is far outside the box.
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Post by: marmer on January 28, 2026, 10:35:14 PM
Is Kögel too boxy?
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Post by: sichel on January 29, 2026, 07:19:23 AM
Kögel belongs in the same box as the company you are looking for.
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Post by: marmer on January 29, 2026, 10:52:37 AM
I know there's one Kässbohrer example (not this one) plus one by Emmelmann that was mistakenly attributed to Kässbohrer.  Is this one by Kässbohrer?
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Post by: sichel on January 29, 2026, 12:39:53 PM
No, not from Kässboher.
I will be difficult to reach from Friday to Sunday.
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Post by: marmer on January 29, 2026, 12:48:37 PM
Is it by Kögel?
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Post by: sichel on January 29, 2026, 06:05:22 PM
No. Sorry, I forgot to mention that in #69.
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Post by: marmer on January 29, 2026, 06:08:25 PM
Thiele?
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Post by: sichel on January 29, 2026, 06:13:29 PM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 29, 2026, 06:34:04 PM
Aurepa?
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Post by: sichel on January 30, 2026, 05:10:14 AM
No.
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Post by: marmer on January 30, 2026, 07:27:41 AM
Blumhardt?
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Post by: sichel on January 31, 2026, 10:07:03 AM
No.


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Post by: marmer on January 31, 2026, 02:04:42 PM
Schenk?
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Post by: sichel on February 01, 2026, 05:02:47 PM
No
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Post by: marmer on February 01, 2026, 05:12:11 PM
Wackenhut?
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Post by: sichel on February 01, 2026, 05:30:04 PM
No
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Post by: marmer on February 01, 2026, 09:26:21 PM
Imhof?
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Post by: sichel on February 02, 2026, 10:44:48 AM
No
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Post by: marmer on February 02, 2026, 11:36:11 AM
Dr. No
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Post by: sichel on February 02, 2026, 12:05:04 PM
The appointment comes a little too early. I only recently submitted my dissertation.
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Post by: marmer on February 02, 2026, 12:47:41 PM
Staufen-Fahrzeugwerke Eislingen?
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Post by: sichel on February 02, 2026, 01:44:51 PM
No.
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Post by: marmer on February 02, 2026, 01:54:46 PM
Schreiner?
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Post by: sichel on February 03, 2026, 08:27:56 AM
No.
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Post by: marmer on February 03, 2026, 10:05:58 AM
Warneke?
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Post by: sichel on February 05, 2026, 06:37:18 PM
No.
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Post by: marmer on February 05, 2026, 10:52:58 PM
Raschke?
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Post by: sichel on February 07, 2026, 04:33:54 AM
No.
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Post by: marmer on February 09, 2026, 01:49:46 PM
Lampferhoff?
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Post by: sichel on February 09, 2026, 02:36:04 PM
Bingo! A Mercedes 300 W 186 from Lamperhoff, built between 1951 and 1957. Good things come to those who wait.
This was a really difficult puzzle, because Lamperhoff isn't really a typical manufacturer of hearses. This model for a Dortmund funeral director may well have been the only funeral car they ever made. But I don't know for sure, I don't even have an exact year of manufacture.
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