a.j.z Posted June 21, 2022 Share #17741 Posted June 21, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) No Tatra this time. I wonder, if the third headlight is a standard feature? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rona!d Posted June 21, 2022 Share #17742 Posted June 21, 2022 vor 9 Minuten schrieb a.j.z: No Tatra this time. I wonder, if the third headlight is a standard feature? For THIS car yes 😉 Next hint: My records say it has three sisters which follow the same design principle but look different. All had the same 1930s chassis. At least two have survived. The chassis’s donor car had a long tradition and was available in different body styles from convertible to roadsters to streamline coupes etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted June 21, 2022 Share #17743 Posted June 21, 2022 Ok, if is practically a one-off design then of course it is standard ;-) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17744 Posted June 22, 2022 The car in question has about 80 hp and the special 4 gear gearbox is from another famous pre-war car maker which today is related to the donor car (chassis) maker. Update: Today two other (different looking) sister cars are known, so in total three of the four allegedly made. The car in question lost a lot of the original ugly thick side chrome trim strips during the decades and it´s restauration in the 1980s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17745 Posted June 22, 2022 Is the coachbuilder Beutler, maybe on a Delahaye chassis? Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17746 Posted June 22, 2022 vor 43 Minuten schrieb wlaidlaw: Is the coachbuilder Beutler, maybe on a Delahaye chassis? Wilson Sorry, both not Wilson. But again thank you for being so brave and name a car. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17747 Posted June 22, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) Next hint: 3.2 ltr. engine Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17748 Posted June 22, 2022 (edited) Hmmm - I was thinking Delage or Delahaye so at least that’s one down. Edited June 22, 2022 by NigelG Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17749 Posted June 22, 2022 A shot in the dark…or maybe the gloom - is it possible it’s a slightly off-piste Chapron design? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17750 Posted June 22, 2022 Not a Chapron of any kind. No Delage or Delahaye. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17751 Posted June 22, 2022 Final sprint, gents, otherwise I´ll name It tonight. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4458284'>More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17752 Posted June 22, 2022 The coachbuilder is famous for a VERY expensive serial made car of which he made about 100 cars. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17753 Posted June 22, 2022 Ronald! As we all seem to be struggling ever so slightly(!) with this puzzler would it be possible, before the Final Reveal, for you to say which was its country of origin so that we might indulge in a spot of 'Sherlocking' just for the fun of it?... Philip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17754 Posted June 22, 2022 Germany. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17755 Posted June 22, 2022 Countdown started. 1hr and 37 minutes from now, then midnight here and I would uncover the car. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17756 Posted June 22, 2022 1940 Opel Kapitan cabriolet by Hebmüller? Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17757 Posted June 22, 2022 (edited) Could it be by Spohn? - They made a few GI specials in the immediate post-war period that evoked US styling and this definitely fits the bill - bulbous "hood", trendy centre headlamp, convertible body etc etc....??? What I can't track down is any images but they are definitely recorded as doing rebodying work and then later went on to make some Brooks Stevens designs... Edited June 22, 2022 by NigelG Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17758 Posted June 22, 2022 vor einer Stunde schrieb wlaidlaw: 1940 Opel Kapitan cabriolet by Hebmüller? Wilson Not, although I see why you considered that. Especially the end and some crops DO look like Opels. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17759 Posted June 22, 2022 Three minutes to go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted June 22, 2022 Share #17760 Posted June 22, 2022 vor einer Stunde schrieb NigelG: Could it be by Spohn? - They made a few GI specials in the immediate post-war period that evoked US styling and this definitely fits the bill - bulbous "hood", trendy centre headlamp, convertible body etc etc....??? What I can't track down is any images but they are definitely recorded as doing rebodying work and then later went on to make some Brooks Stevens designs... Not a Spohn body and not even a GI special in this case as the guy who ordered the car was a german from Hamburg if I recall right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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