382 - Model Truck, Conventional Cab with Flatbed and Tarpaulin, Haulier Adalbert Wandt Braunschweig

Model Truck, Conventional Cab with Flatbed and Tarpaulin, Haulier Adalbert Wandt Braunschweig Metal and plastic, finished in green and red. Model of a conventional-cab truck with long-distance cab, flatbed with side boards, bow frame and removable tarpaulin in beige. Chassis, wings, bumper and tank boxes in red, body and cab in green, radiator grille and headlights silver-coloured. The side boards on both sides with the advertising lettering in yellow 'Adalbert Wandt Braunschweig Ruf 311321', the driver's door marked 'Adalbert Wandt Spedition Braunschweig Hansestr. 19 - Ruf 311321' as well as a white sign 'Güterfernverkehr NS 85 brg / Standort Braunschweig'. Rubber tyres on red-finished spoked rims, twin tyres on the rear axle, spare wheel on the load bed. The underside with modelled ladder frame, steering linkage, leaf springs, drive shaft and exhaust system. Played with, showing signs of age. L. 37 cm. The Adalbert Wandt haulage company was founded in Braunschweig in 1939 and started out with a single truck of the Büssing marque, which was likewise at home in Braunschweig. The company developed into one of the well-known north German long-distance haulage firms; its vehicles were issued many times as advertising models, predominantly in 1:87 scale by manufacturers such as Herpa and Wiking. Large-format models in this form, by contrast, are rare and are sought after by collectors of haulage and of commercial vehicles alike. The wording 'Güterfernverkehr' on the door refers to the licensing requirement in German long-distance haulage in the post-war decades.