A non-Horch Mystery (upd. chassis + engine still around!)

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Toby Ross recently found this elegant roadster body, one that seesm to be born for mediteraenean boulevards and concourses. However it is an empty hull without chassis or any mechanical parts. Our first impression was Lancia Astura, but Toby thought that it could be Horch. Not so, the body is not wide enough at the B posts to sit on a Horch chassis. Still he stayed with the presumption that it was a German body at least, but he is not sure any longer. He even is seeing some shades of Letourneur & Marchand, especially at the front.
All the wood is original, except perhaps the doors, which seem to have survived better. The wheelbase is around 3.3 meters, (upd. more accurate is 3.4 metres). We understand that this mystery body was in Odessa for many years, but even that is not sure. Possibly the radiator grill is not original, and maybe the doors were cut down in the past. Anybody who can cough up an educated guess?

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