Carrosserie Worblaufen, F. Ramseier & Co. was aSwiss manufacturer ofcar bodies headquartered in Worblaufen nearBern from 1929 to 1958.[1] The company is different toCarrosserie Ramseier in Bern andBiel.[2][3][4]
The company was founded by Fritz Ramseier-Scheidiger in 1900 in Worblaufen and mainly built trailer and truck bodies. Ramseier-Scheidiger passed the company on to his son Fritz Ramseier in 1929, who renamed the company to "Fritz Ramseier & Co., Carrosserie Worblaufen"; it is also known as "Carrosserie Worblaufen". Sometimes the company is in English publications referred to as "Ramseier Bros.", since Fritz Ramseier included his brothers Hans and Ernst in the enterprise.
Carosserie Worblaufen was a leading company for luxurious car bodies in Switzerland. It was especially known for sporty, elegant, open designs.[5]
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Famous Worblaufen car bodies were used forAlfa Romeo,Bentley,BMW,Bugatti (Type 57Grand Raid Roadster, Body Nr. 57260),Citroën,Delahaye (7Type 135s which according to theSwiss Car Register still (2017) exist[6]),Isotta Fraschini,Jaguar,Lancia,Mercedes-Benz andTalbot-Lago.[7]
Shortly after the end of WWII a four-doorconvertible was built on the chassis of aPackard Clipper Super orSuper Eight. Worblaufen mixed design elements of both cars: the front was a 22nd and 23rd series Packards (1948–1950) but the sides lacked the continuous indentation. Instead, the sides were inspired by the Clipper of the 19th and 20th series (1941–1947).[8]
In March 1950 Worblaufen introduced a convertible on aBentley Mark VI chassis at theGeneva Motor Show.[9]
However, the disappearance of traditional automobile manufacturers producing cars in bare chassis form forced Worblaufen, like many othercoachbuilders at around the same time, to give up on the car body production in 1958. The company continued to make vehicle repairs and specialist truck conversions, until 1983.[10]
