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Dennis - I am not sure if this is the vehicle you are speaking of. There was also a "deluxe" long chassis version of this field car that had a fixed body panel approximately 20 inches long inserted between the front and rear doors.
The model shown here is a combination of the old Echi Horch field car and the newer Tamiya Kommandeurwagon.
No, not quite, Mike. If you have the SCHIFFER book, "GERMAN VEHICLES IN WORLD WAR II Cars of the Wehrmacht", the caption describes the vehicle briefly at the bottom of page 60. I described it in my in my previous post. The model of the Staff Car type that I'm thinking of has the Horch Typ 40 Nose, as seen in ICM's kit, and the much older TAMIYA Typ 40 kit- Much lower and wider in profile, as far as the Radiator, Hood, Fenders and associated body panels are concerned... The pics of the car that you posted are of a kit-bash, using the nose from an old ESCI/ITALERI Horch Kfz.15(?) marketed as "Rommel's Command Car", and the body of the TAMIYA Steyr Kommandeurwagen (Cabriolet body); the nose, engine and chassis were based on the "Einheits" Pkw. Typ 40...
