Production chronology1902
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Cudell10 HP Postal Delivery Van
Production1902
Recorded originGermany
ClassVeteran passenger automobile or light commercial vehicle
Power10 hp
Purpose-designed commercial model rather than a passenger tonneau carrying an incidental box body. In 1902 both the Berlin Oberpostdirektion and Hungarian postal authorities received new Cudell 10 hp twin-cylinder petrol delivery vans, and the type was exhibited alongside the omnibus and 8 HP commercial chassis. Its government duty, closed body and distinct 10 hp rating justify a separate row from the passenger 8 and 12 HP twins. The evidence does not state payload, wheelbase, gearbox, unit count or production beyond 1902, so none is inferred. The Hungarian Post's separate 8 HP De Dion-engined box van remains a body variant of the licensed front-engine 8 HP.
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Record depth — Documented
How this is measured → This record contains useful sourced evidence, but it does not yet meet the reference-ready standard. Still needed: attributed imagery. Fields we cannot source stay empty rather than guessed.
Research notes
Government orders prove multiple completed vans, but no surviving contract quantity or chassis ledger supports a total.