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Pater ILO Kleinstwagen for Schmidt, made from Westfalia trailer panels

Started by grobmotorix, January 08, 2011, 05:19:31 AM

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January 08, 2011, 05:19:31 AM Last Edit: January 16, 2011, 11:28:23 AM by grobmotorix
Who knows this car?

grobmotorix

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January 16, 2011, 11:19:29 AM
This is a hard nut .

Ready for our Experts...

Wendax

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January 16, 2011, 11:21:10 AM
I don't know whether the car ever had a proper name. It was developped in 1954 by Helmut Pater for Hans Schmidt in Lambertheim, Germany. Pater was formerly chief constructor at Kleinschnittger, Schmidt was made his money by carpet wholesale.  The small roadster had a 398 cc two-stroke engine by Ilo, driving the front wheels. It was intended to be produced in series, but remained an one-off.

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January 16, 2011, 11:24:54 AM Last Edit: January 16, 2011, 11:28:11 AM by grobmotorix
Wendax - you simply kill me. :o

I don´t think we will find too many german car puzzles you will not know...

:applause:

I´m not at home at the moment. But as far as I can remember, this vehicle had body panels that were taken from Westfalia trailers to avoid the high costs for steel pressing...

Wendax

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January 16, 2011, 11:31:10 AM
You're right about the Westfalia trailer bodypanels. Must be one of the reasons for this sleek design  :D
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