Author Topic: Torpedo VW Eigenbau, 1960 (a Ford "LaGalaxie" clone) (Read 825 times)

grobmotorix · « **on:** August 18, 2012, 04:48:03 PM »

Who knows this car?

I have a name and a year.

grobmotorix · « **Reply #1 on:** September 25, 2012, 11:51:22 AM »

grobmotorix · « **Reply #2 on:** October 07, 2012, 02:12:03 PM »

Our pro´s might know...

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #3 on:** October 07, 2012, 04:38:11 PM »

Built in Germany?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #4 on:** October 07, 2012, 05:28:32 PM »

I think so, yes.

Wendax · « **Reply #5 on:** October 08, 2012, 02:23:30 AM »

I like the Ford Taunus 17M rear lights turned sideways.

grobmotorix · « **Reply #6 on:** October 08, 2012, 12:11:27 PM »

Original Gelsenkirchener Barock goes sci-fi....

Wendax · « **Reply #7 on:** October 08, 2012, 12:29:24 PM »

When looking for this

Diesel VW Beetle, I came across an old xerox about this one. It was mentioned in a magazine in 1960. The picture was taken in front of the Kiel town hall by Karl-Günther Hinsch, but I don't think he was the builder.

grobmotorix · « **Reply #8 on:** October 08, 2012, 01:04:07 PM »

I do not know the constructors name. I only know 1960 and the name of the car.

So, I give you all another view and you give me the right name:

Wendax · « **Reply #9 on:** October 08, 2012, 01:16:12 PM »

Traumauto?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #10 on:** October 08, 2012, 03:06:05 PM »

No, but it also starts with a "T".

Wendax · « **Reply #11 on:** October 08, 2012, 04:33:45 PM »

Torpedo?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #12 on:** October 08, 2012, 05:37:34 PM »

SOLVED!

If anyone has more information about this crazy creation, please post them here.

Wendax · « **Reply #13 on:** October 09, 2012, 01:33:22 PM »

Are you sure about the name? The original letter to the editor in 1960 read:

Quote

Mit Torpedorohren
Das hier abgebildete "Traumauto" konnte ich vor einigen Tagen vor dem Kieler Rathaus aufnehmen. Die in der Vorderansicht auffallenden ringförmigen Öffnungen enthalten übrigens Scheinwerfer. Es sind also keine Torpedorohre, woraus man schließen kann, daß sich der stolze Do it yourself-Besitzer mit seinem Schlachtschiff nicht bei der Marine in Kiel vorstellen wollte. Das Chassis stammt vom VW.

That sounds to me as if the torpedos were just an ironic remark of the author.

Allemano · « **Reply #14 on:** October 09, 2012, 01:46:41 PM »

Sounds to me more like one of Paul Simsa's unknown self-built oddities...

grobmotorix · « **Reply #15 on:** October 09, 2012, 03:25:29 PM »

Hm, I´m not sure if we really had the same source.
Unfortunately I haven´t scanned the text with the picture back in the late 1990...

But as I´ve said before, I´d really like to know more about it.

streamliner · « **Reply #16 on:** October 11, 2012, 12:33:28 PM »

Grobmotorix,

It's design is based on Alex Tremulis' Ford "LaGalaxie" from 1958. It made it out to at least several auto shows, probably one in Germany at some point. Tremulis kept a long relationship with several Daimler designers and management. The Daimler crew came over to talk business with Ford around 1956 and Tremulis, then head of Advanced Styling, was the only one to treat their guests with respect, and he stayed in touch for many, many years. I'll see if I can dig up the names of his contacts. Who knows, it may lead to the answers for this one...

grobmotorix · « **Reply #17 on:** October 11, 2012, 01:37:21 PM »

Thank you!

Sometimes you don´t see the obvious...

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #18 on:** October 11, 2012, 02:40:18 PM »

Somebody sneezed in the petri dish

grobmotorix · « **Reply #19 on:** October 11, 2012, 03:00:39 PM »

Well, it´s almost identical, isn´t it?

Allemano · « **Reply #20 on:** October 11, 2012, 03:43:13 PM »

Some insanes are based in Hamburg..

Wendax · « **Reply #21 on:** October 11, 2012, 03:59:31 PM »

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Author Topic: Torpedo VW Eigenbau, 1960 (a Ford "LaGalaxie" clone) (Read 825 times)