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It's a German registration number does that apply...I can't remember!
Hi, in Germany the letter H after the numbers on the plate means "Historisch", i.e. a vehicle in the original delivery state when it was registered, without any modifications not available from the manufacturer.
H-plates are granted by the TÜV (our MOT) after a thorough inspection of the car. The car must be at 30 years old. H-plates mean lower insurance premiums and emission standards.
The cars must be kept in the original state. Otherwise, the H-plates are taken away ... ---
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I'm not sure what strikes me as "wrong" about the car. The doors and the bodywork behind them look like they may be fibreglass, the bonnet seems to be rear hinged, triple windscreen wipers seem out of apparent period, very plush seats with head restraints, radiator grille looks set into the bodywork... I'd love to know more about the thing!
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Hi, it looks very much like a PANTHER Kallista (to me), but in the pics I saw there was chrome on the hood...
Panther Kallista – Wikipedia
The car is registered in St.Goar, not far from Mainz. - Maybe, I see it again sometime ---
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It looks a little like a Kallista but the doors are completely different and the grille on "yours" is much further raked back. https://www.google.com/search?q=pan...7B8EQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1536&bih=722&dpr=1.25 Is a Google image search for the Kallista.
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Hi, I still remember the howling sound they made at high speed in the 1950s on the Autobahn, the body looking more aerodynamic than it really was.
And another experience : A friend bought one around 1968 for 1000 DM. The starter engine failed. Being a student, he could not afford to have it repaired,
so he had to scrap it ... --- :
And another experience : A friend bought one around 1968 for 1000 DM. The starter engine failed. Being a student, he could not afford to have it repaired,
so he had to scrap it ... --- :
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and it nearly bankrupted BMW...
Hadn't the Quandt family bought shares and BMW not bought Glas the automotive landscape today would look very different.
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Hi, BMW had no midrange offerings. Things improved with the BMW 1500 in 1961.
BMW – Wikipedia
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That looks quite similar to Count Louis Zborowski's "Chitty Bang Bang" which was based on a Maybach Zeppelin engine.
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That looks quite similar to Count Louis Zborowski's "Chitty Bang Bang" which was based on a Maybach Zeppelin engine.
Chitty Bang Bang - Wikipedia
Hi, a few details of the car shown above :
Maybach Spezialrennwagen | Technik Museum Sinsheim
Maybach war auch im Motorsport erfolgreich: Rekorde über kurze Distanzen. Das im Museum gezeigte Exponat von 1920 ist typisch für diese Art von Fahrzeug.
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Thanks for that. My (mostly forgotten and basic schoolboy when it did exist!) German isn't up to translating that article but luckily, there's a translation behind the German flag!
There are a couple of similar cars here in the UK but they use Napier Lion airship engines rather than Maybach ones. Not to mention John Dodd's "Beast"... https://silodrome.com/the-beast-merlin-v12-engined-car/
There are a couple of similar cars here in the UK but they use Napier Lion airship engines rather than Maybach ones. Not to mention John Dodd's "Beast"... https://silodrome.com/the-beast-merlin-v12-engined-car/
