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descriptive text<br />

r000 Having 19XX completed Make his Kabinenroller Model prototype in the summer of 1952,<br />

estimate: $000 000 - $000 000<br />

Fritz Fend set about test-driving the car by driving it to the top of the<br />

offered without reserve<br />

Gross-Glockner pass in the nearby alps. Willy Messerschmitt had a<br />

great deal of experience in the techniques of mass-production, and he<br />

immediately saw that the prototype cabin scooter was not yet ready in a<br />

number of areas, including the multi-part Plexiglas dome hand-rivetted<br />

together with metal strips. Press-tools would have to be secured for the<br />

body panels, and even the blueprints needed overhauling. a dozen<br />

people from Messerschmitt’s technical department were dispatched to<br />

assist in the overhaul.<br />

Production began in the Hall Three in<br />

the Regensburg works in February 1953.<br />

as most of the parts were bought-out,<br />

construction consisted largely of assembly<br />

work. Sachs supplied the motors, domes<br />

came from several firms, and body panels<br />

were stamped shapes from Presswerk<br />

Bellino. Flat side panels were done in-<br />

manufacturer house, as was Manufacturer the paintwork.<br />

origin City, Country ID no. ##<br />

The early first series was easily recognized,<br />

with its metal windshield surround carried<br />

over from the prototype and its shallow tail<br />

motor motor displacement cc<br />

power hp length mm<br />

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