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Holbein and Maier saw the need for the development of the little car
and worked out the design for a custom transaxle driving the rear
wheels and incorporating inboard brakes. Meanwhile, the prototype
used an Irus lawnmower gearbox. The new, stylish, aluminum body was
found to be too expensive to make, so Holbein modeled a simpler
body in clay, and his racing mechanic built it using a bent flat sheet and
motorcycle fenders. aluminum discs hid the tall wire wheels’ humble
motorcycle origins. There was a single “Cyclops” headlight, and the
198-cubic centimeter Triumph motor, along with its cylindrical fuel tank,
sat nakedly out in the open on the tail. It was called Champion CH-1,
and it made its debut at the Reutlingen show in april 1949. orders
flooded in, but the vehicle was not yet ready.