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r000 For many 19XX years following Make World Model War II, Messerschmitt aG, the German
estimate: $000 000 - $000 000
aircraft manufacturer, was prohibited from building airplanes. The
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company turned to other pursuits, one of which was the production of
kits for building prefabricated houses using precast concrete slabs. This
modular construction technique was adopted from the aircraft industry,
where parts were manufactured in various facilities and assembled at a
centralized location. In 1952, they were approached by aircraft engineer
Fritz Fend, who had designed a three-wheel invalid carriage. Fend built
about 250 of these Fend Flitzers through 1951, many of which were
purchased by able-bodied people as simply minicar transport.
Fritz Fend’s deal with Messerschmitt called for assembly at
Messerschmitt’s factory in Regensburg, Germany, with the vehicles
carrying the Messerschmitt name. The first model was the KR 175, the
KR signifying Kabinenroller, or “enclosed scooter,” and 175 for the
metric displacement of its two-stroke engine. It featured tandem seating
and an acrylic bubble canopy that tilted sideward for entry and exit.
In 1955, an improved model, the KR 200, was introduced. This had a
manufacturer 10 horsepower, Manufacturer Fichtel & Sachs, 191-cubic production centimeter # two-stroke engine,
origin an improved City, canopy, Country and a revised suspension. ID no. To reverse, # the engine
motor was merely re-started motor in the other direction, displacement which provided cc four speeds
backward power as hp well as forward. That year, a modified length KR 200 mm was run for 24
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