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r000 The amusingly 19XX rotund Make Fuldamobil Model qualifies as perhaps the longest-
estimate: $000 000 - $000 000
built microcar, being in production in various forms by various firms
offered without reserve
throughout the world for nearly 20 years. The story begins with norbert
Stevenson, a young freelance journalist spending all of his spare time
in the damp basement of his house designing a small car. His “design
department” consisted of piles of papers and drawings scattered over
a rickety old table next to a wood and cardboard mock-up of his
proposed three-wheeler. a sponsor allowed the purchasing of parts and
a motor, but these had to be returned as its partner exited the scene. The
design was offered to Karl Schmitt, who was a wealthy, highly qualified
engineer and the head of a large Bosch distributorship and an electrical
equipment business that repaired electrical generators.
Karl Schmitt had considered entering the small car business as well, and
he adopted Stevenson as his official constructor. He was not convinced
by the tandem layout, so he polled his employees, asking them if they
would rather sit side-by-side or in tandem. They answered with “bench
seat” unanimously, and Stevenson, under the watchful eye of Diplom-
Ingenieur Schmitt, was pretty much given free-rein to develop his car.
manufacturer Manufacturer production #
origin Work began City, in october Country 1949, and by Christmas, ID no. a # chassis was being
motor test-driven on motor tractor-seats. In January, a displacement body was constructed cc in steel
on power a wood frame hp along camping-trailer length lines, with an mm angled flat front
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