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r000 otto Daus 19XX was possessed Make of Model a singular natural ability to understand and
estimate: $000 000 - $000 000
improvise mechanical things. He came from an aviation background,
offered without reserve
as did many microcar builders of the time. Having designed, built, and
flown his own airplanes by 1914, he vowed never to fly again after
what he saw during the war. He worked for a long time, from 1929 to
1947, as the chief designer for the company vidal und Sohn, makers
of the well-known Tempo three-wheeled trucks.
He formed his own independent engineering office, taking with
him several vidal people. He remained on good terms with them,
however, and continued to do design work for vidal, including a
“Geländewagen,” or off-road vehicle, in 1958. This Daus 214 was a
three-wheeled, front drive Kübel/Schwimmwagen with a Heinkel motor
and a retractable propeller.
Daus built this one-off microcar and fitted it with an ILo 200 twostroke
motor with thermo-syphon cooling, like that of a Ford Model T
or austin Seven, and a sophisticated electric pre-selector transmission.
There were three forward and three reverse speeds, and the engine
manufacturer could be removed Manufacturer and installed in 16 minutes. production This rare # prototype car
origin never received City, an Country official “KFZ Brief” or ID vehicle no. registration # document,
motor making it essentially motor a single-owner example. displacement cc
power hp length mm
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