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r000 Professor 19XX Ernst Heinkel Make was Model a highly respected aircraft constructor and
estimate: $000 000 - $000 000
one of the “trio,” including Messerschmitt and BMW, involved in the
offered without reserve
aircraft industry (BMW made airplane engines) who found themselves
unable to work in their field after the war. all three would go on to
produce the most iconic microcars of the post-war recovery era.
as each of the companies struggled to rebuild their plants, Heinkel built
motors that were supplied to a number of companies, like Tempo and
Champion. He found a solid direction in the manufacture of scooters,
which were the right product at the right time and were so highly
regarded that they continued to be made into the sixties. His newlyfounded
vehicle division was situated in the former Pfalz aircraft works,
and it was here that work on his Kabine would commence.
The Kabine was a rethinking of the Iso
Isetta using aircraft principles. Rather
than being a blatant copy with a few
changes, the design painstakingly
evolved over five prototypes, which
changed significantly from one to the
next. overall, the main difference was
the use of a chassis-less monocoque
body, which meant a 220 pound
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