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r000 Harald 19XX Friedrich, Make the co-owner Model of machine tool manufacturer alzmetall,
estimate: $000 000 - $000 000
was thinking of expanding his tooling in the direction of presses for the
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new plastics materials. He had met the colorful Egon Brütsch at the Paris
Salon, who impressed on him that plastics were indeed the future. Brütsch
delivered a car and a set of plans, and Friedrich couldn’t believe his luck
that not only was he now making auto parts, but he was completing
vehicles. He entered into a license agreement in December 1954.
In the spring, Friedrich was able to thoroughly test drive his Brütsch 200,
called Spatz (Sparrow), on rough country roads, and he soon discovered
that the fiberglass developed serious cracks at the suspension mounting
points, which rendered the car completely unsalable—and Brütsch
wasn’t answering his phone.
He commissioned the legendary 77-year-old
Professor Dr. Hans Ledwinka to make a proper
automobile out of the Spatz. Ledwinka had
designed Tatras and had played a leading role
in the development of the volkswagen, so he
created a superb backbone frame characteristic
of the Tatra’s with a suspension like the Beetle’s.
Moving to four wheels was not so difficult a
conversion, and so evolved the Spatz. Hydraulic
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