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optimistic motorcycle dealers, but the motorcycle companies they were<br />

representing were failing as well. Talks with the large Maico firm and a<br />

Dutch bicycle firm came to naught. The reality was that the public wanted<br />

real cars, not three-wheelers trailing a cloud of two-stroke smoke. The<br />

company assembled its last vehicles in the summer of 1955 before the<br />

machine tools and property were sold to cover the accumulated debt,<br />

and Gustav Kroboth found a new career as a driving instructor. This<br />

happy little example has been fully restored and is liveried in red with a<br />

tan top and interior. Wonderfully presented, it exhibits marvelous fit and<br />

finish throughout and is certainly a show contender.<br />

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