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r000 Egon Brütsch 19XX was Make a prototype-builder Modeland<br />

a promoter of fiberglass as a<br />

estimate: $000 000 - $000 000<br />

construction material. While he used his father’s nylon stocking fortune<br />

offered without reserve<br />

to finance an early racing career, he preferred to actually build the cars<br />

themselves. His single-seat racing car became a single-seat coupe,<br />

the Model T. a Lloyd 400-engined prototype was next, and finally, two<br />

Ford-powered prototypes, which were selling at the price of a Porsche.<br />

Reworking production cars for wealthy clients came next in the form of<br />

a Ford 1200-powered Gutbrod, which was nixed by Ford.<br />

Clearly a way of circumventing the high cost of shaping steel was<br />

needed. Inspiration came from the recently-shown Chevrolet Corvette,<br />

which utilized the new wonder-material called fiberglass. Brütsch<br />

commissioned a wood model of an egg-shaped three-wheeled small<br />

car from a sketch. He may have<br />

been influenced in his drawing by<br />

the near-identical three-wheeler<br />

of French engineer victor Bouffort,<br />

who had made a 7,000 kilometer<br />

promotional tour of Germany two<br />

manufacturer years before. Manufacturer This model, carried in<br />

his origin suitcase during City, Country his tours, resulted ID no. ##<br />

motor in a license being motor sold to France for displacement cc<br />

the power sum of 20,000 hp marks.<br />

length mm<br />

Visit rmauctions.com to view all photos.<br />

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