Lightning carts

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Lightning carts
Manufacturer: Bremer Kühlerfabrik Borgward & Co. GmbH
Production period: 1924-1927
Previous model: none
Successor: "Goliath"
Technical specifications
Designs: open pickup truck
Engines: Two-stroke engines :
0.120 liters
Power: 1.6 kW
Payload: 0.25 t

The Blitzkarren was an open tricycle with one wheel in the front and two wheels in the back. It was produced in 1924 as the first series vehicle by the Bremer Kühlerfabrik Borgward & Co. GmbH , originally only for internal use for internal transport. The company in Sebaldsbrück , a settlement in the Hemelingen suburb of Bremen , mainly manufactured radiators and fenders for the Hansa-Lloyd works, which Borgward took over between 1929 and 1931 together with its partner Wilhelm Tecklenborg . Carl Borgwards Kühlerfabrik later traded under the name Goliath -Werke Borgward & Co. GmbH .

History of origin

When designer Dietrich Klie complained about the material transport for the cooler production with handcarts between the factory halls, Borgward designed the lightning cart in the spring of 1924, but not only for his own company. Borgward had discovered a niche in the market in the economic boom between the inflationary period and the Great Depression . Dealers and small business owners had a great need for affordable motorized load carts that were legal to drive without a license . A lightning cart cost 980 Reichsmarks . In 1929 a quarter of the registered commercial vehicles came from Bremen production. Carl Borgward had patented the division of the lightning cart as a front loader with a flatbed in front of the driver's seat. The patents were granted in Germany on June 20, 1925 and in England on March 11, 1926.

technology

The Blitzkarren had a 120 cc two-stroke motorcycle engine next to the flatbed, which powered the left rear wheel via a V-belt. The engine developed 2.2 HP (1.6 kW). There was no clutch , gearshift or starter . The vehicle was pushed and "stalled" to stop, which was uncomfortable and uncomfortable even on a flat road despite the open driver's cab in the rear and the low payload of 250 kg. The single front wheel was mounted in a motorcycle fork that was steered from the rear. The engines were initially supplied by DKW and later by the ILO engine works .

From lightning cart to Goliath

When production began, Borgward built six to eight lightning carts a day. Selling, however, proved difficult because there was no dealer network yet. Carl FW Borgward therefore undertook demonstration drives himself, but was only able to find five representatives for the vehicle. During one such trip at the beginning of March 1925 the connection to the financially strong Wilhelm Tecklenborg came about, who soon became involved as a partner at Borgward. In the same year, a successor model to the Blitzkarren, which has meanwhile been used by the Deutsche Reichspost and continues to be offered, was created, also a front loader, but with two wheels at the front and a motorcycle-like rear. Dietrich Klie suggested "Liliput" as the name for the small van, but did not find approval. One paradox seemed correct, namely "Goliath". The little "Goliath" - according to Tecklenborg "a giant in its performance" - had an ILO engine with either 200 or 250 cm³ displacement and a three-wheel brake.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Claus Jahnel: Too good for this world. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Die Welt : Automobiles: Spectacular bankruptcy that wasn't . January 17, 2008 ( welt.de [accessed June 27, 2019]).
  3. ↑ Stuttgarter Nachrichten : 125th birthday of Carl Friedrich Borgward: A visionary and jack of all trades. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Irene Meichsner : Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Borgward - Blitzkarren, Isabella and Leukoplastbomber , Deutschlandfunk - " Calendar Sheet " of November 10, 2015
  5. ↑ 60 years of German economic history: Borgward - Blitzkarren and Leukoplastbomber. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
  6. ^ RP Online : Borgward and Isabella. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
  7. ^ Carl FW Borgward: The guide to the modern car celebrates its 125th birthday. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
  8. ^ Spiegel Online , Hamburg: Borgward - From Blitzkarren to Arabella. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Tobias Meyer: Memories of a car pioneer. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
  10. ^ Improvements in motor tricycle box carriers . July 17, 1925 ( google.com [accessed June 27, 2019]).
  11. ^ Rainer Ade: Myth of the car: The German's dearest child… BookRix, 2013, ISBN 978-3-7309-5759-2 ( google.de [accessed on June 27, 2019]).
  12. ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung : Autobau: About the Borgward company. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
  13. ^ Georg Schmidt: Borgward - Carl FW Borgward and his cars . 4th edition, Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-87943-679-7 , pp. 35-39.
Timeline of the Hansa-Lloyd, Hansa , Goliath and Borgward models from 1919 to 1945
Type Hansa-Lloyd Werke AG and Fahrzeugwerke Borgward & Co.
and from 1928 Goliath-Werke Borgward & Co. as two companies 		connected Hansa-Lloyd and Goliath-Werke Borgward & Tecklenborg oHG
from 1936: Hansa-Lloyd and Goliath-Werke AG 		Hansa-Lloyd-Goliath works Carl F. W. Borgward and Carl F. W. Borgward, automobile and engine works
with Carl Borgward as sole owner
1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
9 0 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0 1 2 3 4th 5
Microcar 3-wheeled pioneer
Small car 400 500
Middle class Type p 1100 / 1700
1700 sports
2000 2000/2300
Upper class Matador Consul / luxury senator 3500
Type A 6 Type A 8
Treff-Aß Trump ace
Delivery vans / vans / minibuses 3-wheeled Lightning carts
Rapid / Standard F 200 & F 400 FW 200
FW 400
4-wheeled K1 Express (1929) L500 L600
Atlas Atlas record
Trucks and buses 1 - 3 t payload Superior express express L 1400/1 t
Express (L 1.5) Columbus Columbus L 2000
Bremen I & II (SL 1.5) III IV
2 - 4 t payload Europe I & II (SL 2) III IV Europe V
3t Type 3t GW B 3000
3 - 5 t payload Mercury (L III) II III IV 4.5 - 5 t 5 t
Roland
  • Offered by Hansa-Lloyd-Werke AG and later by "Hansa-Lloyd-Goliath Werke AG" under the "Hansa-Lloyd" brand.
  • Offered by Hansa-Lloyd-Werke AG and later by "Hansa-Lloyd-Goliath Werke AG" under the "Hansa" brand.
  • Offered by Fahrzeugwerke Borgward & Co. and later by “Hansa-Lloyd-Goliath Werke AG” under the “ Goliath ” brand .
  • Offered by Hansa-Lloyd-Goliath Werke AG under the “Borgward” brand.
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