Bruhn-Horch
As Bruhn-Horch or as the first and last Horch from Ingolstadt one was automobile is known which uniquely for Richard Bruhn on the box section frame of Zwickau prewar Pullman limousine type Horch 830 was built BL in 1953 by hand.
history
The limousine was presented to Richard Bruhn on his 67th birthday in July 1953 and sold to a US soldier in November 1956 after Bruhn had retired. In its possession it bore the registration number 7C72725-US.Forces in Germany, 1957. The second owner transferred the vehicle to the USA. After a gearbox failure occurred in 1967, the car was taken to a Texas junkyard . The operator of the plant informed his brother-in-law, the car fan Al Wilson from San Angelo , about the unusual vehicle and sold him the Horch for 500 dollars. Wilson initially parked the vehicle on his farm, but made it drivable again in the late 1970s and made inquiries about it in Germany, but at this point met with little interest and was unable to get any clues to identify the vehicle. After the gearbox broke again, Al Wilson no longer took care of the car. In 2007 Ralf Hornung was made aware of the vehicle by Al Wilson's sons and bought it from the now 78-year-old owner. He had the vehicle transported to Ingolstadt , where it was initially unrestored and presented in the Audi museum mobile with an artificially constructed desert ambience . It was planned to restore the Bruhn-Horch to its original condition from 1953, but this project was not implemented and the car can still be seen in Ingolstadt as Hornung found it in San Angelo.
technology
The Bruhn-Horch was set up in five months. The sheet metal parts of the pontoon body were made by former Zwickauer Horch employees using a wood gauge. The design language corresponded to the taste of the time.
The car was powered by a V8 engine , the output of which was 92 hp via the cardan shaft on the rear wheels with De Dion double articulated axles. The four-speed transmission has a selectable long-distance motorway gear. The vehicle, which had a partition between the chauffeur and the passenger compartment and reading lights in the rear, reached a cruising speed of 120 km / h and a top speed of 125 km / h. With a vehicle mass of 2100 kg, the consumption was 19-20 liters per 100 km. The tank held 75 liters.
literature
- Thomas Erdmann: Late calling. In: Motor Klassik, issue 1/1988. United Motor-Verlage GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart 1987, p. 46.
- Werner Oswald: All Horch automobiles 1900-1945. 1st edition, Motorbuch Verlag , Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-87943-622-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Motor Klassik, issue 1/1988.
- ^ Kai Klauder: The Last Horch: Exhibition in the Museum Mobile in Ingolstadt. auto motor und sport, April 1, 2009, accessed April 27, 2017 .