Vehicle factory Kannenberg
The vehicle factory Kannenberg KG (FAKA) was a German company in the vehicle construction and body construction , which became known primarily as a manufacturer of buses .
The company was founded in 1923 by Kurt Kannenberg in Gdansk . Later branches were opened in Szczecin and Poznan .
After the Second World War , the company was re-established in Salzgitter . First repairs were carried out and from around 1948 trailers were also built. A little later, the first bus bodies were built on chassis from Henschel , Büssing and Hanomag . In 1954, the first complete bus “FAKA light bus SK 4.5” was presented on behalf of the bus operator Willi Hohmann. It was powered by a Henschel diesel engine installed across the rear.
From 1952 Kannenberg continued the production of the Walba scooters with minor changes until around 1957. There was the “Tourist” model with a 147 cm³ ILO three-speed engine, 6.7 hp at 5000 rpm, and mechanically operated brakes, as well as the “Commodore” with a 173 cm³ and optionally 197 cm³ ILO four-speed engine , 7.6 hp at 5000 rpm, with hydraulic brakes. The 200 Commodore had an electric starter. The air inlet in the footwell is striking; it was adopted from the related Walba types; The hydraulic brake had already been installed at Walba. (Walba originally had simpler scooters with a 118 cm³ engine in its range, and the Walba Tourist had a 147 cm³ engine.) All FAKA scooters have foot control, and the undercarriage was described in advertising as: "Double telescopic front wheel suspension, Rear suspension by oscillator supported on a rubber spring element ”. Photos show that the axles were only clamped on one side (as with the Riedel Imme R 100 ).
Kannenberg also manufactured cargo tricycles and motor rickshaws . A 150 cm³ motor (Sachs or Ilo) was attached to the front wheel, which was suspended from a parallelogram fork, and transmitted the power by means of a chain. In contrast to the scooter, it was shifted by hand. At the rear, the cargo tricycle had a pendulum axle with coil springs.
In 1958, FAKA took over the production facilities from Hermann Harmening in Bückeburg . There, the production of the HKB club bus developed by Harmening was continued under its own name. However, in 1960 bus production was stopped. Only swap bodies and containers were produced . In 1973, FAKA was taken over by the Kögel vehicle works and continued as the Bückeburg plant.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Omnibus archive , accessed on August 14, 2016.
- ↑ a b Reinhard Lintelmann: The motor scooters and small cars of the fifties. 3rd edition, Podszun Verlag, Brilon 1995, ISBN 3-86133-136-5 . P. 44, p. 130.
- ↑ Kögel company chronicle , accessed on August 14, 2016.
Coordinates: 52 ° 2 '44.7 " N , 10 ° 21' 56.1" E