Franke & Co.

Franke & Co. was a Swiss manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company from Neuhausen am Rheinfall manufactured car bodies. In 1975, the production of automobiles began under the direction of Wolfgang Franke. The brand name was Franke . Their production ended around 1983. Also in 1983 a German company tried to build under license .

vehicles

Franke made VW buggies . The first model was the Buggy 75 . The shortened chassis of the VW Beetle formed the basis. A plastic body was mounted on top. This model had a fixed roof but no doors. The new price was 4950 Swiss francs for the kit. Four - cylinder boxer engines from Volkswagen with an output of 34 to 50 hp provided the drive .

The Joker 76 followed in 1976 . This was a pickup truck that could be turned into a coupe or station wagon . The chassis from VW 1300 and VW 1302 formed the basis. The engines developed up to 50 hp.

In 1977 other models not described in detail followed.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .

Web links

• Photographs by Bruno and Eric Bührer, 1976, in the Schaffhausen City Archives :
  • Wolfgang Franke, Neuhausen, with his own car designs: J 10/27189 , J 10/27191
  • International Motor Show in Geneva (Buggy models by Wolfgang Franke, Neuhausen): J 10/27215

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .