Fritz B. Busch

Fritz B. Busch

Autonova Fam

Fritz B. Busch (born May 2, 1922 in Erfurt as Fritz Bob Busch ; † August 5, 2010 in Vogt ) was a German motor journalist who wrote humorous and satirical articles as well as non-fiction books on the subject of cars .

Life

In the early 1960s, he became known for his series of articles For Men Who Smoke a Pipe in the automobile magazine Auto, Motor und Sport . His best-known contribution from this series was an impression published in 1961 about the Jaguar E-Type under the title Whiskey pure or: The Flounder .

Then Henri Nannen won him for the star , as the successor to Alexander Spoerl . Stern editor-in-chief Nannen resigned him, however, while Busch made a trip from Fairbanks in Alaska to Tierra del Fuego ; but when Busch returned there was an offer from Quick magazine . Most recently he wrote a monthly column for the classic car magazine Motor Klassik .

In 1965 Busch presented a city ​​car developed together with the German Michael Conrad and the Italian Pio Manzù at the IAA in Frankfurt am Main . The "Autonova Fam" was intended as an alternative to the passenger cars of the time; Busch described the models of the automobile industry as "inexpedient" and "not suitable for traffic". In addition, the “Team Autonova” designed the two-seater sports coupé “ NSU Autonova GT”. What both cars had in common was the “unmistakable concrete line” of the Autonova team: “Functional, factual, practical, chrome-free, consistent”. Both vehicles were built by the Italian company Carrozzeria Sibona-Basano , but no sponsors were found for the series production of one of the models.

Busch also thought about the right clothes for driving. So he came up with "a man's wardrobe ... that is finally really suitable to serve the man instead of ... hindering him while driving". The waist of the trousers he developed was adjustable in three widths, the matching jacket was very elastic and, in addition to three adjustment loops at the waist, had two pleats in the back. The collar size of the shirt could be "steplessly" regulated using Velcro . Easily accessible pockets on the sleeves and legs provided storage space. The functional clothing was not only reserved for men: skirts adjustable in the waist width were provided for the chauffeur, which also had plenty of storage space in the form of pockets.

Based on a Formula 2 racing car, Busch built a record-breaking vehicle, the "Diesel Star". The shell, made of 25 square meters of sheet aluminum, was fastened with 3,000 rivets, Mercedes-Benz supported the project with a five-cylinder turbodiesel that was arranged as a mid-engine. For the record attempt, the engine was equipped with a turbocharger from AiResearch and a special injection pump from Bosch, and it was also slightly modified: Smaller cylinder bores reduced the displacement to 2,999 cm ³ ; the engine received a nitrided crankshaft and a reinforced oil pump as well as special injection nozzles and developed 138 kW (187 hp) at 4500 min ⁻¹ . On November 16, 1975, Busch set the world record for diesel vehicles with a top speed of 253.7 km / h with the “Diesel Star” on the Volkswagen test track in Ehra-Lessien . It is particularly noteworthy that the diesel records that were valid until then were set in straight driving on salt fields in Utah / USA, whereas Busch also had to take corners and brake on the test track.

A 500-year old annex of the princely castle of Waldburg-Wolfegg in Upper Swabia Wolfegg founded Busch 1973 Automobile Museum , which was further out between 1998 and 2016 his daughter Anka Busch. In 2017, parts of this collection were integrated into the Auto & Tractor Museum near Uhldingen-Mühlhofen .

Articles by Fritz B. Busch for the magazine Auto, Motor und Sport (selection)

1960

• Fritz B. Busch: For men who smoke pipes: Citroën 2 CV - “The last Clochard” . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 2 , January 16, 1960, ISSN  0005-0806 , p. 18-19 .
• Fritz B. Busch: European PS chats - "From the men's loyalty" . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 3 , January 30, 1960, ISSN  0005-0806 , p. 21-23 .
• Fritz B. Busch: For men who smoke pipes: Austin-Healey Sprite - “The car we don't have” . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 6 , March 12, 1960, ISSN  0005-0806 , pp. 21-22 .
• Fritz B. Busch: B. Busch leafing through automobile brochures - "cigar lighter without torque" . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 8 , April 9, 1960, ISSN  0005-0806 , pp. 20-21 .
• Fritz B. Busch: For men who smoke pipes: Ford Taunus 12M - "1.2 liters, good middle-class, for plenty of 4 people" . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 15 , July 16, 1960, ISSN  0005-0806 , pp. 23-24 .
• Fritz B. Busch: For men who smoke pipes: Hillman-Minx - "Open four-seater brand Evergreen" . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 21 , October 8, 1960, ISSN  0005-0806 , p. 31-32 .

1961

• Fritz B. Busch: “Castles in the Air”: Theft Protection - An unsolved problem . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 4 , February 11, 1961, ISSN  0005-0806 , p. 12-13 .
• Fritz B. Busch: "The most beautiful toy of the century ..." - A very private look in the rearview mirror . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 7 , March 25, 1961, ISSN  0005-0806 , p. 24-25 .
• Fritz B. Busch: ERIBA FAUN caravan test . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 7 , March 25, 1961, ISSN  0005-0806 , p. 54 + 56 + 58 .
• Fritz B. Busch: Seat belts - not a safe topic . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 8 , April 8, 1961, ISSN  0005-0806 , p. 28-29 .
• Fritz B. Busch: "Star Deuterations" . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 8 , April 8, 1961, ISSN  0005-0806 , p. 32-33 .
• Fritz B. Busch: "VW with full board" . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 9 , April 22, 1961, ISSN  0005-0806 , p. 36-37 .
• Fritz B. Busch: For men who smoke pipes: Austin-Healey 3000 . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 10 , May 6, 1961, ISSN  0005-0806 , pp. 31-32 .
• Fritz B. Busch: "The most beautiful toy of the century ..." - look in the rear-view mirror: 1926 . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 10 , May 6, 1961, ISSN  0005-0806 , pp. 34-35 .
• Fritz B. Busch: Caravan test MALY FAHTI (polyester) . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 10 , May 6, 1961, ISSN  0005-0806 , pp. 42-44 .
• Fritz B. Busch: Cars on water and on land . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 11 , May 20, 1961, ISSN  0005-0806 , pp. 29-33 .
• Fritz B. Busch: "The green bucket" . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 12 , June 3, 1961, ISSN  0005-0806 , p. 20-21 .
• Fritz B. Busch: White mice turn into black sheep: "law enforcement officers" . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 13 , June 17, 1961, ISSN  0005-0806 , pp. 26-27 .
• Fritz B. Busch: The frank expression: “Do you roll too?” Or “Are you a scooter?” In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 13 , June 17, 1961, ISSN  0005-0806 , pp. 36 .
• Fritz B. Busch: "Prospects and prospects" . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 14 , July 1, 1961, ISSN  0005-0806 , p. 29-30 .
• Fritz B. Busch: "Progress is a lame duck" . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 15 , July 15, 1961, ISSN  0005-0806 , pp. 19 + 43 .
• Fritz B. Busch: Looking in the rear-view mirror: 1928 . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 15 , July 15, 1961, ISSN  0005-0806 , pp. 24–25 (III. Episode of “The most beautiful toy of the century”).
• Fritz B. Busch: Caravan test DETHLEFFS NOMAD . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 16 , July 29, 1961, ISSN  0005-0806 , p. 24-26 .
• Fritz B. Busch: We drove: Wiking Standard Heck 61 rubber dinghy - "Rubber, air and kindling" . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 17 , August 12, 1961, ISSN  0005-0806 , p. 24-25 .
• Fritz B. Busch: "The Time Bomb" . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 18 , August 26, 1961, ISSN  0005-0806 , p. 15 (parking meters).
• Further contributions by Fritz B. Busch can be found in the ams annual table of contents.

Articles by Fritz B. Busch for the magazine Stern (selection)

• The dream car series: B. Busch with the latest Cadillac convertible - “An American in Paris” . In: Stern . No. 45 , November 11, 1962, ISSN  0039-1239 , pp. 18-29 .
• B. Busch drove the first » Toronado « that came to Europe - "The blunderbuss from Detroit" . In: Stern . No. 12 , March 20, 1966, ISSN  0039-1239 , p. 44-48 .
• B. Busch drove the Fiat 124 - "Spring speedster from Turin" . In: Stern . No. 19 , May 8, 1966, ISSN  0039-1239 , pp. 84-92 .
• B. Busch: The great Duesenberg is not coming back - “From the dream!” In: Stern . No. 38 , September 18, 1966, ISSN  0039-1239 , pp. 112-120 .
• B. Busch drove the Opel Kadett "Rallye" - "Sharp shot from Rüsselsheim" . In: Stern . No. 40 , October 2, 1966, ISSN  0039-1239 , p. 146-154 .
• B. Busch drove the Mercedes 250 SE - "A real gentleman" . In: Stern . No. 42 , October 16, 1966, ISSN  0039-1239 , p. 100-109 .
• B. Busch is testing four mid-range cars at the same time: Ford Taunus 17 M , Opel Rekord , Simca 1501 GLS and Peugeot 404 - “Which car for my money?” In: Stern . No. 43 , October 23, 1966, ISSN  0039-1239 , p. 96-108 .
• B. Busch drove the Alfa Romeo Duetto - "Hot bun from Milano" . In: Stern . No. 44 , October 30, 1966, ISSN  0039-1239 , p. 88-95 .
• B. Busch is testing five small cars: Citroën 2CV , Renault 4 , Glas Goggomobil , Fiat 500 and Trabant 601 - “Which car for my money?” In: Stern . No. 46 , November 13, 1966, ISSN  0039-1239 , pp. 90-100 + 194-197 .
• B. Busch drove the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow - "The silent shadow" . In: Stern . No. 49 , December 4, 1966, ISSN  0039-1239 , p. 68-77 .
• B. Busch drove the top model of the Cologne Ford works: the Ford OSI 20 M TS Coupé - "A Cologne from Turin" . In: Stern . No. 9 , February 26, 1967, ISSN  0039-1239 , pp. 129-134 .
• B. Busch drove the Fiat 125 - "safe on nimble feet" . In: Stern . No. 18 , April 30, 1967, ISSN  0039-1239 , pp. 137-143 .
• B. Busch tested the NSU Ro 80 with a rotary engine - "Driving like in Abraham's lap" . In: Stern . No. 37 , September 10, 1967, ISSN  0039-1239 , pp. 42-48 .
• Stern-Journal for the Frankfurt IAA 1967: B. Busch tests everything that is new and important . In: Stern . No. 38 , September 17, 1967, ISSN  0039-1239 , pp. 87-148 .
• B. Busch drove the Renault 16 - "Much common sense with Parisian charm" . In: Stern . No. 41 , October 8, 1967, ISSN  0039-1239 , p. 149-153 .
• B. Busch drove the VW 1600 TL automatic - "The left foot has a break" . In: Stern . No. 43 , October 22, 1967, ISSN  0039-1239 , pp. 189-193 .
• A report by B. Busch: "The Wankel Story" . In: Stern . No. 44 , October 29, 1967, ISSN  0039-1239 , pp. 139-142 .
• B. Busch examines cheap pleasure in a large moped comparison test - “ponies made of tin” . In: Stern . No. 25 , June 23, 1968, ISSN  0039-1239 , pp. 40-46 .
• B. Busch drove the Corvette Sting Ray - "fire chair for playboys" . In: Stern . No. 34 , August 25, 1968, ISSN  0039-1239 , pp. 38-42 .
• B. Busch asks: "Is the Ro 80 a drunkard?" In: Stern . No. 35 , September 1, 1968, ISSN  0039-1239 , pp. 115 .
• B. Busch drove the new Ford Coupé - “The customer fisherman from Capri” . In: Stern . No. 5 , February 2, 1969, ISSN  0039-1239 , pp. 38-41 + 161-165 .
• B. Busch drove the Autobianchi A 111 - "The Doppelganger" . In: Stern . No. 31 , August 3, 1969, ISSN  0039-1239 , pp. 50 ff .
• B. Busch tested the Citroën M 35 with a German NSU rotary engine - “Dr. Wankel's French daughter ” . In: Stern . No. 4 , January 18, 1970, ISSN  0039-1239 , pp. 101 + 104 .
• A report by B. Busch: "Motorcycles: The power and the glory" . In: Stern . No. 50 , December 5, 1971, ISSN  0039-1239 , pp. 42-54 .

Web links

Literature by and about Fritz B. Busch in the catalog of the German National Library

It will be very bad! Fritz B. Busch, Grand Seigneur of Motor Journalism, speaks in the Braunschweiger Zeitung about the future of the car. (No longer available online.) Braunschweiger-zeitung.de, archived from the original on November 2, 2013 ; Retrieved September 9, 2014 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Automobile Museum by Fritz B. Busch. (No longer available online.) Automuseum-busch.de, archived from the original on May 16, 2013 ; Retrieved May 20, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
2. ↑ Thorsten Kern: The car museum was his life's work. In: Schwäbische Zeitung . schwaebische.de, August 6, 2010, accessed on May 20, 2013 .  
3. ↑ Fritz B. Busch: Whiskey neat or flounder: Jaguar E . In: Auto, Motor und Sport . No. 24 , November 18, 1961, ISSN  0005-0806 , p. 30th ff . ( automuseum-busch.de [accessed on October 31, 2013]). automuseum-busch.de ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Fritz B. Busch, Frank Müller-May: The great test. By car from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. (Auto Adventure Alaska-Tierra del Fuego) . Copress, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-7679-0091-2 .
5. ^ VW press release: The new Golf passed the acid test between Tierra del Fuego and Alaska 40 years ago. (No longer available online.) Volkswagen-media-services.com, March 12, 2014, archived from the original on September 26, 2015 ; accessed on October 27, 2016 .  
6. ↑ The colors of courage . In: Motor Klassik . No.  9 , September 2010, ISSN  0177-8862 , p. 8 .
7. ↑ Malte Jürgens: Poets and drivers, adieu . Obituary Fritz B. Busch. In: Motor Klassik . No. September 9 , 2010, ISSN  0177-8862 ( motor-klassik.de [accessed October 31, 2013]).
8. ↑ Fritz B. Busch: Autonova Fam - A “fam” can do all of this . In: Stern . No. 37 , September 11, 1966, ISSN  0039-1239 , pp. 94-97 .
9. ↑ AUTOMOBILE - TEAM AUTONOVA - "Squinting for beautiful things" . In: Der Spiegel . No.  39 , September 22, 1965, ISSN  0038-7452 , p. 58–61 ( Spiegel Archive [accessed October 21, 2013]).
10. ↑ FASHION - CAR CLOTHING - "Serving the man" . In: Der Spiegel . No.  36 , August 28, 1967, ISSN  0038-7452 , p. 55 ( Spiegel Archive [accessed October 29, 2013]).
11. ↑ Sebastian Renz: House of Stories. 35 years of the Busch car museum. motor-klassik.de, July 18, 2008, accessed October 31, 2013 .  
12. ↑ Diesel in motorsport, research vehicles and record cars. (No longer available online.) Daimler.com, February 21, 2011, archived from the original on November 2, 2013 ; accessed on October 31, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.