Goliath GD 750

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Goliath tricycle with box body
Goliath tricycle with box body
GD 750
Manufacturer: Goliath-Werk GmbH, Bremen
Production period: 1949-1955
Previous model: Goliath Fw200 / 400
Successor: Goliath Goli
Technical specifications
Designs: Flatbed trucks , panel vans , various special bodies
Engines: Otto engines :
0.4–0.5 liters
(10–11 kW)
Payload: up to 0.75 t

The Goliath GD 750 was a three-wheeled pickup truck from the Borgward Group that the Goliath plant in Bremen built in various versions from April 1949 to 1955. At the beginning of the 1950s, the inexpensive transporter was particularly popular with small craft businesses; the purchase price for the flatbed truck in 1949 was 3,600 DM . A total of 30,093 GD 750 were built. The number 750 in the type designation indicated the possible payload of 750 kg.

technology

The GD 750 had a water-cooled two-cylinder two-stroke engine, 396 cm³ (bore 60 mm, stroke 70 mm), 13 hp at 4000 / min (specifications in factory documents vary from 13 to 14.5 hp), 50-55 km / h Not synchronized four-speed gearbox, drive with cardan shaft on the rear axle, in contrast to the front-wheel drive " Tempo " three-wheelers. An air-cooled 494 cm³ engine (bore 67 mm, stroke 70 mm) with 16 hp, 50-55 km / h, was optionally available for an extra charge of 75 DM. Both engines were installed behind the front wheel. In contrast to the ILO engines that were mainly built into the pre-war models F 200 and F 400 , the engines of the GD 750 were in-house designs from the engineering office INKA (Ingenieur-Konstruktions-Arbeitsgemeinschaft) of August Momberger .

The car had a U-shaped pressed steel frame in a V shape; the front wheel was suspended from a pushed single-sided swing arm with quarter-elliptical springs, the rear wheels on a rigid axle with semi-elliptical leaf springs. The brake was operated mechanically, hydraulically from 1953 onwards. The chassis was available with different flatbeds or boxes with a wheelbase of 2950 or 3350 mm and a track width of 1400 or 1600 mm, depending on the structure. The length of the GD 750 was 4410, 4660 or 5160 mm, the width 1720, 1770, 1929 or 2020 mm, the height 1650 mm.

Superstructures

Most of the vehicles were designed as flatbeds. In addition to box and box bodies, there were also numerous special bodies such. B. as a cattle truck or as a sales car . A total of 26 different variants were offered. The curb weight was between 695 and 810 kg, the permissible total weight between 1455 and 1750 kg, depending on the structure. Prices 1950: smallest flatbed platform 3475 DM, station wagon 4300 DM; the "special wagon for cattle transport" cost 4805 DM; Heating 65 DM, hydraulic brakes 115 DM.

  • Goliath GD 750

  • Pickup truck

  • "Woody" wooden structure

  • GD 750 in everyday use

Advertisement for the Goliath GD 750

The advertisement for the Goliath three-wheeler was clearly directed against the competitor "Tempo". The rear axle drive was particularly emphasized in the advertisements. It was said, for example: "The reliable rear-axle drive easily manages any incline, even on snow and slippery roads" or "Goliath with rear-axle drive, the economical 3/4 tonne truck with the driving characteristics of a four-wheel vehicle". To prove the quality of the three-wheel chassis, Goliath built a world record vehicle with the chassis elements of the GD 750, the car engine of the Goliath GP 700 and a streamlined body made of aluminum, which in August 1951 in Monthléry achieved an average speed of 155 km / h over two Hours and broke 38 world records. The success brought Goliath attention in many major daily newspapers and thereby free advertising. While trying to exceed the performance, the Goliath factory driver Hugo Steiner had a fatal accident at the Hockenheimring , whereupon the record attempts with transporter technology were stopped. The Goliath GV 800 transporter was produced in parallel .

Competitor

Web links

Commons : Goliath GD 750  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Christian Steiger, Thomas Wirth, Alexander Wienen: Transporter of the economic miracle . Heel Verlag, Königswinter 1996, ISBN 3-89365-464-X , pp. 81-85.
  2. ↑ a b c Peter short : Borgward typology . 1st edition, Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-7688-2599-3 , pp. 57-59.
  3. ^ Georg Schmidt: Borgward - Carl FW Borgward and his cars . 4th edition, Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-87943-679-7 , p. 114.
Timeline of Borgward , Lloyd , Goliath and Hansa models from 1947 to 1963
Type Foundation of three individual companies (Borgward, Lloyd, Goliath) Bundling in Borgward Holding insolvency
1940s 1950s 1960s
7th 8th 9 0 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0 1 2 3
Small car Lloyd 250
Lloyd 300 Lloyd 400
Lloyd 600 / Lloyd Alexander
Lower middle class Lloyd Arabella
Borgward Arabella de Luxe
Goliath GP 700 Goliath GP 900 Goliath GP 1100 Hansa 1100
Middle class Borgward Hansa 1500 Borgward Hansa 1800 Borgward Isabella
Upper class Borgward Hansa 2400 Sport
Borgward Hansa 2400 Pullman Borgward P 100
Sports car Goliath GP 700 E. Borgward Isabella Coupe
Off-road vehicle Goliath type 31 Goliath hunting car type 34
Borgward B 2000 A / O Kübelwagen of Bussing built further
Delivery vans / vans 3-wheeled Goliath GD 750 Goliath Goli
4-wheeled Lloyd LT 500 Lloyd LT 600
Goliath GV 800 Goliath Express
Truck / minibus 1–2 t payload Borgward B 1000 Borgward B 1250 Borgward B 1500 Borgward B 1500 Borgward B511
Borgward B 1500 F. Borgward B611
2–3 t payload Borgward B 2000
Borgward B 2500 Borgward B 522
Borgward B 2500 F (chassis for buses) Borgward B 622
3–6 t payload Borgward B 3000 Borgward B 4000 Borgward B 533
Borgward B 544
Borgward B 4500 Borgward B 555
Borgward B655
  • Offered by Lloyd Motorenwerke GmbH under the “Lloyd” brand.
  • Offered by Lloyd Motorenwerke GmbH under the “Borgward” brand.
  • Offered by Carl FW Borgward GmbH under the “Borgward” brand.
  • Offered by Goliath-Werk GmbH under the “Hansa” brand (from 1958).
  • Offered by Goliath-Werk GmbH under the “Goliath” brand.
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