Goliath Rapid

Goliath
Goliath Rapid / Goliath Standard
Manufacturer:	Bremer Kühlerfabrik Borgward & Co. GmbH
Production period:	1925 or 1926-1933
Previous model:	Lightning carts
Successor:	Goliath F 200 / F 400
Technical specifications
Designs:	Cabless flatbed truck , panel van
Engines:	Two-stroke engines : 0.198 / 0.25 / 0.35 / 0.396 liters
Power:	Rapid: 3/4 standard: 4.4 / 6.6 kW
Wheelbase:	approx. 2000 mm
Payload:	0.25 / 0.3 / 0.35 / 0.5 t

The Goliath Rapid was a three-wheeled load cart with an open driver's seat and two wheels at the front and one wheel at the rear. It was produced in 1925 or early 1926 by the Bremer Kühlerfabrik Borgward & Co. GmbH in Sebaldsbrück , a settlement in the Hemelingen suburb of Bremen . He was a construction fundamentally different than the older and continued to produce parallel flash carts . Borgwards Kühlerfabrik later traded under the name Goliath -Werke Borgward & Co. GmbH .

Goliath Rapid

The Goliath Rapid has a trapezoidal ladder frame , the short side of the trapezoid is at the back. The rigid front axle under the loading area is leaf-sprung , the steering is operated via a vertical steering wheel on the bulkhead. A windshield was offered as an accessory. The 198 cm³ single-cylinder two-stroke engine with 4 HP (3 kW), air-cooled with a fan , was manufactured by the ILO engine factories. It is installed upright behind the loading area and drives the rear wheel via a gearbox and a shaft. The axle of the rear wheel is screwed to the slotted ends of the frame side members so that the rear wheel can simply be pulled out to the rear after loosening the nuts. The rear brake and a dog clutch are located between the gearbox and the drive shaft so that the angular gearbox and the drive shaft do not have to be dismantled when removing the wheel. For this was Carl Borgward a patent. The patent was filed on August 8, 1928 and the patent published on April 28, 1930. The vehicle had an electric starter. Optionally, electric lamps including brake lights were offered for RM 170, an electric horn for RM 30 .

Initially, the vehicle could be loaded with 250 kg. In 1928 a new version came with a permissible payload of 300 kg and a 5.5 HP engine (4 kW) with a displacement of 250 cm³.

Improvements in 1931 allowed up to 500 kg of cargo. The version as a flatbed truck was available for 1100 RM and the one with a closed transport box for 1200 RM. The vehicle was available with an odometer and a passenger seat for an additional charge.

Goliath standard

In the meantime, the 500 kg freight version with the designation Goliath Standard had gone into production and had a 350 cm³ single-cylinder two-stroke gasoline engine with 7.5 hp (5.5 kW), also manufactured by ILO, which took the load cart up to 40 km / h fast. The standard was available with different superstructures: a short (900 × 1600 mm) or long (900 × 2000 mm) platform, a closed box (900 × 1600 × 750 mm) with doors or a hood that could be folded to the side. The flatbed truck was available for 1295 Reichsmarks and the closed transport box or the hood over the flatbed for 1440 Reichsmarks.

In 1931 a 750 kg version with a two-cylinder engine and 9 HP (6.6 kW) from 400 cm³ was introduced and prices rose to 1,600 and 1,750 Reichsmarks.

The following model, the Goliath F 200 / F 400 with a closed cabin, went into production in mid-1933 .

Competitor

• Oscar Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werk : Tempo Pony, T1 and T2, years of construction 1928 to 1930, a very similar load cart based on a motorcycle
• Deutsche Industriewerke D delivery van L 7 1927–1930
• It was not until 1932–1934 that BMW built the BMW F 76 and F 79 models , which were very similar to the load cart with different engines.
• Innocenti built the Lambretta FA, FB and FC models until 1952 at the end of the 1940s
• Tatra 49 , 1929-1930

Web links

• Volker Schacht: A Goliath Rapid / Standard at the 27th International Dreiradteffen 2015 , YouTube from June 24th, 2015
• List of existing Goliath vehicles , accessed February 2019
• Brochure for the Goliath Rapid / Standard

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190607162952/https://www.automobilia-ladenburg.de/image/pool/2/mx/913.jpg
2. ↑ https://depatisnet.dpma.de/DepatisNet/depatisnet?action=pdf&docid=DE000000496683A Description 1
3. ↑ https://depatisnet.dpma.de/DepatisNet/depatisnet?window=1&space=menu&content=treffer&action=pdf&docid=DE000000496683A&Cl=2&Bi=1&Ab=&De=1&Dr=3&Pts=&Pa=&We=&Sr=&E = asc & sf = vn & subdok = Cl & firstdoc = 1 & NrFaxPages = 3 & pdfpage = 2 description 2; Expectations
4. ↑ https://depatisnet.dpma.de/DepatisNet/depatisnet?window=1&space=menu&content=treffer&action=pdf&docid=DE000000496683A&Cl=2&Bi=1&Ab=&De=1&Dr=3&Pts=&Pa=&We=&Sr=&E = asc & sf = vn & subdok = Dr & firstdoc = 1 & NrFaxPages = 3 & pdfpage = 3 accompanying drawing
5. ↑ https://patents.google.com/patent/DE496683C/ Patent DE496683C: “Drive device for the rear drive wheel of a three-wheeled motor vehicle”, Google Patents
6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190607163020/https://www.automobilia-ladenburg.de/image/pool/2/mx/913.jpg
7. ↑ type . In: www.borgward.org . Retrieved March 22, 2019.
8. ↑ Data sheet Rapid Standard . In: www.goliath-veteranen-club.de . Retrieved March 22, 2019.
9. ↑ The end of the Bremen economic miracle . In: Kreiszeitung Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG . July 27, 2013. Accessed March 22, 2019.
10. ↑ Heinz Flieger: The way to Isabella: a history of the Borgward group . Verlag für Deutsche Wirtschaftsbiographien, 1959, p. 58.

Timeline of the Hansa-Lloyd, Hansa , Goliath and Borgward models from 1919 to 1945
Type		Hansa-Lloyd Werke AG and Fahrzeugwerke Borgward & Co. and from 1928 Goliath-Werke Borgward & Co. as two companies																				connected				Hansa-Lloyd and Goliath-Werke Borgward & Tecklenborg oHG from 1936: Hansa-Lloyd and Goliath-Werke AG														Hansa-Lloyd-Goliath works Carl F. W. Borgward and Carl F. W. Borgward, automobile and engine works with Carl Borgward as sole owner
		1910s		1920s																				1930s																				1940s
		9		0		1		2		3		4th		5		6th		7th		8th		9		0		1		2		3		4th		5		6th		7th		8th		9		0		1		2		3		4th		5
Microcar	3-wheeled																									pioneer
Small car																														400			500
Middle class						Type p																											1100 / 1700
																																					1700 sports
																																									2000		2000/2300
Upper class																								Matador			Consul / luxury		senator										3500
																		Type A 6			Type A 8
				Treff-Aß												Trump ace
Delivery vans / vans / minibuses	3-wheeled									Lightning carts
														Rapid / Standard																	F 200 & F 400										FW 200 FW 400
	4-wheeled															K1						Express (1929)										L500			L600
																												Atlas					Atlas		record
Trucks and buses	1 - 3 t payload																							Superior								express								express		L 1400/1 t
							Express (L 1.5)																	Columbus								Columbus								L 2000
																								Bremen I & II (SL 1.5)				III								IV
	2 - 4 t payload																							Europe I & II (SL 2)					III						IV					Europe V
																																								3t	Type 3t GW							B 3000
	3 - 5 t payload																					Mercury (L III)							II				III			IV				4.5 - 5 t	5 t
																									Roland
Offered by Hansa-Lloyd-Werke AG and later by "Hansa-Lloyd-Goliath Werke AG" under the "Hansa-Lloyd" brand. Offered by Hansa-Lloyd-Werke AG and later by "Hansa-Lloyd-Goliath Werke AG" under the "Hansa" brand. Offered by Fahrzeugwerke Borgward & Co. and later by “Hansa-Lloyd-Goliath Werke AG” under the “ Goliath ” brand . Offered by Hansa-Lloyd-Goliath Werke AG under the “Borgward” brand.