Lloyd LT

Lloyd
	Lloyd LT 500
Lloyd LT 500/600
Manufacturer:	Lloyd Motoren Werke
Production period:	1952-1961
Previous model:	none
Successor:	none
	Technical specifications
Designs:	Minibus , box truck , flatbed truck
Engines:	2 cylinder ; 2- stroke or 4- stroke petrol engine
Length:	3520 / long version 4020 mm
Width:	1515 mm
Height:	1620 mm
Wheelbase:	2350 / long version 2850 mm

Large-capacity passenger car with a long wheelbase

Lloyd LT 500 and Lloyd LT 600 were small vans from Lloyd Motoren Werke GmbH in Bremen, part of the Borgward Group . They were built from November 1952 to 1961 as panel vans and large-capacity cars (six-seaters), in 1952/53 also as high-platform trucks and from November 1956 as " pick-ups " or low-platform vehicles. In the book Transporter der Wirtschaftswunderzeit , the Lloyd LT is referred to as “Germany's Ur- Van ”.

engine and gears

The vehicle was front-wheel drive and had a fan-cooled engine. Until 1955 it was called Lloyd LT 500 and had a two-cylinder two- stroke engine with 386 cm³ displacement and an output of 13 HP (9.6 kW) at 3750 / min, from September 1955 as Lloyd LT 600 a two-cylinder four-stroke engine with 596 cm³ displacement and 19 HP (14 kW) at 4500 rpm, whose chain-driven overhead camshaft operated the V-shaped opposite valves via rocker arms. The fuel consumption was given as 5.7 and 6.0 l / 100 km . The tank held 31 liters. In a test, the LT 500 is said to have reached a top speed of 60 km / h when fully loaded. When fully loaded, the vehicle was underpowered with a weight ratio of 95 kg per horsepower. The LT 600 was up to 80 km / h fast (according to another source up to 85 km / h).

The two-cylinder engine ( parallel twin ) and the gearbox were installed side by side in front of the front axle. The crankshaft and transmission input shaft were in alignment. The first version of the LT had an unsynchronized sliding gear with three gears and crutch shift under the steering wheel, from July 1957 there was a fully synchronized four-speed gearbox.

Chassis and body

The Lloyd LT had a central tubular frame with a timber frame structure. This construction was covered with plywood up to the front of the car; It was not until mid-1954 that sheet steel flanks existed, and from July 1957 all-steel planking. The body thus constructed acted as a resonance body for the engine noises. The car was spartan, had rear-hinged doors with sliding instead of cranked windows, which only allowed inadequate ventilation. Ventilation and ventilation could be improved from 1956 onwards with a folding sunroof available for an additional charge of 275 DM . The heating was inadequate. The dashboard made of pressed wood with wood grain, speedometer and large storage compartment exuded a certain comfort . Journalists are said to have been enthusiastic about the ease with which the seats of the large-capacity car could be removed in order to convert it into a van.

The LT box van was 3520 mm long, 1515 mm wide and 1620 mm high; Wheelbase 2350 mm, track width 1200 mm. From November 1956, the LT was also offered as a long version with a wheelbase extended to 2850 mm and an overall length of the vehicle of 4050 mm. In 1959, Lloyd developed camping equipment primarily for export to the USA, which, according to advertising, turned the LT into a multi-purpose vehicle: “An economical utility vehicle on workdays, a cozy caravan on vacation.” A folding table, a cupboard and a bed for three adults were offered .

The payload of the first LT 500 was 500 kilograms, with an empty weight of 597 kilograms. 540 kilograms of payload was the 700 kilogram LT-600 panel van with an extended wheelbase.

Like the sedan, the Lloyd LT had independent wheel suspension, at the front on two transverse leaf springs lying one above the other, and a pendulum axle with longitudinal leaf springs at the rear . The brakes of the first vehicles were operated mechanically with a cable, in March 1953 this operation was replaced by a hydraulic brake system from ATE.

Production numbers

During the entire construction period up to the bankruptcy of Borgward in 1961, 9900 Lloyd LT 500 and 14,768 LT 600 were built, mostly as large-capacity cars. Thanks to its low price, sales figures were relatively high in the first few years. In 1953 the LT panel van cost 4475 DM, the six-seater 4675 DM; the tax was 72 DM and the insurance 90 DM per year. The Goliath GV 800 with only slightly higher engine power cost 5425 DM as a flatbed truck and 6425 DM with a sheet steel case. Despite the low price and despite careful model maintenance, sales in 1960 fell to 227 units compared to 3200 in the previous year.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Peter short : Borgward typology . Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-7688-2599-3 , pp. 34-37.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Chr. Steiger, Th. Wirth, A. Weinen: Transporter of the economic boom . Heel Verlag, Königswinter 1996, ISBN 3-89365-464-X , pp. 99-107 and 134.
↑ ^a ^b ^c 20 years ago: Test Lloyd LT500 (ie a page of extracts from the same magazine's edition of exactly twenty years earlier . In: Auto Motor u. Sport . Issue 9 1974, April 27, 1974, p. 20.
↑ Autobild Klassik . Retrieved March 17, 2019.
^ Peter Kurz: Delivery vans and trucks from Bremen: Commercial vehicles since 1945 from Borgward, Hanomag and Mercedes . Verlag Peter Kurz, 2005, ISBN 9783927485464 , pp. 1983–1984.
↑ Manufacturer information Lloyd prospectus

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
Upper class														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
Off-road vehicle																		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
	4-wheeled										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
	1–2 t payload																				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 3000				Borgward B 4000																	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.

[Borgward_Typenkunde-1] Peter short : Borgward typology . Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-7688-2599-3 , pp. 34-37.

[Transporter-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Chr. Steiger, Th. Wirth, A. Weinen: Transporter of the economic boom . Heel Verlag, Königswinter 1996, ISBN 3-89365-464-X , pp. 99-107 and 134.

[AutoMotoruSport1974-3] 20 years ago: Test Lloyd LT500 (ie a page of extracts from the same magazine's edition of exactly twenty years earlier . In: Auto Motor u. Sport . Issue 9 1974, April 27, 1974, p. 20.

[4] Autobild Klassik . Retrieved March 17, 2019.

[kurze-5] Peter Kurz: Delivery vans and trucks from Bremen: Commercial vehicles since 1945 from Borgward, Hanomag and Mercedes . Verlag Peter Kurz, 2005, ISBN 9783927485464 , pp. 1983–1984.

[6] Manufacturer information Lloyd prospectus