Ludwig Weinberger (body shop)
Ludwig Weinberger was a German wheelwright that was based in Munich .
The company was run by Ludwig Weinberger sen. (Cousin of Karl Weinberger senior ) opened in 1898 as a wagon factory. The company was on the same street in Munich as Karl Weinberger, but had nothing to do with him. Initially, horse-drawn vehicles were manufactured, and since 1904 bodies for cars have also been made. However, only one-off productions were made on customer request, and this on a wide variety of chassis.
In 1931 Ludwig Weinberger jun. into the company; Weinberger took over a BMW agency almost at the same time . Since then, superstructures - often open two-seaters - have been used almost exclusively on BMW chassis. By the Second World War , around 300 bodies were built, including a particularly striking piece based on a Bugatti Royale that belonged to the doctor Josef Fuchs, who came from Nuremberg and emigrated to the USA.
In 1953 Ludwig Weinberger gave up the business for reasons of age.
source
- Werner Oswald : German Cars 1920–1945 . 10th edition. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-87943-519-7 .