Weidner 70 p

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Weidner 70 S (1958)
Weidner 70 S (1958)
70 p
Production period: 1957-1958
Class : Small car
Body versions : Coupe
Engines: Otto engine :
0.7 liters
(24 kW)
Length: 3850 mm
Width: 1520 mm
Height: 1300 mm
Wheelbase : 2040 mm
Empty weight : 720 kg
Side view
Rear view
interior

The Weidner 70 S was a passenger car from the 1950s. Alternative names were Weidner Viper , Weidner Condor and Weidner S 70 . The manufacturer was the Weidner vehicle factory in Schwäbisch Hall .

Development history

Hans Trippel had headed the Trippelwerk before the Second World War and then the Protek Society for Industrial Development . He designed small sporty cars . Some of them were marketed as Trippel . The licensees were Automobiles Marathon from France and Ateliers de Constructions Mécaniques Ch. Wilford et Fils from Belgium .

The Trippel 750 appeared in February 1956. The coupé had a striking front panoramic window . Willi Kirchhammer, who previously worked for Messerschmitt AG , had five vehicles manufactured by Weidner. Weidner then took over a license for the vehicle, developed it further and presented it in March 1957 at the Geneva Motor Show . Kirchhammer sold the vehicles.

The vehicle was first called Condor . After a few weeks the name was changed to Viper . However, both names were protected. Then the vehicle was called 70 S , as you can read in a brochure . But there is also the designation S 70 .

Plans totaled 400 vehicles per month. This number was not reached. Several sources consistently name 200 vehicles. Other sources name 20, 130 or 180 vehicles.

Production ended in December 1958.

description

A central tubular frame formed the basis . The chassis had a wheelbase of 204 cm and a track width of 120 cm .

A closed body was mounted on it. Binz from Lorch made the bodies out of plastic . The coupé had two rear-hinged side doors . The windshield was only slightly curved across from the triple . In addition, the headlights were arranged higher. At the stern were small tail fins that held the taillights .

The vehicles were 385 cm long, 152 cm wide and 130 cm high. The curb weight was given as 720 kg.

The Ernst Heinkel AG provided the engine. It was a three - cylinder two-stroke engine . A 66 mm bore and 66 mm stroke resulted in a displacement of 677 cc . It was water-cooled and had 32 hp . It was installed in the rear of the vehicle and drove the rear wheels via a fully synchronized four-speed gearbox from Getrag . The top speed was specified as 135 km / h.

The new price was DM 7,500 .

Existing vehicles

According to his own statements, the journalist Erik Eckermann bought a vehicle from a scrap yard in Munich in April 1971 . This vehicle was later in Cologne . The further whereabouts are not known.

Eckermann saved another vehicle from destruction in December 1968. It was exhibited in a small car exhibition by Gerhard von Raffay in Hamburg in 1975 and then for a long time in the small car museum in Bockenem- Störy . The yellow ocher vehicle is now owned by the PS store in Einbeck . Since June 2018 it has been on display in the special exhibition for small cars.

Otfried Jaus from Mittelbrüden near Backnang owned two vehicles in a very bad condition. The television station Südwestrundfunk reported on January 1, 2015. The collector Uwe E. Weidner later bought both vehicles. One is red and one is green.

Tom's Body Shop from Lancaster , California restored a vehicle. Another source says that a Weidner 70 S is said to be in the US . A red vehicle belongs to the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville , Tennessee .

One vehicle is said to be in England .

literature

Web links

Commons : Weidner 70 S  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Hanns-Peter von Thyssen-Bornemissza : European small cars. The reference book. Volume 2: 1956-1965. Rabenstein Verlag, Mainz 1996, ISBN 3-929712-03-2 , p. 237.
  2. ↑ a b prospectus (accessed on May 21, 2018)
  3. ↑ Paul Simsa : Alter Vogel, neue Federn: Der Condor from Schwäbisch Hall In: Auto motor und sport issue 25 of December 7, 1957 (PDF; accessed on May 21, 2018)
  4. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Weidner.
  5. ^ Hanns Peter Rosellen : German small cars. Bleicher Verlag, Gerlingen 1991, ISBN 3-89350-040-5 , pp. 322-340.
  6. ↑ Walter Drawer: Small Cars International. Mobile, cabin scooters and driving machines from the 40s, 50s and 60s from over 250 manufacturers from all over the world. Motorbuch, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-613-01959-6 , pp. 102-105.
  7. ↑ Ulrich Kubisch : German car brands from A – Z. VF Verlagsgesellschaft, Mainz 1993, ISBN 3-926917-09-1 , p. 147.
  8. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 302 (English).
  9. ↑ a b Small Car Museum (closed) Störy bei Bockenem (Part 3) (accessed on May 21, 2018)
  10. ↑ a b Weidner S 70 (accessed on May 21, 2018)
  11. ↑ a b c Erik Eckermann's memories of the Condor von Weidner (from ADAC) from October 21, 2015 (accessed on May 21, 2018)
  12. ^ A Condor in the PS store in Einbeck from September 15, 2015 (accessed on May 21, 2018)
  13. ↑ a b Sensation for car historians from September 29, 2015 (accessed on May 21, 2018)
  14. ↑ Transfer der Weidner vom August 26, 2015 (accessed on May 21, 2018)
  15. ↑ Lane Motor Museum (accessed May 21, 2018)