A rare GOLIATH at the Portland Raceway Auto Swap Meet 2010

Description

The company Goliath-Werke Borgward & Co. was created by Carl FW Borgward and Wilhelm Tecklenburg in 1928. The first models were three-wheelers trucks derived from the Blitzkarren previously built by Borgward. The first passenger car was the Goliath Pionier in 1931, which still had three wheels and a one-cylinder engine. Until 1934, 4000 of these small cars where produced in various types of body. The Pionier was considered as a forerunner of the Hansa models 400 and 500. * Goliath GP700 (1950-1957) — two cylinder, inline, two stroke, water cooled, transverse engine (anticipating the Mini and many recent cars). In 1952 introduced Bosch direct fuel injection, around the same time as the Gutbrod Superior 600; they were the first two cars to use this technology. * Goliath GP900 (1955-1957) — two cylinder, inline two stroke, water cooled, transverse engine, Bosch direct fuel injection. * Goliath 1100 (1957-1958) — four cylinder opposed four stroke water cooled engine From 1958, the Goliath 1100 models were sold under the brand Hansa, the Borgward group wanted to forget the two-stroke engine and three wheeler image. Three years later, in 1961, the Borgward group collapsed.

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vintage, classic, rare, automobiles, cars, backflip

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