Original and unrestored.

SPECIFICATIONS

Manufacturer: Lloyd Maschinenfabrik GmbH

Origin: Bremen, Germany

Production: 18,000

Motor: Borgward (Huder) 2-cyl, 2-stroke

Displacement: 293 cc

Power: 10 hp

Length: 10.5 ft.

Identification No. 12908

Carl F.W. Borgward was a driven, successful industrialist who would eventually build over a million vehicles and be the third largest German automobile manufacturer. The factory in Bremen was 80% destroyed during the war, but recovery was quick and the determined industrialist set up his company in three divisions, Borgward, Goliath, and Lloyd, in order to receive triple the material rations. In 1949, Borgward introduced the first German-produced car, the Hansa 1500, a full-size sedan featuring the latest pontoon-style fenders.

Wanting to provide a vehicle for every class, Borgward saw a need for an inexpensive, economical sedan, and he, himself, drew the lines of the new car, which was a smaller version of the Hansa. Instead of steel, though, the body would be made of weight-saving plywood. It was a sensation at the 1950 Motor Show, being the cheapest car on the market with a roof, so the press named it “the civilised solution to the small car problem.” The car was produced as a sedan (limousine), coupe, and station wagon (Kombi). This remarkable car is one of the very few examples that have survived with its wooden bodywork intact, and it is completely original and unmolested throughout.