Vehicle identity requests

[dirk Peeters]

Anyone an idea ?
Looks a really sports car
and another question
Who requisitioned these cars in the german army ? where there rules?
and wen requisitioned how are they given at the officers or soldiers ? can we say for priority ?
i think everyone would rather be riding in such a car than in a "bread and butter " car ? No? or was the first one who arrives makde his choice ?

[Maxschnauzer]

Hansa 1700 Sport Cabrio. Beautiful car!

[Bill Murray]

Actually, believe that Dirk's car is a Horch 853A.

Bill

[Maxschnauzer]

You got me on that one, Bill. I jumped the gun and pulled one of my file photos but was having second thoughts after considering the lack of a door cut out on Dirk's pic.

[dirk Peeters]

Yep Bill that is more likely
I was thanks to Max searching and came also to Horch

[dirk Peeters]

I think it is this one a 1935 Horch 853
he has the same bumpers and also the bar between the headlights

max you know the year of your Horch?
Thanks Max and Bill

[dirk Peeters]

1937 Horch 853 Voll und Ruhrbech.jpg (151.17 KiB) Viewed 1145 times

when looking trough Horch i found this one
a 1937 Horch 853 by Voll und Ruhrbech
Is there a wartime picture of this car ? it must belong really to a big shot
Dirk

[dirk Peeters]

I haven t noticed but these horch are really gigantic cars
Look at the "dwarf" mercedes 170V

1938 Horch 853 (3).jpg (120.16 KiB) Viewed 1144 times

[dirk Peeters]

here another one
I ll think it is a MB 540 but special one ?
must be "retaken " by the americans
and he has the Notek driving lamp still attached

[ilfil]

Yep, it is very popular photo of undoubtedly VERY special one
Hermann Göring was the owner of this Mercedes 540K Special Roadster with armoured body and bullet-proof glass, nicknamed "The Blue Goose".
Captured on 4 May 1945 in Berchtesgaden by 326th Engineers Battalion, 101st Airborne.
Behind the steering wheel is Sgt. Owen Henderson, on the right is Lt. James Cox.
HTH
Cheers!

[Bill Murray]

Hi Dirk:

Regarding your Voll Horch, below two photos of wartime use. I assume this is the same car.

One taken in Austria in 1945 and the other I assume in Paris sometime a bit later and used by FM Lattre de Tassigny.

Bill

[uncle]

here Lancia Astura IV serie (coincidence)

[dirk Peeters]

These coachbuilders seems to make the same look for a lot of models no?
anyway thanks you all
Me i have no special cars for the moment
PS the lancia Asturia is from 1938 and i have seen it mentioned the Flying star ... don t know it is original that name

[dirk Peeters]

The Blue goose is this one i ve found on the WWW
i ll think it is from 1937 ?

[kerryboo]

I think this is the same car,
Kerry.