Hebmüller
| Former type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive |
| Fate | Bankruptcy in 1952 |
| Founded | 1889, Wuppertal, Germany |
| Founder(s) | Joseph Hebmüller |
| Defunct | 1952 |
| Number of locations | One |
| Products | Volkswagen Type 14A, Opel Kapitan & Admiral, and many other manifacturers like Ford and Mercedes |
The coachbuilding company Hebmüller And Sons was founded in 1889 by Joseph Hebmüller, it was established in the town of Wuppertal in Germany.[1]
At start it constructed horsedrawn carriages but after the death of the founder Joseph in 1919, his sons started building bodies to automobiles.[1] After World War II, the company received an order from the British Army to build 15 Humber based cabriolets.[2]
The company's best known model is perhaps the two seater convertible based on Volkswagen Type 1 platform - known as Volkswagen Type 14A. Volkswagen ordered 2000 vehicles and the production started in June 1949.[1]
Hebmüller also built a number of four-door cabriolets on the Type 1 platform; most sources agree the doors were canvas.[3]
By the end of 1940s, the company's economic situation was not good. It also suffered from a massive fire in its paint shop on 23 July 1949, and was destroyed, although it was rapidly rebuilt.[1] The company met its end in bankruptcy in 1952.[1]
Ford Motor Company subsequently purchased the former Hebmüller factory.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "The VW Hebmüller story". Jan-Anders Lindqvist. web.telia.com. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ↑ "Hebmuller". geocities.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
- ↑ Hot VWs, 7/84, p.38.
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