Scenes from an Automotive Wonderland

Gregory A. Cagle is a writer and a jazz musician with a lifelong passion for automotive, motor racing, and flying history. The author of numerous magazine articles on these subjects, he lives in Cary, North Carolina.

Table of Contents


Foreword by Jeff Lane • 1

Introduction • 3

Birth of a Gearhead • 7

Survivors • 11

Adler Trumpf Junior

Austin 7 Ruby

BMW Dixi DA-1 3/15PS and DA-3 Wartburg Sport

Citroën 5CV Type C “Torpedo”

DKW F8 Meisterklasse ­Cabrio-Limousine

Ford (Cologne) Eifel Roadster

Hanomag 2/10 PS “Kommissbrot”

Hanomag Kurier

Hansa 1100

Steyr Type 50 “Baby”

Talbot-Lago T-120 Coach

Tornax Rex Coupe and Z-250 “Schwarze Josephine” Motorcycle

Willys-Overland Whippet Model 96 Coach

Lilliputia • 39

Aero Minor II STW

Autobianchi Bianchina

BMW Isetta

BMW 600

Brütsch Mopetta

Champion 400

Fiat Nuova 500

Fuldamobil

Goggomobil TS-400 Coupe

Gutbrod Superior

Heinkel Kabine

Hoffmann ­Auto-Kabine 250

Kleinschnittger F125

Lloyd LP600

Maico MC 400 and MC 500

Messerschmitt KR175 Kabinenroller

Messerschmitt KR200 Kabinenroller

Messerschmitt Tiger (F.M.R. Tg 500)

Meyra 200–2

Prvenaç

Vespa 400

Victoria/B.A.G. Spatz 250

Zündapp Janus

Mundania • 87

Alfa Romeo 1300 Giulietta Berlina

AWE Wartburg 311/2 Cabriolet

AWZ Zwickau P70

AZLK Moskvitch 402

Borgward Isabella

Citroën ID-19 Break/Familiale

Fiat 1100 TV Trasformabile

GAZ M-20 Pobeda

IFA F8 and F9

Lancia Aprilia

Panhard Dyna X87 Junior Coupe

Renault Dauphine

Saab 92B and 93

Tatra T-600 Tatraplan

Volkswagen ­Karmann-Ghia Cabriolet

Volvo Amazon

Between pages 120 and 121 are 6 color plates

containing 11 photographs

Exotica • 121

Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Freccia d’Oro

Alfa Romeo 1900C Supersprint (Touring)

Allard ­L-Type

Alvis TC 21/100 Special Saloon (Graber)

Arnolt-Bristol Bolide Deluxe

Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk. I

BMW 507

Bugatti Type 37 and Type 43

Bugatti Type 55 and Type 57SC Atalante

Cisitalia 202GT (Pininfarina) and 360 Grand Prix Car

DKW 3=6 Monza

Ferrari 212 Europa (Vignale)

Ferrari 250 Europa Cabriolet (Pininfarina)

Fiat 8V

Fiat 600 Chérie Gran Luce Berlina (Vignale)

Fiat 600 Coupe (Viotti/Boano)

Fiat 1100/103 Coupe (Vignale)

Fiat 1100 TV Coupe (Vignale)

Fiat 1100 TV Coupe (Pininfarina)

Fiat-Abarth 750GT (Zagato)

Fiat Nuova 500 Jolly

Lagonda DB 2.6-Liter “Woody” Estate Car

Maserati A6G54 2000 (Zagato)

Mercedes-Benz 300 SL “Gullwing” Coupe

Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster

Porsche 356A

Siata 208CS (Balbo)

Triumph TR2 Francorchamps Coupe (Impéria)

Built for Speed • 179

Cooper-Climax T43 Formula One

Lola Mk. 2 Formula Junior

Lotus 18 Formula Junior

Maserati 450S

Maserati Tipo 61 “Birdcage”

NSU “Kompressor” Land Speed Record Car

O.S.C.A. ­Tipo-S 1500 TN

Porsche Type 550 and 718

Porsche Type 718/2 Monoposto Formula Two

Scarab Formula One

Mysteries, Imposters and Backyard Dreams • 201

Alfa Romeo (?)

DKW (?) Roadster

Lloyd (?) “Land Yacht”

Volkswagen “Hallore”

Volkswagen Type 14A Cabriolet (Faux Hebmüller)

Willys Jeep Conversion (?) “Woody”

Bibliography • 215

Index • 225