Product Description
──VW VLK (#7) (Germany, 1947) Model that was not allowed to become Volkswagen
- After World War II, the racing scene revived rapidly. Kurt Kuhnke, a racing driver from Braunschweig, dreamed of a racing car.
- He found Volkswagen engineer Walter Hampel as a proponent of a scheme. The plan was to build a racing car with the technology and aerodynamically designed chassis of Volkswagen, headquartered in Wolfsburg.
- Kuhnke and Hampel presented the idea to Volkswagen's design chief Josef Kalles, hoping to receive materials and expert assistance from the Volkswagen plant.
- Josef Kalles also liked the project and pledged his support. Gustav Vogelsang therefore devoted himself to improving the engine and was able to produce a few additional horsepower from the Boxer engine.
- The racing car was set up in the workshop of coachbuilders Heinrich Schwen & Sohn, with an aluminum body mounted on a base filigree tube spaceframe.
- According to the wind tunnel test, it achieved an excellent drag coefficient of 0.21. All chassis components were taken from the Volkswagen Beetle, with only the wheelbase being shortened by 20cm. It took only three months to assemble the racing car, which was completed in February 1947.
- On August 24th, 1947, a car stood on the starting line for the first time at the ``Braunschweiger Autobahnrennen'' motorway race in Braunschweig.
- Kurt Kuhnke's racing car was abbreviated as `VLK`.
- The three letters stood for [Vollstrom-Leichtbau-Konstruktion] (Full Flow Lightweight Construction).
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )
Only 333 pieces are to be manufactured.
Item Size/Weight : 17.5 x 7.6 x 7.2 cm / 187g
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Product Specifications
- Item code
- 07028
- JAN code
- 4907981678920
Purchase Information
This item is limited to 3 per household.