Horch Modell 1 Phaeton

August Horch began to construct his first own automobile in Cologne in 1900. The model 1 featured the so called bumpless engine which was advertised as very low in vibration. Not one car survived to this day. The lender of this car acquired a chassis frame in the mid-90s, which featured significant constructive similarities to the descriptions and photographs of model 1. Particularly the unusual cranking handle on the left matched the photographs. A bumpless engine, reconstructed independently, fitted precisely into the chassis frame. The car body was reconstructed true to original and finished the car in April 2018. The car is fully operable.

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