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Vintage Mercedes Bus, Horch & Bugatti Automobiles - By Holger Hanke



Kurt Hofmeyer photo

This vintage bus and and pair of beautiful classic automobiles by Holger Hanke were on display at the 2013 Fulda Meet. The green coupe (front, left) is a Horch 5-Liter Type 853 Stromliniencoupe (Streamline Coupe). It is a single custom built car from 1937 built by coach builder Erdmann and Rossi, Berlin for the German racer Bernd Rosemeyer. The Nickname was "Manuela". The base of the model is a Danhausen Metal87 Horch 855 Roadster. The yellow and black Bugatti Type 55 Super Sport (front, right) was built from 1932-35. The model is completely selfmade (scratchbuilt) with parts from the Danhausen Metal87 Bugatti T50. The bus (rear) is a Mercedes-Benz LO 2000, built 1932 - 40. Base model is by Wiking, the transkit is from Modellbauset HO from the early 1980s. Transkit may be seen here: http://www.gtp.de/modellbauset/index.html

Posted November 6, 2013