Messerschmitt KR175: The Kabinenroller comes to Britain

The Kabinenroller comes to Britain Of the many nations to which the Messerschmitt Kabinenroller was exported its greatest success and warmest welcome was in Great Britain. Londoners saw the export model KR 175 on their streets for the very first time in April 1954. A new trend had begun and in time the amazing little … Read more
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Restoring a KR175

Fritz Fend said, “the only thing the KaRo (as the Kabinenroller quickly became named), borrowed from the aeroplane was the basic need for minimum weight and low wind resistance. It was these similarities which gave rise to comparisons with aeroplane parts.” Fend’s design for a 2 seater car developed from the Flitzer, was finished in … Read more
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