Vintageben Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Looking through my wife’s family’s photo album we came across these cool photos of her grandfathers car about all we know about the car is that it is a Mannesmann. Oh and they lived near Giessen in Germany and it looks like cool car and it’s interesting that it is right hand drive. If anyone has any info on the type of car etc it would be much appreciated. Anyway hope you enjoy the pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dictator27 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Know nothing about the car, but right hand drive was not uncommon in Europe even though they drove on the right side of the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintman Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 (edited) From my 'Deutsche Autos', German car indeed made by the Mannesman company better known for their Mannesman Mulag lorries/busses. This looks like the little Mannesman 5'20PS W2 Sports Two-Seater built between 1923 and 1927, similar to the 5’25. Earlier car in 1923'1924 was the W1 4'16. Later came the 8'25 which was quite successful in racing. In 1927 they took on a licence to build the Rickenbacker 8 but this was not a great success and the car production stopped 1929. Current company was restructured in 1977. Regards Vintman. Edited October 14, 2018 by Vintman (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintman Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Edit did not seem to work. The Mannesmann 5'20 in the book shows a right hand drive car, as do other photos of their cars racing. Vintman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintageben Posted October 14, 2018 Author Share Posted October 14, 2018 Thanks for the info it’s great to know a little more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 I wonder if it is related to the big machine tool manufacturer of the same name. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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