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The glass harp - testing the Glas S 1004 Coupé

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Created on September 1, 1961

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Heinz Kranz

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Glas S 1004 (1961) - the coupé is admired

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Glass S 1004 (1961) - on the cover of the magazine 'hobby'

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Glas S 1004 (1961) - Anderl Glas with friend Dompert

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Glass S 1004 (1961) - old (Goggomobil Coupé) next to new S 1004 - considerable difference in size

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Glass S 1004 (1961) - wide doors allow easy access to the reclining seats

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Glas S 1004 (1961) - the spare wheel is in the engine compartment, the overhead camshaft is driven by a belt (not visible)

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Glas S 1004 (1961) - large trunk for a coupé

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Glas S 1004 (1963) - the Cabriolet meets a single-horse vehicle

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Glas S 1004 (1963) - the convertible was available as S 1004 (42 hp) and S 1204 (53 hp)

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Glas S 1004 (1963) - the large Glas coupé was available with two different engines with overhead camshafts and 40 hp (S 1004) and 53 hp (S 1204)

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Glas S 1004 (1966) - 1004 CL and 1304 CL - new three-door variant of the 1004 and 1304 models

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Glass S 1004 (1963) - Transparent drawing shows the interior of the cabriolet

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Glass S 1004 (1963) - see-through drawing - the four-cylinder with overhead camshaft driven by a toothed belt

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Glas S 1004 (1963) - Dashboard of the nippy glass cabriolet

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Glas S 1004 (1961) - Anderl Glas mit Freund Dompert

Glas S 1004 (1961) - alt (Goggomobil Coupé) neben neu S 1004 - erheblicher Grössenunterschied

Glas S 1004 (1961) - breite Türen gestatten den bequemen Einstieg zu den Liegesitzen

Glas S 1004 (1961) - das Reserverad steht im Motorraum, die obenliegende Nockenwelle wird über einen Riemen angetrieben (nicht sichtbar)

Glas S 1004 (1961) - für ein Coupé grosser Kofferraum

Glas S 1004 (1963) - das Cabriolet trifft auf einen Einpferder

Summary

Heinz Kranz from the magazine 'hobby' was one of the first to test drive the new Glas Coupé S 1004. He had actually intended to give the pre-production vehicle a thorough thrashing, but in the end he had to admit that the Dingolfingen-based company had put a really good car on its wheels. This article reproduces the original wording of the test drive report from 1961 and is illustrated with pictures from the time and additional archive photos.

This article contains the following chapters

A pure joy, the new car
Not a sports car
Simple but sufficiently original shape
Practical orientation in the engine compartment
No panoramic windshield
Large trunk
Space for two adults and two children
Solid equipment
Comfortable
Modern engine design
Good driving performance
A really good car
Inexpensive, pretty car for everyone
Test results

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

When I finally sat in the Glass House - and, contrary to my expectations, was received very warmly - I could no longer throw stones, half a dozen of which I kept in my trouser pocket. Stones of offense - such as the fact that a car was published that wasn't even finished yet. Or the question of why Glas was entering the four-stroke class when the Mobil was the house brand! Why a sports car, why a coupé, why a water-cooled four-stroke without any previous experience in this field? But when I had inspected the existing types of the zero series from the inside and outside, on the drive over fast roads and gravel paths, I let my little stones slide unnoticed into a ditch and rejoiced with Anderl Glas, his friend and test manager Dompert and the whole conspiratorial bunch of the test department about a car that would be a real car from front to rear and a good one at that.

Welcome to Zwischengas!

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Glas S 1004 (1961) - Anderl Glas mit Freund Dompert

Glas S 1004 (1961) - alt (Goggomobil Coupé) neben neu S 1004 - erheblicher Grössenunterschied

Glas S 1004 (1961) - breite Türen gestatten den bequemen Einstieg zu den Liegesitzen

Glas S 1004 (1961) - das Reserverad steht im Motorraum, die obenliegende Nockenwelle wird über einen Riemen angetrieben (nicht sichtbar)

Glas S 1004 (1961) - für ein Coupé grosser Kofferraum

Glas S 1004 (1963) - das Cabriolet trifft auf einen Einpferder

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