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The Veritas 'Nürburgring' vehicles of the fifties

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Created on February 9, 2012

Reading time 10min

Written by:

Wolfgang Thierack

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Veritas Nürburgring (1952) - Silhouette des K5-51

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Veritas Nürburgring (1952) - elegante Linienführung beim Cabriolet

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Veritas Nürburgring (1952) - Typ K5-51 - Seitenansicht

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Veritas Nürburgring (1952) - Silhouette des Cabriolet K3-51

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Veritas Nürburgring (1952) - schwungvolle Linien beim Coupé

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Veritas Nürburgring (1952) - das geöffnete Cabriolet

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Veritas Nürburgring (1952) - Typ K5-51, mit Ing Ernst Loof

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Veritas Nürburgring (1952) - Interieur eines Coupés - Genfer Autosalon 1952

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Veritas Nürburgring (1952) - Interieur des Cabriolets

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Veritas Nürburgring (1952) - Ansicht des Coupés von schräg hinten - aufgenommen am Genfer Automobilsalon 1952

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Veritas Nürburgring (1952) - Coupé am Genfer Automobilsalon 1952

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Veritas Nürburgring (1952) - Heckbereich des Coupés - ausgestellt am Genfer Automobilsalon 1952

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Veritas Nürburgring (1952) - die Veritas-Werkstatt am Nürburgring

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Veritas Nürburgring (1952) - Produktion - Arbeit an mehreren Fahrzeugen

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Veritas Nürburgring (1952) - Produktion - ein fast fertiges Cabriolet

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Veritas Nürburgring (1952) - Chassis mit eingebautem Motor

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Veritas Nürburgring (1952) - Blick in den Motorraum

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Veritas Nürburgring (1952) - der Reihensechszylinder

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Veritas Nürburgring (1952) - der Reihensechszylinder im ausgebauten Zustand

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Veritas Nürburgring (1952) - Arbeiten am Motor

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Veritas Nürburgring (1952) - Leistungsbild des Veritas-Tourenmotors

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Veritas RS (1952) - am Lenkrad sitzt Willi Martini

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Veritas RS (1952) - Gitterrohrrahmen-Chassis und Motor mit Querstromkopf für den Wagen von Fuchs, der nie fertiggestellt und später mit einer Coupé-Karosserie versehen wurde

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Veritas RS (1952) - das Auto von Fuchs im Bau

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Veritas RS (1952) - der Rennsportwagen RS2-52 in Aktion

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Veritas RS (1952) - ein Rennsportwagen in der Werkstatt

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Veritas RS (1952) - Ernst Loof am Lenkrad des Rennsportwagens

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Veritas RS (1952) - hier sieht der Rennsportwagen fast 'zivil' aus

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Veritas Nürburgring (1953) - Rallye Montecarlo im Jahr 1953 - Ernst Loof und Cremer

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Summary

At the beginning of the 1950s, a "new" company emerged at the Nürburgring that wanted to build modern sports cars based on established ideas and new approaches. Veritas proudly presented the Nürburgring series, but in the end only 24 vehicles were to be built until the financial resources ran out. This article describes the history, looks at the design features of the individual models and shows rare photos from the time, some of which were thought to have been lost. The report is supplemented by facsimile illustrations of the technical data and a sales brochure. Unique!

This article contains the following chapters

The six-cylinder engine
One of the first post-war redesigns
Three model series and a racing sports car
Civilized racing engine
Fast coupés and cabriolets
Probably 24 vehicles built
Technical data of the various Veritas Nürburgring models
List of chassis numbers
Further information

Estimated reading time: 10min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Shortly after the end of the Second World War, Schorsch Meier, Lorenz Dietrich and Ernst Loof began building racing and road cars based on the BMW 326 and 328 in Hausen, Baden, and then from March 1948 in Meßkirch. When parts, especially engines, became scarce, Karl Schäfer and Karl Rech designed a new power unit. Both worked at BMW until 1945, then from 1947 to 1949 at or for Loof. From 1950, they worked in a design office with Hermann Trümpy in Switzerland and returned to BMW years later. The design of the new engine was developed in this office. Loof received the plans for the construction of the engine, which was essentially built by Heinkel.

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