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A real sensation - glass 1500

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Created on September 1, 1963

Reading time 10min

Written by:

Erich Boyer

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Glas 1500 (1963) - mit 1,5- oder 1,7-Liter-Motor, das Design kam von Pietro Frua

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Glas 1500 (1964) - Vier besonders breite Türen ermöglichen den bequemen Einstieg zu allen Plätzen des geräumigen Innenraumes.

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Glas 1500 (1963) - Skizze von Pietro Frua - erste Arbeit für Anderl Glas

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Glas 1500 (1963) - Modell der Limousine.

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Glas 1500 (1963) - Internationale Automobilausstellung (IAA) in Frankfurt 1963 - Seitenansicht der Frua-Limousine

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Glas 1500 (1964) - elegante Limousine mit einem Vierzylinder-Benzinmotor, dessen obenliegende Nockenwelle durch einen Zahnriemen angetrieben wird - Genfer Automobilsalon 1964

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Glas 1500 (1964) – Abbildung aus dem Verkaufsprospekt

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Glas 1500 (1964) - Das Röntgenbild zeigt den technischen Aufbau des geräumigen 1.5 Liter-Wagens.

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Glas 1500 (1964) - Silhouette

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Glas 1500 (1964) - Warum nur muss das schöne und mit den Vierkantscheinwerfern originelle Gesicht den unmotivierten Toaströsterbuckel tragen?

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Glas 1500 (1964) - Nur als Viertürer gibt es den Glas 1500 und man sieht es ihm gleich an, dass er gleich so entworfen wurde. Alle Türen sind breit und öffnen sich in weiten Winkeln.

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Glas 1500 (1964) - Das einfache, aber klassisch-schöne Heck ist ein Meisterwerk von Signor Frua.

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Glas 1500 (1964) - Nach vorn öffnet sich die Motorhaube. Übersichtliche, gut zugängliche Anlage. Vorne am Motor gekapselter Zahnriemenantrieb für die obenliegende Nockenwelle.

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Glas 1500 (1964) - Vier Ausstellfenster durch Drehknopf verstellbar. Alle Türscheiben voll versenkbar. Der Einschnitt der rückwärtigen Türen wirkt allerdings etwas verspielt.

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Glas 1204 (1963) - neueste Version mit 1,2-Liter-Frontmotor und vierplätziger Karosserie

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Summary

The Glas brand, which was taken over by BMW in the mid-sixties, was once an influential player in the German car market. Models such as the Goggomobil and the Glas 1300 GT were coveted and popular. The Glas 1500 saloon was also a good success - an all-round successful mid-range car. It was so good, in fact, that the hobby tester wrote in the highest terms (and even in Bavarian dialect). This report reproduces the original wording from the hobby article and shows the four-door Glas 1500 in many pictures and in the historical sales literature.

This article contains the following chapters

Haphazard in Dingolfing
"Gell, that's amazing!"
Out of the small car factory - into the big world
Everyone starts small
Ruthlessly tested
Parlor lion as steppe buffalo
Lack of ambition?
Enough with the Goggo mortgage!
Very good price/performance ratio
Technical data

Estimated reading time: 10min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Finally outgrown the Goggo's childhood shoes - Racy mid-range car with 4 doors, 70 hp and 145 km/h - Will it steal the show from the "big boys" at the Frankfurt Motor Show? Nobody knew for sure. The best thing to do, I was told, was to drive north past the glass works - that's where the airfield was, and with a bit of luck I might be able to catch Mr. Dompert there. I couldn't get any more precise information in Dingolfing. The next few minutes would show whether my "good luck detour" would bring the happy ending I was longing for. Mr. Dompert is the chief engineer at Glas, and where Mr. Dompert is, the "new one" can't be far away these days, because Mr. Dompert is one of the "fathers" of the "new one" - the rumored big car from Dingolfing, which I was now hot on the heels of.

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