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Hotchkiss 20.50 Anjou Worblaufen - four-door convertible for the eclectic

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Created on June 6, 2015

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Bruno von Rotz

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - mit zweigeteilter Frontscheibe wie die Werkslimousine, die Rundung oben entfiel allerdings

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - die Zweifarbenlackierung steht dem Cabriolet sehr gut

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - so war das Autofahren in den Fünfzigerjahren - kleine Landstrassen ohne Verkehr

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - durch hügelige Landschaften schweben

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - eigenständige Formgebung ab Vorderrad

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - luftig und repräsentativ

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - rechtsgelenkt, wie es damals noch bei vielen Fabrikaten üblich war

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - hochbauendes Cabriolet im Stil der Zeit

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - das Design stammte wohl von Fritz Ramseier persönlich

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - mühelos zu fahren

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - deutlich näher an der Pontonform als die Serienfahrzeuge

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen (1950) - Cabriolets mit vier Türen sind selten, solche mit gegenläufigen Türen ebenfalls

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - 4,85 Meter lang

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - stattliches Automobil, mit 177 cm Breite und rund 1,55 Meter Höhe

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - kleine Lampen, wenig Chromschmuck am Heck

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - aufrechter Kühler wie bei der Serienlimousine

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - die Zweifarbenlackierung erhielt der Wagen vermutlich erst später

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - gelungen Heckgestaltung

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - die Front entsprach weitgehend der Serien-Limousine

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - ein potenter Reisewagen

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - ideal für den Ausflug ins Grüne

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - mit eigenständiger seitlichen Gestaltung

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - komplett restauriertes Interieur

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - grosses Lenkrad und Bedienungselemente links und rechts

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - schön gestaltete Instrumente

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - Blinkerhebel

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - schöne Schalter und mehr oder weniger verständliche Beschriftungen

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - mit diesem winzigkleinen Hebel am Lenkrad werden die Gänge gewechselt

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - rechts der Handbremshebel und die Entriegelung der Motorhaube

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - es gibt einiges einzustellen und zu verstellen im Cabriolet

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - die Instrumente kamen direkt von Hotchkiss

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - dreidimensionale Instrumente

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - hübsche Schalter

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - mit diesem Hebel (in der Mitte) wird die Fahrtrichtung gewählt

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - Lautsprecher für das Radio

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - Zündschloss und Handbremse

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - der grosse Wasserkühler verdeckt den Reihensechszylinder-Motor

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - längs eingebauter 3,5-Liter-Motor

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - Reihen-Sechszylindermotor mit 100 PS

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - ein Vergaser verstäubt das Gemisch in das Saugrohr

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - klar beschriftet

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - Fallstromvergaser Stromberg

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - aussenliegende Türscharniere

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - Typenschilder von Hotchkiss und Worblaufen

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - grosses Hotchkiss-Emblem vorne

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - Hotchkiss baute in Paris Autos

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - Kühler und Hotchkiss-Emblem

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - keine Kühlerfigur, aber eine aerodynamische Verzierung

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - richtige Türgriffe

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - das Erkennungszeichen der Worblaufen-Karosserie

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - verlängerte Kotflügel und massive Türgriffe

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Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50 Worblaufen - Marken-Emblem auf dem Heck

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Hotchkiss Anjou (1950)

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Hotchkiss 20.50 Grand Sport (1952)

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Hotchkiss 1350 (1951) - auf dem Stand von AC-Vogel - am OTM Fribourg 2013

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Hotchkiss 1350 (1951) - Lot 13 an der "Auktion Classic & Exklusiv Cars" im Salzhaus in Wangen an der Aare am 13. Okt. 2012 - diese Rarität fand keinen neuen Besitzer

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Hotchkiss 1350 (1951) - angeboten an der "Auktion Classic & Exklusiv Cars" im Salzhaus in Wangen an der Aare am 12./13. Oktober 2012

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Hotchkiss 686 S49 Cabriolet (1950) - an der Artcurial Rétromobile Versteigerung für Euro 57,000 zugeschlagen (Lot 394)

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Hotchkiss 2050 (1952) - Cabriolet "Anthéeor" von Chapron - Retro Classics Stuttgart 2014

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Summary

In 1950, Fritz Ramseier and his company Carrosserie Worblaufen built a four-door convertible based on the Hotchkiss Anjou 20.50. The car has endured to this day and is a testament to Ramseier's design skills as well as the body store's craftsmanship. This article describes the elegant bodywork and the technical basis and shows the car in many pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

Advanced pre-war technology
When the boss is the designer
Successful modification to a convertible
Stories of a car's life
Electromagnetic gearshift
Sublime on the road
Further information

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

"C'est très eclectique", say the French, and the adjective fits the Worblaufen cabriolet based on the Hotchkiss 20/50 Anjou, which was built by Fritz Ramseier in 1950. It makes a truly majestic impression and would probably have passed for a parade vehicle. The Hotchkiss company had started producing cars in 1903 and, like so many others, relied on pre-war technical concepts in the post-war years after 1945. The vehicles were modernized step by step, but without completely replacing old components such as the engines. In 1950, the Anjou model was presented as the 13.50 and 20.50 with two engines and displacements. While the in-line four-cylinder engine in the 13.50 with a displacement of 2312 cm3 produced 72 hp at 4000 rpm, the 3485 cm3 in-line six-cylinder engine in the 20.50 model (20 tax hp) delivered 100 hp, also at 4000 rpm. The highest torque was 234 Nm and was available at 2200 rpm. These more than competitive performance data for the time were achieved with a classic design with a side camshaft, overhead valves and a central downdraft carburetor Stromberg EX 32.

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