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Lightweight Kleinschnittger - the desire for a four-wheeled motorcycle with weather protection

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Created on December 30, 1976

Reading time 7min

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W. und B. Reuter

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Kleinschnittger F125 (1953) - an der IAA im Jahr 1953

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Kleinschnittger F125 (1951) - flottes Kleinmobil

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Kleinschnittger F125 (1953) - als KLW Autoscooter in der Verkaufsbroschüre

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Kleinschnittger F125 (1953) - am Genfer Automobilsalon 1953

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Kleinschnittger F125 (1953) - auf dem Genfer Automobilsalon 1953

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Kleinschnittger F125 (1953) - Blick unter die Motorhaube am Genfer Automobilsalon 1953

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Kleinschnittger F125 (1953) - Motor und Vorderradaufhängung KLW, aufgenommen am Genfer Automobilsalon 1953

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Kleinschnittger F125 (1953) - KLW , Vorderachskonstruktion, aufgenommen am Genfer Autosalon 1953

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Kleinschnittger F125 (1953) - HInterradaufhängung KLW, aufgenommen am Genfer Automobilsalon 1953

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Kleinschnittger F125 (1953) - auf dem Genfer Autosalon 1953

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Kleinschnittger F125 (1953) - Kleinmobil von KLW

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Kleinschnittger F125 (1954) - am Genfer Autosalon 1954

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Kleinschnittger F125 (1954) - mit Schweizer Kennzeichen

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Kleinschnittger F250 S (1955) - an der IAA in Frankfurt 1955

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Kleinschnittger F250 S (1955) - mit 15 PS aus 250 cm3 an der IAA in Frankfurt 1955

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Kleinschnittger F250 S (1956) - mit Mittellenkung

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Kleinschnittger F250 S 'Christel' (1956) - in flotter Fahrt

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Kleinschnittger F250 S "Christel" (1956) - Entwurf für einen innovativen Kabinenroller-Nachfolger

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Kleinschnittger F250 C 'Aline' (1956) - als viersitziges Coupé

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Kleinschnittger F250 Super (1956) - offene Version des neuen Modells

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Kleinschnittger F 250 S (1957)

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Summary

After the Second World War, the German population longed for affordable mobility. Paul Kleinschnittger immediately saw the potential for his idea of combining the characteristics of a motorcycle with those of an automobile. Although his first model, the F 125, had a sophisticated concept, it was not a great success. Its successor, the F250, came too late. This article tells the story of the Kleinschnittger microcar and shows the various models in many historical illustrations and in the sales literature of the time.

This article contains the following chapters

Making a virtue out of necessity
Countering the basic evil
The beginning
Small and well thought-out
Not a big seller
Even came to racing
Adaptation is required
Enjoying the automobile to the end
Technical comparison of the F125, F250 S and F250 C

Estimated reading time: 7min

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Paul Kleinschnittger, who had been working on development issues at an automotive engineering institute in Vienna during the last days of the war, was forced by the war to move to Schleswiger Land near the Danish border, where he was involved in the repair of agricultural machinery. The need at that time was oppressive. Technical goods - right down to the smallest machine screw - were hard to come by. There were official ration coupons, but these often proved to be worthless, as the corresponding goods were either not available or were withheld. It had to be "compensated", as the saying went at the time.

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