1938 Other Makes

Convertible

8 - Cyl.

Manual

Clear

Gasoline

Very nice glasses Horch 830 BL Cabriolet. This is a very impulsive Horch car in its class, it looks the same? The 830 BL has a very good condition. He was complex and true to original restored. He goes and turns great. The car is a visual treat. The 830 with BL also a rare glass body makes not only the car beautiful but also rare. The Horch may be an additional charge Worldwide shipping. After the auction is a 30% deposit the rest on delivery or shipment. Have fun bidding and I will answer questions you all. On Dec-29-10 at 07:48:59 PST, seller added the following information: The Car 100%%% Original !!!!!!!!!!! No Replica !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On Dec-29-10 at 11:26:58 PST, seller added the following information: So the listening is 100% original!He has no fever and nothing but glass is not original but we restore glass with no fever.He is not a replica or something else!It is 100% original metal wood and leatherOn Dec-31-10 at 03:36:49 PST, seller added the following information: I m a Seriös and Highclass Dealer . My website .www.sachsen-veteramen.de On Jan-02-11 at 09:01:32 PST, seller added the following information: For understanding the glass body Gläser body GmbH The Gläser body GmbH has been a major German coachbuilder that made in particular by its convertible bodies a name. The company was established in 1864 by Carl Heinrich Gläser in Dresden.According to Glaser death his business partner Friedrich August Emil Heuer, the company (later together with his sons) to 1945. In the GDR, the company finally went into a state enterprise, a son of the Upper Palatinate Heuer tried to continue the operation, but failed early as 1952. Contents History before 1945 1864, Carl Heinrich Gläser a workshop for the construction of carriages and sleighs in the Rampische Str 6 in Dresden. Because of the good quality of the built by him chaises (coaches) and carriage, glasses from 1865 also received commissions from the Royal Mews and the Horse of the Royal Office in Dresden. In the shop glasses that delivered by other artisans shells were padded and painted. 1898 Friedrich August Emil Heuer, the glasses until then had been supplied with shells, co-owner of glasses. He ran a self-employed blacksmith and carriage shop in Radeberg car near Dresden, and had Gläser daughter married in 1885. Emil Heuer built the company from continuing what was for him at that time no problem, since the production of car bodies of the coach car production was broadly. There was also a wooden skeleton in body built on the chassis and this covered with handmade sheets, or the "Patent Weymann" covered with fabric. Only in the mid-1930s was made in particular by the coachbuilder Ambi-Budd in Berlin, self-supporting all-steel bodies. Who at that time could afford a car with the body of a famous body builder, ordered the chassis (ie chassis and engine) directly from the manufacturer and then left the body in accordance with his wishes make separately. Glasses made during this time various traditional body types such as Phaeton, coupe, Landaulet, Sedan, Pullman and convertibles. The two sons Heuer, George and Eric Heuer led the business of the father's after his death. In particular, Georg Heuer was responsible for the development of the automobile bodies. Created by him open bodies of the 30's were characterized by a harmonious lines and its balanced symmetry of. The 6-fenstrige Pullman-Cabriolet is not only design but also technical and construction of the milestones of the body shop.Glasses was also known for its easy-to-use mechanism for the folding top, for which the company owned several patents. After a cancellation of a major order from General Motors after the company ran into financial difficulties glasses, Georg Heuer retired in 1932 took his own life. In addition to the (small) series production of trailers used glasses always the construction of "model bodies". In this case it was very expensive and elegant custom sounds. During the Second World War put the glasses body GmbH, which also employed slave laborers, her armaments. These include structures for the single-class jeep car radio car 15 and the vehicle 17 mounts for the cannon of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and nacelles for the inclusion of the engines of the Messerschmitt Me 262 When the air raids on Dresden on 13 and 14 February 1945 was also the production site of the glass body GmbH is not spared and was largely destroyed.