At 10:54 PM 9/8/97 +1000, Russell Maddock wrote:
>Chris S. Mottram wrote:
>
>> Chris S. Mottram@ECCI
>> 09/07/97 09:09 PM
>>
>> First a little something I found in the Atlanta newspaper today, not an LBC
>> but interesting non the less. HORCH (Karosserie Baur Stuttgart)1932 4 dr
>> convertible. One of a kind. $479,000 (US$)!! I have no idea what a Horch
>> is but the 1955 Proper Alpine for $8995 seems like a steal by comparison
>> (also in the Atlanta paper).
>
>Horch was one of the firms (Audi, Wanderer & DKW were the others) which
made up
>the Auto Union, responsible for some amazing racing cars and forerunner of
the
>modern Audi company. August Horch founded both Horch and Audi, Audi being the
>Latin translation of his name.
>
>Russell
>
Interesting!! I saw a DKW in the San Diego "Onion-Buffoon" classifieds
this weekend and did not know what they were trying to sell in the Classic
Car section. Will look for it again and see what model or further details,
just for yuks. As I recall, the party wanted about $4-5K for the thing.
Allan
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