1960 Goliath Hansa 1100 sedan

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Here are pics of my 1960 Hansa 1100 sedan and 1958 Goliath 1100 sedan

Uh, Oh, Engine Rebuild!!

On Labor day weekend, I was driving to a big car show, when we heard a strange whirring sound, the car died, and wouldn't start.

After towing home and examining, and with some professional diagnosis from my goliath friends in VT, we think the camshaft gear has disintegrated!! So off she goes to the VT Goliath garage for a rebuild...stay tuned!!

Here she is mostly back together (Oct. 2005), after the paint job. The roof is gloss black, and the body is a 1956 Ford color called Fiesta Red, which is very close to an original Goliath color which was called Tropical Coral. The paint is polyurathane and was sprayed by MAACO.

Front end shows off many NOS parts, including parking light lenses (atop the fenders), grill center piece, chrome trim around the grill, and hubcaps.

Grill shell, grill, and front bumper came from a donor car in New Mexico. Other pieces, including turn signal lenses, hood ornament and trim are original to the car

Rear of car shows off its NOS bumper, & chromed trunk handle. Tail light lenses are original, but the bezels came from Dave Mullett of VT. Two tone paint job really brings out the lines of the car.

All side chrome pieces are original to the car.

Hansa 1100 scripts have been painted gold and look almost plated.

Dummy spotlight is mounted where the mirror was located. Original mirror was broken, and a new one has not been found, so a generic vintage mirror is mounted to the door.

Interior panels are original; offwhite center section was repainted with vinyl paint. Grey sections are untouched. Plastic strips under windows are original bakelite plastic, which were originally brown, but were repainted grey to match the interior as was done on the upscale Goliath Tiger Coupe' and Empress/Luxus models.

All areas under hood and truck, and all door jams were painted the Fiesta Red, as car was originally all black (as you'll see below).

Fresh from the paint shop!! (Sept 16th 2005).

I think she's saying: "Put me back together!"

Pic from the shop, just after the black paint was sprayed on the roof. Car was stripped of most of its original paint, and may dents and creases were pounded out and filled.

Butch and the boys down at MAACO did a nice job!

...and before the paint job...

The car arrived from Bremen Germany to a dealer near Bordentown New Jersey, probably sometime in early 1960, and was purchased by a William Robinson, who drove it for about 10 years until it blew a head gasket. It then sat for over 20 years in a chicken coop, until it was rescued by Rich Bachmann (President of the Microcar & Minicar Club). He replaced one of the heads, rewired and replumbed it, and got her running again. With too many restorations going, Rich decided to sell it.

I bought it from him in August of 1999, and have continued the restoration.

Originally a black car, it spent about 2 years mostly in primer, until the paint job in Sept 2005

Looked good in primer at a cruise-in during summer, 2004

Upholstery is all original coral red and grey

Under the hood: 1094 cc (66 cu. in.) engine...

...refurbished with many NOS parts...

Coming apart...the first time...2002

Here is the car as I got it in 1999...original paint, many dents, good bit of rust. It ran but had no brakes, and everything leaked!!

David and Goliath #2

Here is my latest acquisiton, a blue 1958 Goliath 1100 sedan, my second Goliath now, along side the 1960 Hansa 1100 sedan, which I have had now for 9 years. The seller finally brought the price down to a ridiculously low amount, so I couldn't pass it up. It is a low mileage, rust fee southern car, very solid!! I just got the car running as of June '08, and it runs pretty well.

The water pump leaks like crazy, and it needs brakes, and I am now in the process of removing and redoing the gas tank. As you see below, the body is in great shape!

The car only shows 19,000 miles, and has had one paint respray in it life. It came to me with those funky parking light assemblies from a late '30's GM car, but I've recently found some used and NOS Goliath lenses and assemblies. I've also collected a nice grill center piece, and some better grill and bumper parts that will eventually go on the car.

Interior floors are totally solid. Original black rubber mats are in perfect shape. The cloth weave upholstery is however, pretty bad; dry rotted and torn.

Stay tuned for more restoration pics coming in 2010!

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