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  • #46
    Emil Enzmann was a generalist doctor
    He had a passion for new technologies and in 1953 he decided to built for himself a sportcar with a plastic body on a VW chassis
    After 3 years of research the first car was ready and he decided to exhibit it at the 1957 Frankfurt car show
    The car had a great success and Emil Enzmann took several orders
    he decided to call the car : Enzmann 506
    Enzmann as its name
    506 the stand number at the Frankfurt car show
    One of Emil idea to succeed to overcome the lack of rigidity of the early plastic bodies, was to suppress the doors
    A hole was press fitted in the body to help the pilot and the passenger
    to reach their seat
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    • #47
      From 1957 to 1968 Emil Enemann built around 100 cars
      The production had to stop in 1968 as VW refused to supplied bare chassis
      For a while the production continued with Enzmann buying new VW Bug just to use their chassis but the final prices were too high
      To day a large share of these cars still exist
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      • #48
        Most of the Enzmann had VW engines, but some were fitted with Porsche pushrod engines
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        • #49
          One Enzmann was built out of Porsche Carrera 2.0 cabriolet
          This car was extensively raced during several years
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          • #50
            This car still exist today in Switzerland but without the Fuhrmann engine who is since long back to Germany unto a certainly more aristocratic car

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            • #51
              In 2001 Karl Enzmann Emil son decided to restart the production of the Enzmann 506 out of the original mold and with old VW chassis
              Once again Heini Walter a family friend was asked to help
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              • #52
                Two more pics to close this chapter
                The Enzmann plant in the 60's
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                The Enzmann with the Fuhrmann engine who is also one of the 2 Enzmann with doors (the 356 Carrera chassis was strong enough to prevent bending of the plastic body

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                • #53
                  Thats all for Heini Walter who after a serious accident with Suater Porsche early 1957 decided that "original is better than copy" and bought first 2 550 (Andrew say 016 some litterature say 010) for the 1957 hill climb season and 550-042 ex Ben Pon for the 1958 season
                  Heini Walter was Swiss Champion this 2 years
                  After the 550 Heini move to the 718RSK and then to the 904 GTS but that another story
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                  • #54
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                        • #57
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                            • #59
                              The Gordini-Porsche was built by a guy named Kurt (or Curt in Argentina) Delfosse
                              Kurt Delfosse, although he had a French name, was born in East Germany
                              He was pilot in the Luftwafe during the 2nd WW
                              After the war east Germany became under the Russian control
                              Kurt Delfosse started his own business dedicated to cars
                              He built a VW based race car
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                              • #60
                                He also worked as a subcontractor for EMW, an east Germany sport car constructor competitor of Porsche and Borgward in the 50's
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