The ''Standard P503'' was a three-wheeler light freight truck, produced from 1935 to 1939 by Wilhelm
Gutbrod
Gutbrod was a German manufacturer of cars, motorcycles and small agricultural machinery. The firm was founded in Ludwigsburg, Germany by Wilhelm Gutbrod in 1926. It originally built "Standard" branded motorcycles. In 1933 the company relocat ...
s Standard Werkzeugfabrik, (Standard tooling company) Germany.
The reason to offer the same model P203 with the downsized 200 cc engine was to meet the legal permit of license free drivers and the vehicles exception from tax that time.
Competitors also offered 200 cc engine version of their vehicles.
The four wheel variant was the "Standard P504", also a 200 cc engined version was marketed as "Standard P204".
Unique under the competitors the four variants of "Eillieferwagen" (express delivery vehicle) had the rear under floor or flatbed placed two stroke engine, 200 cc as single cylinder or a 500 cc two cylinder boxer-engine.
[https://books.google.de/books?id=8mBVAAAAYAAJ&PA=59 ATZ, Automobiltechnische Zeitschrift, Band 64 Franck., 1962, p. 59]
Vehicle variations with the 500 cc allowed for a payload of 0,75 metric tons, and variations with the 200 cc engine 0,5 metric tons.
After
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, only competitors continued their three-wheeler production, while the four-wheeler successors "Heck 504" and "Heck 604" where in production from later 1946 till 1949 and early 1950 and superseded by the
Gutbrod Atlas
The Gutbrod Atlas was a light panel van or pickup truck made by the Calw division of Gutbrod Motorenbau G.m.b.H.. In 1950, its series production started in Calw, Germany. The vehicle's maximum permissible payload was either 700, 800, or 1000 kg. ...
.
Prices were from
RM 1395 for the small engine flatbed to RM 2045 for the ambulance panel van with big engine.
Competitors
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Tempo
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D200 and D400, later E200 and E400, a very similar three-wheel freight cart, except its front wheel drive had the engine on top the front wheel, which affected the vehicles balance
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Framo LH200 and LH300, similar front wheel drive
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Goliath F200
The Goliath F400 is a three-wheeled pickup transporter, made by Hansa-Lloyd and Goliath Company Borgward & Tecklenborg in Bremen, Germany which was sold under the brand Goliath. It was based on the three-wheeled passenger car Goliath Pionier ...
and F400, later Goliath/Borgward FW200 and FW400, a very similar three-wheel freight cart, with engine under the seat
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Piaggio Ape
The Piaggio Ape (; is ), initially marketed as VespaCar or TriVespa, is a three-wheeled light commercial vehicle, manufactured and marketed by Piaggio as an adaption of the company's Vespa scooter ( being Italian for 'wasp' instead). It is in co ...
, with production started over a decade later in 1948, but is still on the market
* The
Borgward
The former Borgward car manufacturing company, based in Bremen, Germany, was founded by Carl F. W. Borgward (1890–1963). It produced cars of four brands, which were sold to a diversified international customer base: Borgward, Hansa, Go ...
brand Goliath resumed three-wheeler production in 1949
References
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External links
* Hans-Jürgen Schäfer
Dreirad Eillieferwagen Gutbrod Standard P503 in Burgstall YouTube, 29 October 2011
* Johann Schwalke
Gutbrod I Standard Dreirad Treffen für historische Nutzfahrzeuge, Marsberg, August 1991, published 26 April 2008
Rear-wheel-drive vehicles
Vehicles introduced in 1935
Rear-engined vehicles