Uggliest sports car ever,
or WW I Jeep?

An intriguing photo (Horwitz Collection) of a Dürkopp roadster. It's not only the poker face of the driver which makes you wonder what the idea behind this weird creation is. One thing is sure. When you take out the soldier, take away the atmosphere and bring this contraption for a valuation, they probably will say: 'Ah some fifties built Saturday night special.'..... It's not. It's bolted together a long-long time before that. When exactly you hopefully are going to learn us. But what had the designer in mind with the high positioned headlamps and that uggly but highly effective windscreen? The a last interesting detail. The wheels carry discs on both sides (prevents mud sticking). Suddenly this thought came up. Maybe...maybe this is not a sportscar after all! Maybe this is a purpose built reconnaisance vehicle. The blueprint for all 'open war tourers' that came one war later. Could this really be the WW I Jeep? For that let's try to date the vehicle. The badge on the soldier's cap seems to have two crossed guns and the licence plate reads: '?Z21466': [email protected] One thing is sure, Dürkopp liked experimenting. See this armoured truck, photographed around 1920 (ChrisHodgeTrucks.co.uk).

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