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    the glas company was a family business started in pilsting, bavaria,

    in 1883 by mechanic maurus glas. it began as a mechanical repair workshop for

    steam powered agricultural machinery & then, in 1905, started producing sowing machines. in the same year they set up a branch office in nearby dingolfing

    & then in 1908 moved their factory there.

     

    post ww2, with demand for sowing machines declining, the glas company diversified

    into bakery machinery & then goggomobil motor scooters

    - after andreas had seen the vespa in italy.

    andreas chose the name goggomobil based on his nephew’s nickname.

     

    production of the scooters began in july, 1952 & went through until 1956 - a total of 46,181 were produced starting with 125cc & later 150cc & 200cc.

    as germany’s economy started to pick up in the ‘50s many manufacturers were looking towards providing cars to meet the growing demand.

    glas started with the t250 saloon - with an air cooled, 250cc 2 cylinder motor

    mounted just behind the rear axle & 4 wheel independent suspension.

    it had "suicide doors" & slide windows with a single windscreen wiper

    & was first displayed to the public at

    the 1954 ifma international bicycle and motorcycle show.

    in 1957 Glas went on to also produce 300 & 400cc versions.

     

    between 1955 & 1969 a total of 284,491 goggomobil vehicles were produced

    - of them 214,313 t series,

    66,511 ts series

    & 3,667 tl series.

    the majority of the tl series went to the german post office.

     

     

    "i felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery - air, mounains, trees, people.

    i thought, "this is what it is to be happy"

    sylvia plath from "the bell jar"

    goggomobil & the ts400