in 1949 the Reimann brothers built their own sports car, the Porscheli, from the remains of a Kübelwagen Type 82, since in East Germany there was no way to buy such luxury.

a Kübelwagen Type 82, or what was left of it

they did not have the tools, the workshop or the money to build a sports car body, so they went to ask for help from a body shop, the Arno Lindner Karrosserie and Fahrzeugbau

But there were no sheet metal supplies, so, innovating as they must, they recycled 15 Ford truck hoods, also abandoned after the war, to build the body. They welded several of the pieces together to create panels, which were subsequently molded on the frame.

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