Friday, February 12, 2021

The Henie-Velox was the most expensive and unique automobile built in the U.S. in the early 1920s. It featured an OHV V-12 engine, four-wheel brakes and was slated to sell for between $17,000 and $25,000.

Gustav Heine, a German who moved from his hometown of Vierkrug, Germany, to San Francisco in the late 1800s. Shortly after his arrival in California, Heine began working for the Bruenn Piano Company as an apprentice

He was San Francisco’s premier piano dealer when, at age 35, he indulged his strong interest in then-novel automobiles by opening one of the Bay City’s first car dealerships. He then became a small-scale manufacturer of powerful cars adapted to San Francisco's steep hills, offering a handful of self-named Heine-Velox automobiles between 1904 and 1908. He is best known in automotive history for the five 12-cylinder Heine-Velox automobiles he constructed in 1921, of which 4 survive. 



I haven't seen a car with wood trim around the outside of the fenders before.


https://hymanltd.com/vehicles/5655-1921-heine-velox-v-12-limousine/

http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/h/heine/heine.htm

2 comments:

  1. Some More pictures here: https://hymanltd.com/vehicles/5655-1921-heine-velox-v-12-limousine/

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  2. And some info here too-- http://trombinoscar.com/usareste/heine2101.html

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