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The first car can be found in the first Veritas thread.
Two remarkable cars made by a little German factory at Nurburgring.
Veritas was a small German company formed after the end of World War II by three BMW employees who built racing and sports cars based on pre-war BMWs. They built about 75 cars before closing in 1952. The most successful Veritas was the Veritas-BMW Rennsport Spyder.
Founded by the pre-war top brass from BMW, the Veritas automobile company built 10 Formula 2
single-seater sports vehicles, a few Formula 2 cars and sports racing vehicles. The company is
famed for being a well-know West German post WW II sports and race car company, that was located at Hausen am Andelsback, near Sigmaringen, Baden- Württemberg. Eventually the company was moved to Meßkirch and Muggensturm and then finally moved to the Nürburgring.
The company is also quite famous for being perhaps the only professional German effort in premier-level post-war racing, though it never really reached a true manufacturer's status. Veritas was also
the only German company of ‘some recognizable international presence and reputation in that
period'.
The founders of Veritas were Ernst Loof, Georg Meier and Lorenz Dietrich who originally re-built and tuned pre-war BMW 328 vehicles with components that were provided by a customer, and turning them into BMW-Veritas cars. Becoming the 1947 German 2-liter champion was the first vehicle used by its owner Karl Kling to win at Hockenheim. Following an objection from BMW, and after only a few vehicles were made, the cars were simply dubbed as Veritas.
At Hockenheim in 1948, there was a new debut, another Veritas RS, placed in the race car class. This newest vehicle featured a unique BMW engine with three camshafts that delivered 140hp.
By 1949, Veritas had dominated the 2-litre sports car class at Hockenheim, Schotten, Tübingen, Nürburgring, the Schauinsland hillclimb, the Eifelrennen, and at the Solitude.
Only twice was Kling defeated.
Veritas build 10 or 15 coupes by using pre-war BMW 328 chassis and running gear. The BMW 328
was powered by an overhead-valve in-line 6-cylinder engine with 1,971 cc and 130-horsepower. The chassis consisted of coil-spring suspension, independent in front, rack-and-pinion steering and hydraulic drum brakes.
Specifications
Production Years for Series: 1948 - 1953
Production figures: 10-15
Engine Location: Front
Engine Type: 'Hemi' I6 1971 cc | 120.3 cu in. | 2.0 L.
Block material: Cast Iron
Valvetrain: Pushrod OHV
Drive Type: Rear Wheel
Body/Chassis: Aluminum body on tubular steel frame
Top Speed: 125 mph | 201.125 km/h
Power: 130 HP (95.68 KW)
Right the Veritas BMW-Rennsport Spyder - 1948
HERE IS THE OTHER VERITAS:
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