UPDATE II: Here’s another 1950 Salgittzer brochure from Germany, but it is only four pages. Thanks to Jan for sharing it! This makes three different 1950 brochures.
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July 12th UPDATE: I received both of the Salzgitter brochures I purchased out of Germany. The 1950 brochure is a version lacks several of the pages shown in the brochure at the very bottom. The 1949 brochure is a tiny (1/4 sheet-size) one-page brochure.
Here is the different in brochure sizes (left is a standard sheet of paper, middle is the 1950 brochure (1/2 size of standard sheet) and on the right is the 1949 brochure (1/4 size of standard sheet).
Here is my version of the 1950 8-page brochure (shorter than the 12-page brochure at the bottom of this post):
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Originally published June 25, 2023
Thanks to Bill for pointing me to a Hemmings’ article about the Autoworker Salzgitter, a post-WWII German company that both refurbed WWII jeeps and expanded into brand new jeep-like products.
Here’s the article from Hemmings: https://www.hemmings.com/stories/salzgitter-jeep/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=EDaily&utm_campaign= … Daniel Strohl covers some great history on the formation of Salzgitter.
Some of the images shown in the article come from a 1950 brochure posted to Flickr by Johannes-Nepomuk Freiherr-Von-Mistwitz, who has posted a large selection of vintage vehicle ads, photos and brochures. So, a big thanks to him for sharing this information (some of which is shown below).
This ad was posted to the Flickr account:
Thanks to IMCDB.com, we have several examples of the Salzgitter vehicles appearing in movies. This example below appeared as a background vehicle in the 1948 movie Fanfaren Der Liege.
Finally, here is the 12-page version of the 1950 Salzgitter brochure. Credit for these images goes to ohannes-Nepomuk Freiherr-von-Mistwitz. Each pic is linked to its Flickr image. The opening page’s bottom line translates as follows (thanks Joe-in-Mesa):
“A jeep for everyone – A jeep for all – A jeep for YOU!”
Good stuff Dave……thanks
Thanks Allan. This story took me by surprise!