Description
H&H Classic Auction @ National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
27th March, 2024 13:00
1939 Wanderer SP1
No Reserve
Registration No: Unregistered
Frame No: T. B. A
Engine No: T. B. A
CC: 98
MOT: Exempt
A rare war-time survivor
Used in the ‘Foyles War’ TV Drama
Part of a collection of motorcycles
No documentation
Wanderer was a German manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles, automobiles, vans and other machinery. Established as Winklhofer & Jaenicke in 1896 by Johann Baptist Winklhofer and Richard Adolf Jaenicke, the company used the Wanderer brand name from 1911, making civilian automobiles until 1941 and military vehicles until 1945. Wanderer was last active as a financial holding company without its own business operations and went bankrupt in July 2010. The brand was then acquired by Cologne-based manufacturer Zweirad Einkaufs Genossenschaft. The car division with its Siegmar factory became part of Auto Union together with Horch, Audi and DKW.
Here you can see is a restored Wanderer SP1 manufactured in 1939. The motorcycle is of 98cc, with two gears and moves well according to the vendor. He also states “We made a complete restoration and saved many of the original details. We had to make some missing ones, but for this we used original models, some of them found in a pretty bad condition. We painted it in the original colour range and made all the lines and inscriptions as it was done in 1939, in the production of this motorcycle”. There is no documentation with this lot.
