1208 - HaBi Auto

clockwork (by GGN - Georg Grötsch - Nuremberg), 6 wheels in total, the front axle can to be turned to the left only - the rear axle could be turned in either direction. The clockwork drives the inner wheel of the middle axle as well as a seesaw carrying two steel balls - these shifting the balance of the car and thus making the car prescribe different figures. Endurance is a little bid more than 20 seconds.

Available as of 1937 - possibly earlier

the HABI Auto from top, underneath and inside - and the "figure plan"

Obviously for propaganda purposes a AA-gun version was issued as well. This car has a twin AA-gun coming out of the front. The gun had NO function e.g. flintstone firing. Both tubes were open and NOT adjustable as to height or direction. "Steering wheels" at the front and the rear were either black or green. The drive axle is known to have either red or green wheels. Issue date for this version is not known - 1939 and later is to be assumed.

The as well paper packed clockwork key shows the typical Bühler fishbone (de)sign - even though all known clockwork versions carry the GGN (Georg Grötsch Nuremberg) imprint. The original box of my in NOV 2013 received version from Argentina shows the No. 901 - strange.

Here you will see a video (50 MB .mp4 HD-file) taken from operation and internal showing how it works