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Ideal Sidecars

A Brief History of the Marque

P. Raebel GmbH of Berlin-Weissensee, Lehder Str. 36/38, active in the 1920s and '30s.

The firm, which was involved with Mars-Werke, built sidecars typical of the era, perched high on the chassis with a door on the right and rudimentary leaf-spring suspension.

Elsewhere it is writtem: Köhler, Erna - chweinfurt/Main. Around 1933 a model with a steered sidecar wheel was introduced.

It is possible that there were two different German companies in the pre-war years using the "Ideal" brand. Another appeared in the 1950s.

Sources: JF; contemporary literature; gespann-lexikon.de.


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