Ford FK 1000 box van "Englebert Reifen"

Ford FK 1000 box van "Englebert Reifen"

Déjà-vu: Tyre manufacturer Englebert from Aachen returns

After the war the Englebert tyres of the formerly Belgian manufacturer from Aachen, Rothe Erde, appeared – the blue enamel signs were still resplendent at countless West German filling stations, even in the 1970s. WIKING now commemorates the large, long disappeared tyre manufacturer from the years of the German economic miracle, which had once entered into cooperation with the American group Goodrich and traded for a short time under the Uniroyal-Englebert brand name. In 1967, when the brand was just known as Uniroyal, and in 1979 the European part of Uniroyal was integrated into the Continental group, it was finally all over for the Englebert brand – it fell victim to market concentration. Retrospect: In the 1950s the buyers at Englebert in Aachen demonstrated their patriotic loyalty to their Rhenish homeland. They ordered the FK 1000, which had come off the production line in nearby Cologne, as the first transporter. WIKING connoisseurs experience déjà-vu with the Englebert transporter: At the time, in collaboration with WIKING an unglazed lorry and semi-trailer was created – also a Ford, a Type 3500 back then. A second advertising model followed later, on the basis of the Mercedes-Benz Pullmann box semi-trailer.
Year manufacture
1953-65

Character of model
Tyre development pioneer from Aachen

Upper part of body light blue, lower part of body light grey. Chassis and fittings including steering wheel, black-grey. Headlamps transparent, inserted red transparent tail lights. Front and rear type-lettering and front logo, silver. Window trims, door handles and radiator grille silver. Multicoloured Englebert advertising motif