1950s TEMPO MATADOR 14-SEAT VW-LIKE VAN US AD FLYER VIDAL & SOHN HAMBURG GERMANY

Description

Up for auction is a single-sheet advertising flyer for the German-made Tempo Matador (with a British Austin A 50 engine), described as a "14 SEATER MAN-SIZED STATION WAGON" -- but looking to me very much like an old Volkswagen bus! Printed on both sides in pale green, black, and gray on white, the glossy sheet measures a standard 8 inches wide by 11-1/2 inches high. The flyer was aimed at American customers, I believe, as two American distributors are listed on the bottom of one side, next to the name of the manfacturer, which is "VIDAL & SOHN TEMPO-WERK GMBH / ("TEMPO WORKS") / Hamburg, West-Germany." The flyer likely dates from the early 1950s.
Here's some of the information listed on the flyer about the vehicle:
Front Wheel Drive / 25 Miles per Gallon Economy
Full Height 6'9", Taller Than You! 4 Doors for Easy Access
Full 180-degree Driver Vision
Fast Get-Away
Payload approx. 1-1/2 tons -- 14 People with Lots of Baggage
Famous British 52 B.H.P. Austin A 50 Engine. Service Anywhere in the U.S.A.
Up to 25 Miles per Gal. Fully Loaded
Maximum Speed 65 m.p.h.
Modern Interior with Foam Rubber Seats and Plastic Upholstery, Plenty of Legroom, Allround Visibility, 4 Roof Ventilators Interior Lighting, Strong Sleek Body Built n V-Shaped Double Tubular Steel Frame with Crossmembers. Safety and Excellent Roadability under Any Conditions.
Written at the bottom of the side with the maker's information on it are these three U.S. addresses:
NEW YORK SERVICE & PARTS / 421 E. 91st St. / N. Y. 25, N. Y. / TR. 6-7010
U.S. DISTRIBUTOR / FADEX COMMERCIAL CORPORATION / EXECUTIVE OFFICES / 487 Park Avenue, New York 22, N. Y. / Tel.: PLaza 1-7200
WEST COAST / FADEX WESTERN MOTORS, INC. / 519 West 15 Street, Long Beach, Cal / Te.: HEmlock 6-3224
I've left out all the technical data, but you can easily read it on the photos I've uploaded.
Here's some information on the Tempo firm, courtesy Wikipedia (note that I've left out the long list of models produced):
Tempo
(also known as
Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke GmbH
), was a German automobile manufacturer based in Hamburg. The company was founded by Oscar Vidal in 1924.
The company was well known in Germany, producing popular vans like the
Matador
and the
Hanseat
. Tempo also produced small military vehicles during the 1930s and 1940s.
HISTORY. Tempo was founded as Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke in 1924. During the 1940s, Tempo produced small military vehicles. Post-war the requirement of the Bundesgrenzschutz, in West Germany, to acquire a suitable vehicle for Border patrol led to production of the 80" and 86" Tempo from 1953 to 1957. The Tempo 80" and 86" were built using a rolling chassis from Land Rover, but attempts to continue production with the 88" and 109" models were not successful.
In 1958, Firodia Ltd, an Indian manufacturer of cars (later acquired by Bajaj Tempo, renamed since 2005 to Force Motors), started the production of Hanseat three-wheeled cars with the collaboration of Tempo-Werke. Later on, Tempo introduced the Matador, which (along with the Hanseat) was extremely popular in India, where it was used as goods carrying vehicles. The four-wheeled Matador remained under production by Tempo from 1949 until 1967.
In 1966, Tempo partnered with Hanomag AG, and the vehicles they produced were sold under the name of Hanomag. From 1967 to 1970 the vehicles were sold under the new name "Hanomag-Henschel." In 1971, Hanomag-Henschel, and within Tempo, was purchased by Daimler-Benz AG. Tempo remained on the production of vans until 1977. From 1966 to 1977, all vehicles produced by Tempo were sold under a different name, either Hanomag, Rheinstahl-Hanomag, Hanomag-Henschel, or Mercedes-Benz.
Various Tempo vehicles were once extremely common as goods carrying vehicle on the streets of Indian cities where the Indian company marketed them.
VEHICLES BY TEMPO.
The First Tricycles
. The first tempo tricycles were created from a combination of motorcycle and flatbed, which was in front of the driver. In the further development, the cab was moved in front of the bunk or box. The tempo Three wheels were with single or two-cylinder two-stroke - Otto engines equipped (Tempo A 400 cc in 1938, for example, with 400 and 12 hp.), Which via a transmission drives the front wheel and a chain - engine, transmission, and the chain box as a supporting part and the front wheel were hingedly connected to the rest of the vehicle as a whole pivotable part.
Off-Road Vehicle
. The SUV Tempo G 1200 was produced from 1936 to 1944. In 1936, Otto Daus developed this off-road vehicle for Tempo with two engines (one in front and one in the back) and four-wheel drive. The two-stroke engines each had 19 hp and drove each one axle.
Tempo Matador and Tempo Wiking
. Parallel to the Hanseat came the Tempo four-wheel delivery van Matador and Wiking in the program. In contrast to the similar van, Volkswagen released at about the same time 0.75-ton VW T1, the direct competitor of Matador. The first Matador from 1949 (whose front-end compared with the face of a boxer's dog) were powered by 25-horsepower VW industrial engines that sourced the Tempo factory directly from VW. Since Tempo had failed to conclude a long-term supply contract with the managing director of VW, Heinz Nordhoff. In 1952, the delivery of this engine stopped to the company at short notice. Thereafter, the Matador was fitted with two-stroke engine (672 cc), or a four-cycle engine (1092 cc, 34 hp), both of which came from the engineering office of Müller in Andernach. In 1953, the Wiking came out to the market, a 3-4 ton (up to 850 kg payload) with 452 cc two-stroke engine (17 hp) of Heinkel, which was built until 1955. The Wiking based Rapid, was a minibus, which was built from 1957 to 1963. The Rapid was powered by a 948 cc and 25 kW (34 hp) engine supplied by the Austin Motor Company.
LICENSED PRODUCTION BY OTHER COMPANIES.
In Spain, Tempo Onieva, later taken over by Barreiros, made Tempo Viking vans and light trucks featuring Barreiros diesel engines.
In Uruguay, Tempo Viking and Matador were made by Germania Motors.
In the UK, Jensen Motors made the Tempo Matador too, known as Matador 1500 or Jensen Front Wheel Drive, starting in 1958.
In India, the Tempo Hanseat remained under production by Bajaj Tempo under the name
Bajaj Tempo Hanseat
from 1962 to 2000 ("Force" in latter years).
In Australia, the Jolus Minx 1963-65 F1 car used suspension and cut down drive shafts from the Matador.
Goliath Motors Ltd. in Bremen (part of the Borgward-group) also produced a three-wheeler until 1961, but this was not a version of the Hanseat.
The overall condition of this pale green, black, and white advertising
flyer for the Tempo Matador, printed on both sides, is very good. There's some minor smudging, spotting, light corner bending, etc. The glossy sheet is clean and unmarked by human hands, with no annotations, marginalia, underlining, or scribbles, nor any major damage or flaws in the way of clipped areas, tears, water or liquid damage, tape repairs, etc. The flyer has neither a musty nor smoky smell.
Note that this item was sourced recently at a central Connecticut estate sale. The person who lived in the house was a huge collector of model cars, automobile books and literature, and other transportation-related items. I’ll be listing quite a few publications, flyers, brochures, et al., that I picked up – I was attracted mostly by their graphics, especially items on European vehicles – and I hope they’ll be of interest to others (as I don’t need to start collecting automobile at this point in my life!).
This very cool vintage flyer on the German-made Tempo Matador "station wagon" is being sold AS IS, AS DESCRIBED ABOVE AND PICTURED WITHIN. I am setting what I feel is a reasonable starting price for the auction, and there is NO RESERVE. I am also including a Buy It Now price, which will of course disappear once a bid is made.
Shipping and
handling for the advertising flyer, which will be shipped in a rigid mailer: to U.S. addresses (via Media Mail) and to Canada and to Europe, Japan, Australia, South America, and elsewhere in the world (the latter two via First Class International Mail, aka Air Mail, which is now the CHEAPEST method possible abroad).
I recently discovered that some countries, such as Australia and South Korea, are actually a bit more expensive to post packages to than Europe, but at this point in time I'll keep all the non-domestic and non-Canadian prices the same and swallow the difference myself -- unless it turns out to be or more, which I doubt, and in which case I'll ask the buyer for additional money for shipping -- since so few outside the States buy my items, though of course I'm always so pleased when they do!
Also, sometimes postal clerks consider small rigid mailers first class envelopes, in which case they can be sent via regular first class, like a card or letter. If this happens, I will of course send you a partial refund for the shipping and handling.
If you want the advertising flyer sent more quickly to you (e.g., via Priority or Express Mail), you must request this asap after winning or purchasing it (or beforehand, if possible), and I will adjust the amount accordingly.
I will do my best to send the item out to you no more than 2-3 business days following receipt of payment (that is, when eBay informs me that your payment has been posted to or otherwise cleared in my account).
If you are the winner or buyer of this Tempo Matador flyer, PAYMENT IS EXPECTED WITHIN TWO WEEKS (14 DAYS) FROM THE PURCHASE DATE. If you cannot pay within this time frame, please contact me asap so we can work something out. I'm very flexible and understanding, but I would appreciate communication from you one way or another.
PLEASE NOTE THAT RETURNS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED NOR REFUNDS MADE FOR THIS ADVERTISING FLYER, SO PLEASE READ MY DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY, LOOK CLOSELY AT THE PHOTOGRAPHS I’VE UPLOADED, AND ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE CONTENTS OR CONDITION OF THE SHEET. THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING!
Thanks for looking, and please don't hesitate to email me if you have any questions about this advertising flyer for the Tempo Matador.
PLEASE NOTE THAT I WILL HAPPILY ADJUST SHIPPING CHARGES FOR MULTIPLE PURCHASES!!!
ALSO, PLEASE NOTE THAT, IF APPLICABLE, eBAY WILL ADD ANY APPROPRIATE STATE SALES TAX TO THE INVOICE.