History German Teaching Model...wish Ford did it!

I found this 1962 German teaching model at an antique show today. I've always p***ed on them before because of the price, but bit the bullet today and bought it. The car is about 3' long, super detailed and mostly cast & machined metal with some plastic parts. Everything works as a real car would, but a '32 ch***is would be so much cooler!
Anybody know anything about them?
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Wow cool find! and your right a 32 Ford would be even cooler.

 

i saw two at hershey aaca swap this week. they were in the 3000.00 price range. big $$$$ but neat.

 

I just found an answer to my own question.
http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/pre...teaching-at-dfw-elite-toy-museumcom-47281.php

 

Thats pretty cool, but...................well, how does it teach German?

Doc.

 

Cool as it gets!

 

WOW! That's extremely COOL, Larry. I find the rag joint universals in the driveline interesting. Very neat piece.....Don.

 

nice find Larry... I also saw the same model in the choc field at Hershey...budget wouldn't allow it lol... but they are super cool.


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Wow that's much better than the visible V8 I had as a kid.

 

You still see these in the windows of a lot of driving schools in Germany.

 

very cool. i've never seen one of those before. Thanks for posting pics and congratulations.

 

Wow...I dated a German teaching model named Elsa once...all her working parts moved, too!