Hebmüller Sons, in German Karosseriewerke Joseph Hebmüller Söhne, was a German coachbuilder founded in 1889 by Joseph Hebmüller in Wuppertal. It began by building horse-drawn carriages, and after the founder died in 1919 his sons started building bodies for automobiles. After the Second World War it received an order from the British Army for 15 Humber-based cabriolets. The firm is best known for a two-plus-two convertible on the Volkswagen Type 1 platform, the Volkswagen Type 14A or Hebmüller Cabriolet, and for a four-door Type 18A. A fire in July 1949 destroyed almost the whole Wülfrath factory, the company never recovered, and it went bankrupt in May 1952 after only 696 cabriolets had been completed. The Ford Motor Company later bought the former factory.
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was a coachbuilder founded in 1889 by Joseph Hebmüller in the town of Wuppertal in Germany.
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Only 696 cabriolets were completed before the company went bankrupt in May 1952
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Only 696 cabriolets were completed before the company went bankrupt in May 1952
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his sons started building bodies for automobiles
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