If a fräulein wanted fresh fingers for the freeway in 1939, she would have found the perfect car at the Berlin Motor Show on the Horch stand. Our picture shows just such a lady, perhaps parked for a picnic rather than an adventure on the autobahn, but she wanted clean hands and there, tucked inside the wing of her 930S is an aluminium fold-out wash basin.
Fed by 2½ gallons of water, one section of the tank is heated by exhaust gases passing through with a spiral pipe and taps are provided to ensure she enjoys the perfect temperature. The basin empties as it is folded back into the bodywork.
Horch built just three of these luxury limousines based on the 1935 930V before war intervened. The streamlined body was based on the DKW Wanderer which helped this 2300kg car reach 178 kilometres per hour.
But enough of the car - we have looked again into the eyes of our fräulein and our thoughts are on that picnic !
Text/picture Robin Batchelor.