{"id":26843,"date":"2018-08-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/veritas-scorpion-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-03T06:12:20","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T06:12:20","slug":"veritas-scorpion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/veritas-scorpion-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Veritas Scorpion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you ever heard of the German sportscar maker Veritas? It existed shortly after World War 2 and was founded by two former BMW employees Ernst Loof (race director at Mille Miglia 1940) and Lorenz Dietrich (former sales manager) as well as Werner Miethe (six-day cyclist) and Georg “Schorsch” Meier, a multiple motorcycle champion and former racing driver with Auto Union. Starting in 1947, they worked on a potential successor for the BMW 328 Roadster, a very competitive sports car from pre-war era. Based on this successful car they developed a first prototype, which was deliberately suitable for both road use and racing.

With this first car and a second prototype Veritas achieved some first small victories in motor racing and got some customer orders in. In this early post-war years Germany was dominated by black markets and swaps, which is why Veritas accepted customers to make a small down payment and then deliver base chassis and other materials needed for their new cars. One year after the company was founded, it moved from Hausen am Andelsbach to a larger site in Me\u00dfkirch. In addition, the French officer Jean-Baptiste Lef\u00eabvre replaced the previous shareholder Georg Meier within the Veritas GmbH. Class victories in the first major race of the company at the Hockenheimring 1948 led to further orders. To continue those successes in motor racing, former BMW technician Ernst Zipprich developed a new inline-six cylinder engine with overhead camshaft on behalf of Veritas, financed by the Swiss entrepreneur Herrmann Tr\u00fcmpy. This was used in new racing cars, but also slightly de-tuned in roadworthy sports cars.<\/p>\n\n\n

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