Klenk & Hoursch AG
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 Klenk & Hoursch AG facts

• The car was based on the established German marque of Veritas which was active between 1948 and 1953
• Veritas is chiefly remembered as a manufacturer of sports cars and successful Formula Two racing cars
• The company closed when its founder, Ernst Loof, became ill
• He subsequently died in 1956
• The Klenk-Meteor entered for the 1954 German Grand Prix was essentially a Veritas Formula Two car
• The car was owned and prepared by the noted German racing driver Hans Klenk who intended to race it himself in the Grand Prix
• However, Klenk's career as a racing driver came to an end when he suffered injuries in an accident while working as a test driver for Mercedes-Benz
• The car was driven in the Grand Prix by another German, Theo Helfrich
• He retired on lap 9 with engine failure