The specified to construct a extra succesful off roader got here from the proprietor, who was stated to be one thing of a great skier. He had discovered that in Austria there actually weren’t that many vans that have been off street succesful. Actually not that many, or that have been straightforward to drive anyway.

“A super helper for everybody: mountain hut keepers, hunters, foresters, medical doctors, upkeep engineers for ski-lifts, TV and radio masts, pipelines and the like,” as Kretzner later wrote in his gross sales literature for the Half-track Fox.

“At first, I had a go searching, however couldn’t discover the automobile I used to be dreaming of. So, I made a decision to construct it myself.” Ferry Porsche as soon as stated and did with a Volkswagen as a base automobile, so too did Kurt Kretzner.