Heinz Melkus

Heinz Melkus (April 20, 1928 in Dresden – September 5, 2005 in Dresden) was an East-German race car driver and constructor of sport cars.
He founded the company Melkus to produce race and sport cars, his Wartburg based Melkus RS 1000 was with 101 build units the most successful one.
His sons, Ulli and Peter Melkus have resumed to build sports cars in 2006.