Stanisław Panczakiewicz

Stanisław Panczakiewicz was a pioneering Polish car body designer and engineer.

Career Panczakiewicz attended Staszic junior high school in Warsaw. After the outbreak of World War I, he interrupted his studies in 1916 to join the Polish Legions in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He served in the 5th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Brigade of the Polish Legions. In 1917, due to the Oath crisis, he was interned together with his regiment in Zegrze near Warsaw. Thanks to the help from his family, he regained his freedom, but on condition that he joined the Central Committee of the Army as a one-year volunteer. Since his father was from the Austrian partition, Stanisław was granted Austro-Hungarian citizenship. In 1918 Panczakiewicz was sent to the infantry officer school in Opava. Before that, he filled the gap in his education by obtaining a secondary school leaving certificate in Kraków. He left officer school with the rank of ensign. and trucks, including the driver's cabin of the 3.5-ton PZInż 713 truck. He cooperated in creating the body architecture of all types of Sokół motorcycles. He also developed the body of the CWS M111/Sokół 1000 sidecar. with the rank of lieutenant under the pseudonym Bończa. and also engaged in combat in Mokotów. After the fall of the uprising, he was held in a prisoner of war camp, but managed to escape from captivity. The drive transmission was created under the supervision of Jerzy Werner and the engine was created under the supervision of Jan Werner. The dyno and road tests were organized and directed by Aleksander Rummel. Panczakiewicz designed the N20 cabin and cargo box. The team of designers received the State Science Prize in 1950 for developing the car. according to Panczakiewicz's design. From 1950, the Sanok Wagon Factory "Sanowag" also assembled a Fiat 666RN bus based on an Italian frame and engine, with a body produced on site. It was adapted by Panczakiewicz from the original design to the factory's capabilities. At the end of 1951, a prototype of the FSC Star Star N50 bus according to his design was built on a lowered and extended version of the Star 20 chassis . A year later, the production of the Star N52 bus began in "Sanowag", created as a result of refining the prototype version.

The designer was also the author of the styling of the K26 cab of the Star 25 car prototype (1956), which, despite its modern styling, did not enter mass production and the body of the 48-seat Odra A81 bus (1957) based on the elongated and lowered frame and drive of the Żubr A80 car, which remained a prototype. In articles in the automotive press, he expressed surprise that the task of designing the new body of Warsaw was not entrusted to domestic designers, suggesting that he could take it on.

Relatives and death Stanisław was the son of Ludwik Panczakiewicz (1873–1935), a Warsaw architect and construction entrepreneur. He died suddenly on July 8, 1982, in Warsaw, and was buried at the Powązki Cemetery (plot 100-6-20/21).