This will be my last post (well not on the trumpet anyway) of Classic and Vintage German trucks for the moment...(the good news is that I have plenty more as there was a whole hall full of them at Hannover!). Anyway I've mixed and matched this one as it's got some German trucks and a few 'foreigners' that originally ran in German fleets. So get cracking BLB army as there are some special BLB virtual Bratwursts up for grabs. Starting with the one above..and remember I'm after make, model, year and anything else you can tell me!
Old or new the HF Freund is always immaculately turned out. So what's this bonneted baby?
Obvious what it is...but what's so special about this Iveco TurboStar? The clue is on the grille...dead giveaway!
What a beauty..but who ended up owning this marque?
If you can read the grille you know the truck but what's the big round thing behind it? Now click through here for more...
Where in Germany was this manufacturer based...anyone?
Classic Moggie...but when did the Unimog first see light of day?
And just when you thought you were getting on top of things....so how did you do? Who's got the most sausages?
For more Classic Trucks at the Hannover show, click here:
- IAA 2008 Hannover Truck Show. So you think you know your classic German motors? (Part 1)
- IAA 2008 Hannover Truck Show. So you think you know your classic German motors? (Part 2)
- IAA 2008 Hannover Truck Show. So you think you know your classic German motors? (Part 3)
- IAA 2008 Hannover Truck Show. So you think you know your classic German motors? (Part 4)
- IAA 2008 Hannover Truck Show. So you think you know your classic German motors? (Part 5)
Wasn't Krupp based in Essen?
And Bussing was taken by MAN - spot the dog (so to speak) on the grille
Oh, and the Freund motor would appear to be a Scania Vabis
In the same way that the KHD 'rocket' is supposed to be the spire of Ulm cathedral the MAN 'dog' is supposed to be the Lion of Brunswick which looked particularly appropriate on the early heavy haulage units where the lion was standing on the word JUMBO.
The three wheeler looks like a Goliath which was an associate company of the long defunct Borgward. There was a similar three wheeler called Tempo made by a company which finally disappeared into MB by way of Hanomag-Henschel,and whose four wheelers which became the basis of the MB front wheel drive vans were also assmbled and sold by Jensen in the UK.
The large round device in the front of the Magirus Deutz is the fan for the air cooled engine.
The first Unimogs appeared in 1946 and were built by Erhard and Son using MB engines, as MB were not allowed to build all wheel drives.
Erhard could not cope with demand and sold the project to Boehringer who built Unimogs from 1947 to about 1950 when thet became part of MB.
!) Henschel HS140
2) Scania Vabis L111- based on L75 released in 1958. First European truck with integrated body attached to the chassis with rubber fittings = better driver comfort. Made until 1980 - 22 years of this cab design.
3) By the time of the Turbo Star, KHD - Kloclner Humboldt Deutz had pulled out of Iveco, but Iveco retained Magirus name. This truck was major breakthrough for Iveco with highly restlyed Fiat based cab and new engines - 8210 13.8 litre 330 bhp 6 or 8280 17.2 litre V8 420bhp (Fiat based?)
4) Bussing BS 16L taken over by MAN 1971
5) Magirus Sattelzugmaschine mit Rungen (Anyone know German?) Uranus 170 with Deutz Type F8L 614 V8 of 10.644 litres, 170bhp, hence the fan. Some Jupiter and Uranus models made it out to Australia but not NZ as far as I know (come in Vic, Rod?) They were a revelation when the Mercury and Jupiter models were released in 1951 and the Uranus a while later - so far ahead of most others of the time.
6) Krupp K801 - built in Essen
7) Well covered by Dave and on another page of this show
8) Goliath GD750 made from 1949 to 1955 - part of the Borgward Group based in Bremen
I saw the deutz truck. and it reminded me of the trucks that are still in use in El Salvador they are a marvel after 40 plus years with the air cooled motor.