Porsche 356 roadster
1950s Porsche 356
Volkswagen Karman Ghia
1956-59 BMW 503 Coupe
1929 BMW Ihle
1939 Horch 830 BL cabriolet.
Horch 930..
Wanderer W24, another of the Auto-Union stable.
1938 Rosengart LR 4N2
Tempo Hanseat 3-wheeled truck http://tempohanseat.blogspot.com/
Opel Admiral ~ early 50s
A Borgward Isabella (1954-1961) - not something you see often in Australia
NSU Prinz 1000 - late 60s
Mercedes Benz 300SL Gull Wing
1960 Mercedes Benz 190SL
1953 Mercedes Benz type 220 cabriolet A
1934 Mercedes Benz 13H0. Mercedes-Benz' somewhat unsuccessful experiment with rear engines. The car wasn't terrible, but its handling was initially poor until the bugs of rear end sway could be resolved. The fact that they were poorly regarded cars is one of the reasons so many survived the war years as they were not commandeered for military use.
Mercedes Benz 630 with kompressor
And more...
Mercedes Benz G3 six wheeler. This is one of only two surviving Nazi general staff cars in existence. Three other G3 variants came up for sale in late 2009. Here is a link.
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/29/three-mercedes-benz-hitler-cars-on-sale-for-9-million-w-video/
Mercedes Benz G3 side view
A 1930 Maybach Zeppelin. Maybach originally built engines for the Zeppelin company. The Treaty of Versailles banned Germany from building either airships or aircraft so in 1921 Maybach decided to build cars. In an age of big saloon cars, the Maybach Zeppelin with its enormous straight 12 engine was positively huge and you needed a truck license to drive one. Maybach managed to stay in business until the Nazis rearmament program diverted them back into engine production. They ceased manufacturing cars in 1940.
More Maybachs
More Maybachs
Daimler-Chrysler resurrected the Maybach brand in 1997 and in 2009 launched this new Maybach Zeppelin DS8, one of the worlds most expensive modern production cars. If you want more details, check out this link: http://www.gizmag.com/new-maybach-zeppelin/11098/
This vehicle belonged to one of the old German royal families
Bugatti. The king of automobiles
A magnificent Bugatti roadster
A row of Bugatti racers
Jaguar SS
A Rolls Royce, formerly in the possession of some Indian Rajah
Very customized coachwork on this Rolls Royce. In fact, Rolls Royce never built bodies for their Silver Ghost, only the engine and chassis. The buyer was responsible for their own coachwork.
1923 Bentley "Red Label" and a German Hercules motorcycle
A British Morgan Plus-3 roadster.
An extraordinary 'one track car' - the Mauser Einspurauto
Amphicar - the name says it all - an amphibious car. http://www.amphicars.com/acfaq.htm
Project Brutus. This is not so much a real car as a real monster:
- 1907 American La France chassis
- 1925 BMW pre-WWII seaplane engine Type VI, series 8 (used in the Heinkel He-9 and Dornier Wal flying boat) - 12 cylinders 47 litre
- 3.82 litres per cylinder
- 550 PS at 1,530 rpm
- 750 PS at 1,700 rpm
- red line at 2,000 rpm
- 3-gear manual
- Wheel-spin at 140 km/h in 3rd gear
- Average fuel consumption 100 litres per 100 kilometers
Here is another link to more photos:
Speyer aircraft and military: https://militarymuseum.blogspot.com/2020/05/speyer-technical-museum-germany.html
Sinsheim aviation and military: https://militarymuseum.blogspot.com/2020/05/sinsheim-technical-museum-germany.html
Motorcycles: https://heinkelscooter.blogspot.com/2009/08/auto-technik-museums-at-sinshiem-speyer.html
Microcars: https://heinkelscooter.blogspot.com/2009/08/sinshiem-micro-car-collection.html
European cars: https://heinkelscooter.blogspot.com/2009/12/speyer-and-sinshiem-auto-collection.html
American cars: https://heinkelscooter.blogspot.com/2009/12/sinshiem-auto-collection-american-cars.html
http://www.bjorns-story.se/private/Sinsheimhtm/Sinsmain_eng_1.htm
Hello,
ReplyDeletePicture #143 isn't a Maybach as implied, but a Horch. At any rate, a very nice series of pictures!
Regards,
Lorenzo.:)