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From what I understand, they say general Pershing ordered 10 of these trucks to be given to the French. And with the French forces, these trucks arrived at the Saloniki front. Seems the French left it to the Serbs.

There was a picture of a brass plate with some German words about oiling. Of course, it may be Austrian as well, they had at least 4 manufacturers during the WW1 and later.

Hi guys, on another forum found these pictures of some old German engine. Can you identify it, from what vehicle is it?

Very nice truck! A little earlier model of Schneider were among the first trucks of he Bulgarian army, in 1912

Restoration or rather resurrection :-D Great work!

The EU rules - I am sure they would not miss such an important issue :-D

Super thread, following it with great interest! :thumbsup:

Many other old cars in the auction seem to be too cheap. But that's estimation only, probably wrong. Or even a just tick for getting more attention /and bids/.

a little more photoshop, to try to get some details

And some vehicles of the opposite side: Supply trucks convoy crossing the Struma river: http://www.lostbulgaria.com/?p=3022

Some staff cars and ambulances of the Bulgarian 2nd army: http://www.lostbulgaria.com/?p=3818

Is it possible to use a smaller piston? If the casting is too thin to allow a liner to the original size, is it possible to bore to the possible maximum in the casting and then put a liner, whose walls are thick enough, gaining the thickness from the internal diameter, smaller piston? I guess the weight would be easy to achieve in this case, but maybe there would be some other problems?

Fantastic result! :-)

Thank you very much! :-)

Hi guys, can you tell me, how old is this RAC hood emblem, from which decade if possible to date it? Thanks!

22 years and found on the other side of the world, now that must be what rare means! :-) Waiting with great interest to see another great restoration!

I just spoke to the captain to raise some more sails, because we need to see what's in the box

The GAZ-A was made till 1936. But the next model, GAZ-M used the same engine with very minor changes /and some GAZ-M were fitted with a 6 cyl. engine/ and was produced till 1950. The truck version of the GAZ-A, the GAZ-AA was produced as late as 1950! And the GAZ-67 jeep was built until 1953-54. There were also Russian power generators with the GAZ-A engine. So, the Soviets built that engine for quite a long period and fitted it several different vehicles. I read somewhere, that over a Million of the GAZ-A/GAZ-M engines were manufactured! Here's my own engine, not an early GAZ-A, but a later GAZ-M I believe.

G'Day from NZ,

I am a Model A Ford enthusiast and have heard that the Russians carried on production of the Model A (GAZ) car for many years after Henry Ford sold them a complete Model A factory in 1929. I also heard a story about a US soldier coming across a 4WD Russian jeep during the Vietnam war and when he had a proper look at it he discovered that the engine, gear box and much of the running gear was recognisable as Model A! Until now I have always discounted this story as being just another one of those unlikely and fanciful myths, but when I saw this post my jaw dropped a full six inches, as that motor and gear box are instantly recognisable as pure Model A Ford!!

So what year was this GAZ jeep made?

Cheers,

KK

Thank you!

I got their details from the MB historical center. This one was completed in the first days of January 1940 and shipped to the Mercedes-Benz dealership in Budapest, Hungary. There are many possibilities how it got to my country, but the end days of WW2 and the returning army are the biggest possibility.

The other one was made in June 1938 and delivered directly to a MB dealer in my town. Left the factory as a Cabriolet B, but someone "improved" it with a 4-door coupe later in its life. Still hope to find someday an opened body and return it to original configuration.

Hi guys let me show you my restoration project. 170V, model 1936, built in January 1940. Although it's a civilian car, thousands of these were drafted into the German armed forces during the WW2, so not far out of the forum's context. In fact I have 2 of these /the other one built 1938/. This one will be ordinary, civilian, the other one will be a Wehrmacht gray staff car /which will save me all the chroming trouble, as all parts on it will be overpainted, all those pitted handles and rusty bumper halves will be easily used /

But now back to the current project, the civilian car. In the very beginning, found this /on the first pic/ and that /on the second pic/ Last driven in 1988, then taken apart for a repair /not really a restoration, but a repair planned/ that never happened. Fortunately the other bits were all kept indoors, so survived well!

The first thing to do was the engine. If it was just a tired old motor, it was going to be fine. But no, someone made complete repair of it. Someone worked a lot of it, but in such manner that it would never run the way it was fixed... ruined... whatever. Diesel pistons, piston rings with 2-3 mm gap at the keys, iron chips from bad engine cleaning embedded into the babbit bearings, bad valves with broken valve guides and plastic /!/ bearings of some kind put on the valve shaft, instead of babbit fixing... and etc. Fortunately everything was done again by a great specialist and the engine is like new now!

Cleaned and painted the chassis, the gearbox, the rear axle, right now the front suspension and steering is being rebuilt, restored the breaks, made new ropes for the handbreak and so on. The chassis/transmission part is getting close to complete. Then comes another difficult part - the coupe, with its wooden structure that needs to be made completely new. At least I have all the wooden bits to use as a pattern. Well, that's it! A project that scares lots of people, but in the end I hope to have a well rebuilt and all original car. A long way ahead, I'll update after finish some important stage of the work.

A little old thread, but wasn't it called Anhängerdreieck?

It looked the same, just in need of restoration. If that's a reproduction, these guys did very well! I'll quote the same person, from another forum, to show it Before and Now.

Left is "before", right is "after" (hope links will work):

Not directly a theft, but a clever legal move. Here's what a Russian guy said about it on another forum:

This affair was widely discussed in “tank circles” here in Russia. This company was obligated by the contract with local officials to restore the monument (not only the StuG bit marble panels etc.) for free, in exchange for the right to do whatever they want with this parts of the vehicle that do not influence monument’s appearance. They made the best use of the contract terms, the monument is looking excellent now – so it is completely wrong to say that something was stolen. Was it good or bad or it is just legal issue – is up to your personal opinion.

This is how it looks now:

 

The metal is preserved in very interesting way, probably the desert winds act like a giant sandblasting machine. And knowing the way the sand moves, who can tell what more treasures are buried there! :shocked:

After the Red Army entered Bulgaria and the rule of the country changed in September 1944, 15 Panthers were delivered to the Bulgarian tank unit. If remember well the information, the delivery took place in late 1944 or early 1945. The crews trained with the new vehicles, but never reached combat. In the memories of an officer who served in the armored unit in WW2 and shortly later, about 1946 or 47 one Panther burnt completely during military manoeuvres, probably fuel leak caused sudden strong fire. It is unknown what happened to the rest, none was found among the Pz IV bodies and T-34 turrets, used as bunkers along the southern border. Some people still hope these may have been preserved somewhere, but most likely all have been scrapped at an earlier stage.