Hair Bear Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 I think these post war archives are fascinating and found this film. Question is, around 4:50 to 4:55 there's a glimpse of what looks to my warped view of the world like the top of a Land Rover. Obviously isn't - so what could it be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Its not a home made growing/potting shed is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hair Bear Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 Hadn't thought of that! It's weird how your brain can see what it wants to see - in this case a vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B series Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Weird indeed, that looks so much like a Land Rover series II 88" with truck cab, tropical roof, and canvas back, even the vents under the windscreen look to be there! It cannot be a Land Rover, so I think it must be a shed or similar made up using a old vehicle windscreen, and maybe truck body hoops and canvas. Really amazing film quality, which got me thinking maybe somebody has digitally added a Land Rover into the film image just to get us talking...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMP-Phil Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Another explanation is that the date on the film is wrong. Take a look at the other vehicles in the film see if you can date them. There seem to be lot of private vehicle also remember when Landrover was first built in 1948. Also custom body work on Jeeps at the end of the war were common to get a more all weather vehicle. Just some thoughts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuffen Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Too many VW Beetles for 1948. Production was miniscule for a few years after the war but they are quite common in the footage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Signals Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Even if the film was mis-dated by a few years, the 'Land Rover' looks to be in a relatively sorry state - lacking a windscreen wiper, tucked in behind some old hoops etc, a sheet of metal or wood above the cab area, I can't believe such a new expensive ( for Germany) vehicle would have been allowed to get in to such a state so quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Apparently, by 1946 there were approx. 1000 Type 1 Beetles being produced each month. So I would presume by 1948 it would be possible to see a few of them on the roads of major cities? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earlymb Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Here's a screenshot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utt61 Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 I'm not sure what it is but I don't think the proportions are right for any Land-Rover vehicle. It certainly looks like a similar vehicle of some kind though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-boy Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 (edited) Seems to me very unlikely to be Landrover, partly because the rake of the windscreen is more noticeable, let alone it’s rarity (or existence) at that time. Edited August 7, 2022 by Ex-boy Missed word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B series Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Is that a circular roof hatch I can see over the passenger side (if LHD)? It looks like a vehicle to me, but taking the ground level into consideration, the vehicle looks to low to have wheels / axles if the ground is level to were the vehicle is parked. Is that a wiper arm/blade on drivers side mounted on the top of the windshield frame? I think some type of ex miltary small truck body being used as a shed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10FM68 Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 5 hours ago, utt61 said: I'm not sure what it is but I don't think the proportions are right for any Land-Rover vehicle. It certainly looks like a similar vehicle of some kind though. Exactly, I think we're letting our imaginations run away with us here. There is no reason at all to doubt the age of the film: everything is right for 1948. There is no proof that what seems to be a windscreen is even glass and the dimensions are certainly not correct for a Land Rover, that isn't a windscreen wiper but a bit of trim of some sort detached from the rest above it. The 'vent panel' is certainly not Land Rover and that isn't a tropical roof but, probably a bit of old tarpaulin. The construction may well be based on an old vehicle, but as others have said, it is some sort of shed - either for the adjacent vegetable garden or, worse, given the destitution of so many in Hamburg at that time and as evidenced by people emerging from the former cellars of their homes the rest having been destroyed, even somewhere to sleep. The presence of old bits of pipe, probably old gas/water pipe, but possibly tilt hoops, suggest other attempts at making a shelter nearby. And, certainly there aren't too many Beetles for 1948 in a major, comparatively wealthy, city port like Hamburg. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Yep, and the "windscreen" appears to be propped up on bricks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARD Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Could it be a Stoewer R180 with a slightly different roof? This one is at the Weal Foundation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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