Type 82 Kübelwagen

The Type 82 Kübelwagen (a contraction of Kübelsitzwagen, bucket seat car) was designed by Ferdinand Porsche for the German Wehrmacht in 1938 as a light-weight utility vehicle, similar to the design criteria for the US military’s Jeep. The car was based on the chassis and drive train of the Volkswagen. With its air cooled, four cylinder engine and self-locking differential, it was versatile and dependable in different terrain and weather conditions. The car was assembled at the Volkswagen plants in Stadt des KDF-Wagens, present day Wolfsburg. From 1940 through 1945 50,400 of the cars were built. Interestingly, the bodies for the Kübelwagen were made by the American owned firm, Ambi Budd. I’ve found one source that said that the company had been nationalized by the German government before the war. This model is based on the late 1943 version of the car that was used by the 65^th infantry division of the Wehrmachtheer in Italy. 

Staropramen Pilsner

Staropramen Czech Pilsner  beer.

Hallstadt Culture ArtifactsHelmet

According to Wikipedia, ”The Hallstadt culture was the predominant Western and Central European culture of Early Iron Age Europe from the 8th to 6th centuries BC…” Early Celtic people developed an economy based on salt mining in the West of Austria near modern Salzburg. Archaeological excavation has been conducted in the area since the mid-nineteenth century. The pieces modelled here, helmet, cuirass and axe head, date from the late Bronze Age, c. 650 to 475 BCE.

Helmet

Cuirass

Ceremonial Axe Head

1965 Lotus 33 Climax

The 1965 Lotus 33 Climax won the constructor’s championship that year and Jim Clark won the driver’s championship in the car. The car was powered by a 1.5 Liter Coventry Climax V-8 engine. This model is dressed in the livery of Clark’s car in the British Grand Prix. 

Honda RA272

I’m having fun revisiting the 1965 Formula One season and learning about the details of the beautiful cars. This is a model of the Honda RA272 that won the Mexican Grand Prix that year. Driven by Richie Ginther, it was the first Japanese car to win a Formula One race. The car was powered by a 1.5 Liter, 60 degree V-12 engine.

1965 Ferrari 512 F1

Continuing the 1965 Formula 1 season, the Ferrari 512 F1 driven by Lorenzo Bandini managed to come in second at Monaco, the car’s best result for the year. It was powered by a 1.5 L, flat, twelve cylinder, naturally aspirated engine. I chose to model this car, not so much for its performance, but for its good looks. 

1965 BRM P261

A few years ago the movie #Grand #Prix was on television. I had wanted to see it again for a long time and, after almost 50 years, I had a chance. I’ve always liked the Formula 1 cars of that era; they seem so elegant. The winner of the #Monaco Grand Prix in May of 1965 was the BRM P261 driven by #Graham #Hill. It was powered by a 1.5 L BRM P56 V-8 engine mounted in front of the rear axle. 

Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Engine

The Alfa Romeo 8c 2300 engine, designed by  Vittorio Jano, was first built in 1931. It was used during the 1930’s in touring cars, sport cars and racing cars. The engine was a straight, eight cylinder, dual overhead cam design with a Roots type turbocharger.

1931 Alpha Romeo 8c 2300 Monza

Bugatti Type 35C Engine

Ettore Bugatti's Type 35C had a supercharged engine. I won the French Grand Prix in 1928 and 1930.

Buick Model 10

The Buick Model 10 was introduced at the New York Auto Show in 1907. It was powered by a 2.7 L four-cylinder, gasoline, valve-in-head engine. From 1908 through 1910 the company made over 23,000 of the car in two versions: a four-seat Turing Car and a three-seat Roadster.  The standard models were painted in a creamy light gray color and carried the nickname of The Little White Car. In 1910 The car sold for about $1,000.

1911 Latil TAR

A few years ago Bernard Dhaussy posted some great photos of the collection at the Musée de la Grande Guerre du pays de Meaux (Museum of the Great War at Meaux, France) on Google+. One of these was the Latil TAR an artillery towing truck.

In 1911, Latil designed, built and patented its first four-wheel drive/steering vehicle. This type of vehicle interested the French Army in 1913 for its ability to tow heavy artillery on every field and the TAR (Tracteur d'Artillerie Roulante/ Rolling Artillery Tractor) was built. The artillery tractors LATIL 4 × 4 TAR, were developed in 1913 and were widely used during the War of 1914-1918 to tow the 155 mm guns on rough terrain. In testing manoeuvres, they could climb slopes up to 40%!