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Whaddyacallit #123-SOLVED! Mercedes-Benz 170H Stromlinien-Versuchswagen Prototype
« on: June 18, 2008, 12:15:31 PM »
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Re: Whaddyacallit #123
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2008, 02:59:08 PM »
1938 Mercedes-Benz 170H Stromlinien-Versuchswagen Prototype...
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Re: Whaddyacallit #123
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2008, 03:02:18 PM »
...by Ludewig
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Re: Whaddyacallit #123
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2008, 04:22:59 AM »
The website where I found it is unavailable at the time .What I recorded is this:
"That "pillbug" was a 7-passenger car with a single driver's seat in front between the front wheel wells followed by 2 rows of 3-abreast seating with an air-cooled in-line 4 engine in the back. It was a research vehicle built on the frame of a Mercedes-Benz 170H W28 by Professor Schlör at the Technical university of Gottingen in 1937 and was lost during WWII". I have nothing about a "Ludewig", but I believe Professor Schlör"s first name was Ludwig.
You're close enough anyhow.
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Re: Whaddyacallit #123-SOLVED! Mercedes-Benz 170H Stromlinien-Versuchswagen Prot
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2008, 05:22:30 AM »
The normal 170H motor was water-cooled, as were all DB motors of the time  - was this a non-DB motor perhaps?
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Re: Whaddyacallit #123-SOLVED! Mercedes-Benz 170H Stromlinien-Versuchswagen Prot
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2008, 05:47:52 AM »
I don't know. I'll try to add a rear view later (it doesn't work now), you'll see if you can guess it.
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Re: Whaddyacallit #123-SOLVED! Mercedes-Benz 170H Stromlinien-Versuchswagen Prototype
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2009, 10:38:41 AM »
Little additional info: It was made by Ludewig a coachbuilder also of cars back then. Today they only repair and build busses. The company's office and garage is about 2 km from where I live.
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Re: Whaddyacallit #123-SOLVED! Mercedes-Benz 170H Stromlinien-Versuchswagen Prototype
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2011, 04:20:08 AM »
A period pic of the car in the wind tunnel. I have a larger scan, if anyone would like it.
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Re: Whaddyacallit #123-SOLVED! Mercedes-Benz 170H Stromlinien-Versuchswagen Prototype
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2011, 05:09:13 AM »
This car was called the 'Schlör-Wagen'* after German engineer Karl Schlör and was famous for its low drag coefficient of only 0,15
It was nicknamed "Göttinger Ei"* (Egg from Göttingen).

*many more pics are available if you google these keywords
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Re: Whaddyacallit #123-SOLVED! Mercedes-Benz 170H Stromlinien-Versuchswagen Prototype
« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2011, 05:39:09 AM »
Yeah, but my pic's the coolest.  8)
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Re: Whaddyacallit #123-SOLVED! Mercedes-Benz 170H Stromlinien-Versuchswagen Prototype
« Reply #10 on: April 30, 2011, 05:46:05 AM »
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on April 30, 2011, 05:39:09 AM
Yeah, but my pic's the coolest.  8)
by far!  ;D
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Re: Whaddyacallit #123-SOLVED! Mercedes-Benz 170H Stromlinien-Versuchswagen Prototype
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2013, 03:56:18 AM »
A little gadget added:  :o
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Re: Whaddyacallit #123-SOLVED! Mercedes-Benz 170H Stromlinien-Versuchswagen Prototype
« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2013, 02:46:48 PM »
"All was going well with Herr Doktor Ingenieur Schlöer's streamlining experiments until the unfortunate crossbreeding with M. Leyat's Helica."
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Re: Whaddyacallit #123-SOLVED! Mercedes-Benz 170H Stromlinien-Versuchswagen Prototype
« Reply #13 on: January 26, 2013, 03:27:43 PM »
Quote from: RayTheRat on January 26, 2013, 02:46:48 PM
"All was going well with Herr Doktor Ingenieur Schlöer's streamlining experiments until the unfortunate crossbreeding with M. Leyat's Helica."

 :lmao:
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Re: Whaddyacallit #123-SOLVED! Mercedes-Benz 170H Stromlinien-Versuchswagen Prototype
« Reply #14 on: December 09, 2017, 04:05:25 PM »
Another one:
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Re: Whaddyacallit #123-SOLVED! Mercedes-Benz 170H Stromlinien-Versuchswagen Prototype
« Reply #15 on: December 31, 2017, 12:01:18 PM »
Quote from: Wendax on January 24, 2013, 03:56:18 AM
A little gadget added:
In 1943 the Ministry of Aviation ordered a propeller-driven sledge to carry supplies between the base and the front in Russia. So the Schlörwagen was modified by taking out the Mercedes-Benz engine and fitting a Russian M11 aero-engine. Test drives showed a top speed of 180 km/h.
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Re: Whaddyacallit #123-SOLVED! Mercedes-Benz 170H Stromlinien-Versuchswagen Prototype
« Reply #16 on: December 04, 2018, 02:26:45 PM »
The Schlör Wagen in a ca. 1938 model of a fair stand:
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Re: Whaddyacallit #123-SOLVED! Mercedes-Benz 170H Stromlinien-Versuchswagen Prototype
« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2022, 12:19:34 PM »
Another rear view I haven't seen before:
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