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Shadd
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 Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:08 pm Post subject: VW engines show up in the strangest places |
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I was pretty blown away when saw what this early VW engine was powering.
can anyone guess what this is powering??
Alright ill give it to you...
The red arrow points to the VW engine. This is the V2 Missile located at Wright Patterson Airforce base in Dayton Ohio. The engine powers the hydrulic system used to raise the missile. It is hand crank started (had no starter on the back) and sustained with a magneto. The single gauge visible in the picture is a pressure gauge(not sure weather its hydrulic or oil pressure). if anyone has any more info on this or early vw industrial engines please feel free to add it. |
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RareAir
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sconord
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Must have had back breaking fun trying to start it on a cold German wiinter day.
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M.I.B
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Similar vein, but later engines - British Army FH70 artillery pieces (155 mm shell 20+ mile range) had a twin port 1600 underneath (with electric start) because they were too heavy to man handle into position.
They would be delivered to site behind a big tow truck and put exactly into place with the aircooled - steering via a set of small wheels at the end of the trace ( legs ).
They were in Service from the 70s until about 2000.
All of the engines and spares were sold off in a job lot.
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johnshenry
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Its even got a K manifold! But no airfilter, I find that odd.
You can hear the Germans trying to frantically launch the thing during war. "where is the crank handle!? The HANDLE!!!???"
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| If it was for a Kubel should it have "Volkswagenwerk" on the tag? I didn't think the VW name came along until after the war. Or did they make some Kubels for German military use after WWII? |
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| If it was for a Kubel should it have "Volkswagenwerk" on the tag? I didn't think the VW name came along until after the war. Or did they make some Kubels for German military use after WWII? |
http://www.volkswagen-ir.de/Company_information.595.0.html
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| The "Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH" was founded on 28 May 1937, and renamed "Volkswagenwerk GmbH" on 16 September 1938. At the beginning of 1938 in Wolfsburg, construction of the Volkswagen plant got underway. Volkswagenwerk GmbH became "Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft" on 22 August 1960. In accordance with the Volkswagen Law, that was issued on 21 July 1960, the partial privatization of Volkswagenwerk was carried out. The annual general meeting of stockholders adopted a resolution to change the company name from "Volkswagenwerk AG" to "VOLKSWAGEN AG" on 4 July 1985. |
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scott s
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| Well, how about that...you learn something new everyday. I thought they went by the KDF name until later on. |
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Here is some info I was given re the motor.
Mike
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The engine bears the following markings:
BOSCH
GERMANY
FF4A
LS 388
And:
06-067261
ZÜNDFOLGE
1-4-3-2
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Did you get an engine number for it? "seamed" fan shroud, Pre '48 oil filler cap, 3pc generator pulley & a wide fan belt all indicate to a 25hp engine. Very cool none-the-less
