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Tom_Kathleen
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It is a folded down whip for riding in the dunes! LOL Tom
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finster
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 8:47 am Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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here's a pic of the ambulance conversion by Miesen with door open - the base for the stretcher swiveled to ease loading/unloading and there was half a rear seat for a nurse to hold your hand (assuming the patients feet were in the glove box)
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 9:56 am Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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1949 full model line introduction, including Export, Standard, Hebmuller, police car, ambulance, trailer, and display chassis.
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Any guesses on what the antenna-looking piece on the bare chassis is? |
Because I had to do some cleaning up of the photo, I spent a lot of time looking at it, and also wondered about that. It appears to connect to the steering assembly, so my guess is that it's some sort of manual steering lock.
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JollieOllie
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 1:59 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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Warning - uninformed response. Is it for the choke?
Love the beetle ambulance photos - thanks.
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1949 full model line introduction, including Export, Standard, Hebmuller, police car, ambulance, trailer, and display chassis.
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aa390392
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 3:25 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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1949 full model line introduction, including Export, Standard, Hebmuller, police car, ambulance, trailer, and display chassis.
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RMC...remote control. 
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 11:13 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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1949 full model line introduction, including Export, Standard, Hebmuller, police car, ambulance, trailer, and display chassis.
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Any guesses on what the antenna-looking piece on the bare chassis is? |
Warning - uninformed response. Is it for the choke? |
The choke would be on the tunnel next to the shifter on this early model, close to where the rotary heater knob would have been on later models, so unlikely.
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 11:42 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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JollieOllie
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 6:24 am Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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Is it for the choke?
The choke would be on the tunnel next to the shifter on this early model, close to where the rotary heater knob would have been on later models, so unlikely. |
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bakersam
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 7:52 am Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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| Note that it appears to run from up front then through the steering wheel, and all the way back to the Deluxe beyond. It then disappears under the front hood of the Deluxe. My guess it's simply a stout rope stretched between the two to keep unobservant visitors from walking/tripping/falling into the low slung bare chassis. Crowd control. |
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bakersam
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 7:57 am Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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| Check that...It runs over the steering wheel though that doesn't change the crowd control idea. How come no one's commented the big box sitting under the steering column in front of the pedals? |
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EverettB 
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 9:24 am Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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| Check that...It runs over the steering wheel though that doesn't change the crowd control idea. How come no one's commented the big box sitting under the steering column in front of the pedals? |
I thought that was so they could drive it around.
Kneel on the box and steer while someone pushes?
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 10:03 am Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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bakersam
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 3:00 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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| An entertaining notion. Probably something a bit more mundane like adding additional support for the steering column in the absence of any bodywork to bolt it onto. |
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 8:53 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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You can see bracketry that supports the steering column. It could be as simple as just a box to sit on.
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:20 am Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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pastellgreen
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 4:02 am Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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Essen / Germany 1951
Taxi stand at central station
Overtaking a heavy transport of 100 L/T.
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 8:32 am Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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It seems I stirred a hornet's nest with my Hebmuller comments, and violated my own rule about posting without comment.
Here is the unfiltered image, which is inconclusive. I retract my comments about the hubcaps.
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 9:12 am Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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I will however go out on a limb and say the hubcap of this Kubelwagen has a bullet hole in it.
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