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described as a gingerbread house based on a vw running gear...
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It would be fun if more East German buses had survived.
They look like TEMU buses
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I have an old "folding wire seat" like those shown. Lightweight and flat folding, but be careful shifting your weight! Not ideal for the typical current American body size.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 6:21 am Post subject: Re: Curious what this really is - East German Bus |
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a fleischer 'bus' based on kubel running gear, four were made apparently in gera, east germany. the company became known for making touring coaches
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a couple more pics
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this is just a half satisfying answer possibly. but f.i. Austrian coachbuilder Kohlruss and others were literally building dozens of converted Kübelz and KDF converted Steyr 50 Babies and special vehicles, just from war surplus ( ie wrecked or seized Wehrmacht cars). after WW2 there were huge wrecking and salvage yards all over Europe. Pfeiffhofer told me in person how there was a huge Wehrmacht wrecking yard close to (Porsches new home) Gmünd, where even Porsche themselves used to get their parts. I can imagine that after all that happend in the last days of WW2 in Eastern Germany and associated territories, there must have been thousands of abandoned vehicles even years later.
imho they need to be respected for what they are. I personally own an ex GDR split beetle ( while later YOM), that has been modified and what needed done to keep them running. hats off to those ingenious mechanics east of the border! |
This sounds like a reasonable explanation. The amount of wasted hardware after the war was just amazing.
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this is just a half satisfying answer possibly. but f.i. Austrian coachbuilder Kohlruss and others were literally building dozens of converted Kübelz and KDF converted Steyr 50 Babies and special vehicles, just from war surplus ( ie wrecked or seized Wehrmacht cars). after WW2 there were huge wrecking and salvage yards all over Europe. Pfeiffhofer told me in person how there was a huge Wehrmacht wrecking yard close to (Porsches new home) Gmünd, where even Porsche themselves used to get their parts. I can imagine that after all that happend in the last days of WW2 in Eastern Germany and associated territories, there must have been thousands of abandoned vehicles even years later.
imho they need to be respected for what they are. I personally own an ex GDR split beetle ( while later YOM), that has been modified and what needed done to keep them running. hats off to those ingenious mechanics east of the border!
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Everett reposted this in the vintage barndoor photos thread. I asked a question, which I'll repeat here:
I understand that most of the East German ersatz buses used military kubel and schwimmer chassis to construct. Did the Germans have a supply of new vehicles or parts from unused war inventory to use to make these buses? Seems like there are too many of them around to have just used random used military vehicles to build these.
Anybody know?
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Not exactly a Barndoor Bus but...
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I bet that the few men who brought those home for their families had their wives give them the headache excuse for several years thereafter.
Clark W. Griswald's "Family Truckster" even had more sex appeal.
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