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On a personal note, I was basically born in this business, started working part-time with my father at age of 12. I started full-time the summer I turned 16, and took seven years to finish my BA in Political Science from University of BC while working at Intermeccanica. I took over as owner and president of Intermeccanica in 2001 when my father passed away. My mother Paula Reisner is my business partner to this day.) manufactured include: Boxer - armored fighting vehicle, TPz Fuchs "Fox" - personnel carrier, YAK - armored Military 181s attain a higher ride height and lower effective gearing by using reduction boxes, a form of portal axles. 181s without reduction boxes feature a transmission similar to the Beetle but with a slower gearing by use of different ring and pinion gears and have stronger, more flexible CV axles. Most mechanical parts are interchangeable with those of other VW models. Optional dual oil bath air cleaners increased filtering ability in dusty environments, and low noise ignition systems were fitted to military cars to be used for radio communication. Like the World War II era Type 82 Kübelwagen, the Type 181 used mechanical parts and a rear-engine platform, manual transmission and a flat-4 engine derived from that of the Type 1. Post-war, the Volkswagen ceased production of the Kübelwagen, at which point over 50,000 wagens had been built and the Kübelwagen’s reputation for reliability and doggedness was secure. In 1969, Volkswagen released the outwardly similar Type 181, known in the United States as the Thing, though the Thing and the Kübelwagen shared very few parts. Today, a Canadian firm offers reproduction Kübelwagens for sale.
The Sherman was a poor tank, too high, gun not powerful enough, insufficient armour and ran on petrol. The Germans called them Ronsons or Tommy cookers. The T34 also had its faults. However both were produced cheaply in massive numbers thus overwhelming the opposition. Type 276: "Schlepperfahrzeug": Type 82 fitted with a towing hook to pull a 3.7 cm 'PaK 36' gun [19] Humber, meanwhile, wrote a lengthy report that same year on a ‘German Light Aid Detachment Vehicle’ seized in the Middle East.Hitachi Type 73 artillery tractor (1974) * Toyota Type 73 * Isuzu HST * Nissan Patrol * Mitsubishi Type 73 * * As for how the Intermeccanica Kubel came to be, this was a project and idea brought to us by our Japanese importer Masaki Horii in the mid 1990s. My father, after having tossed this idea aside for a couple of years, was able to secure a financial commitment from the Importer for partial finding of the tooling. Once this aspect was discussed, we took a trip to Seattle to meet the owner of an original restored Kubel. This visit was pivotal as it was immediately obvious what a cool vehicle the Kubel is.
I don’t speak a word of German, other than the clichés, but I often find words in the German language pretty entertaining. See, in the English language, we have the Jeep, and the origin of that word is either a contraction of Ford’s GP vehicle designation, or some untraceable soldiers’ slang. But in the German language, this wouldn’t fly. Top speed was about 80 kph on flat, 20-30 kph on average on rough terrain. The wheelbase was only 2.40 m and weight 715 kg (1,576 lb) (GVW 1,160 kg fully loaded) but it had almost a 30 cm ground clearance thanks to the adoption of a portal gear hub reduction, which provided more torque at the same time. It had a basic 4-door utility roadster body layout. Since the body was not a load-bearing part of the structure, the chassis could receive a great deal of configurations and modifications for all purposes. All wheels had independent suspensions. EU Titled Liquid Cooled TYP82 Kubelwagen". Intermeccanica. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019 . Retrieved 25 December 2019.BAV-485 * MAZ-543 * GAZ 46 * GAZ 67B * GAZ/UAZ-69 * ZIL-131 * GAZ 66 * KrAZ-214 * KrAZ-255 * KrAZ-260 * KZKT-7428 * MAZ-535 * MAZ-537 * MAZ-7310 * Ural 375 * URAL 4320 * ZIL-135 * ZIL-151 * ZIL-157 * ZIL-157/PR-11M * ZIL-6 Beige steel wheels are mounted with 5.25-16 Wesa Gelande tires, as is a nose-mounted front spare. A front Notek light reflects light downward from an internal mirror to avoid detection by aircraft, while a rear Notek light features a flip-down panel over a light array designed to help convoys estimate following distance. Additional features include trafficators in rectangular housings on each side of the windshield, fender-mounted headlamps with canvas lens covers, a side-mounted shovel and Wehrmacht fuel can, and a beige canvas convertible top.
The early Schwimmwagen, Type 128, borrowed heavily from the Type 82 Kubelwagen for the chassis and power. A watertight hull was integrated into the design for amphibious use and the driveline was upgraded to four-wheel drive to increase off road capabilities.
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The Volkswagen Type 181 is a two-wheel drive, four-door, convertible, manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen from 1968 until 1983. Originally developed for the West German Army, the Type 181 also entered the civilian market as the Kurierwagen (“courier car”) in West Germany, the Trekker (RHD Type 182) in the United Kingdom, the Thing in the United States (1973–74), the Safari in Mexico and South America, and Pescaccia in Italy. Civilian sales ended after model year 1980. After the war it was left there and the car does have some historical papers showing it was registered in
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