Naturally it had Maybachs, it was a Zeppelin aquired as war reparations.
Peter
The engine is probably bigger than the car!
Peter
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Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:14 AM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Submerged Maritime Heritage Resource USS Macon
Levi Smith wrote:
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Similar, I'd forgotten I'd seen that. But I'm thinking this trailer would
have to be a bit heavier duty. Did that air ship have wheels on it? Maybe
you could just bolt that front of the airship to the back of your 240D, THAT
would certainly be something interesting to see! And I'm still thinki
Levi Smith wrote:
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> I'm picturing something like that engine on a trailer behind your 240D
> driving it's own wheels and with some sort of steering mechanism...
Like this?
http://www.mrsharkey.com/pusher.htm
ouroil.net
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Subject: [MBZ] OT: Submerged Maritime Heritage Resource USS Macon
This is a really interesting web site about the USS Macon, a large
airship that crashed off the California coast in 1935. It was powered
by eight lar
This is a really interesting web site about the USS Macon, a large
airship that crashed off the California coast in 1935. It was powered
by eight large 560-horsepower gasoline powered German built Maybach
reversible engines. (Was Maybach part of the MB or DB company back
then?). And it carri
