UNSUNG HEROES #81 - The Schlorwagen ''Pillbug''
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Episode 81 of Unsung Heroes, a series on HSG featuring some of the obscure cars from both the concept and mass production world which simply do not get the recognition which they deserve...
In this episode we take a look at a vintage car which shares many similarities with the best of what modern day cars have to offer, but with some significant drawbacks...
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Gotta love those crazy German engineers.
Super interesting car and a very well done video. Thank you.
For many years I'was trying to figure out what car this is after I've seen it on the cover of a CD with really nice 30ies/40ies classic German swing music (Deutsche Moderne - Im Fahrtwind) - now I know from the fact that it came into the news that there is work going on build a replica. Awesome.
I agree with you on the Gremlin, but this really is a bit of an eyesore. Pretty fantastic stuff though.
Kind of sci-fi looking for the time, but also impractical, or bater said - "impactical". Zero crumple zone, the steering wheel doubled as an impaling stake and as a result the driver was certain to die even in a mild frontal impact.
I like this car so much. In terms of design look, it's more appealing than the 1930s Dymaxion Aerodynamic Car, Tatra T87. In my humble opinion, I'd go further, it's even better looking than the haled Phantom Corsair. Actually even more, the Jelly Bean designs of the 1990s, were really Schlorwagen wanna be's. But 1990s JB design never could cut it. Great vid. Just sub'd
The wide boi
Fantastic. The sidewind behaviour must have been adressible. It will mostly have been caused by the high centre of gravity combined with a too slack (original?) suspension system and the sheer size of the body. In those times you would not build a sporty suspension anyway because your teeth would rattle out on normal roads. Not to much ultraflat tarmac then. Even on the first Autobahn's one constantly went "kaduk, kaduk, kaduk" because of those concrete plates. Most probably the wheels where also not set wide enough. The front wheels had after all to move within the body. No wonder it was extra wide. Imagine a more compact and lighter modern interpretation though. Make mine electric! :-)
2:78 Fascinating video - but what is a 170 'HAICH' model? Haitch?
i really wonder what a modern interpretation of those aero-cars would look like. anyone wanna make a successor to this or the dymaxion?!
I'd love to, lol. Slap a Ford EcoBoost engine in it and you'll probably return 100+ mpg
the vw xl1 is kind of like that
am planning on doing it when i have paid my electric van off (is a mitsubishi minicab ev) and the body comes off the chassis, now need to find someone to build the body to attach to the chassis
I would like to inform, there is a German association (Mobile Welten e.V.) which started reconsructing a Schlörwagen based on an original Mercedes 170 H chassis.
Not sure, if I'm allowed to share links here. However, you will easily find the page by searching for the association name. On their page, in the top menu bar, there is a direct link to the project.
i agree with you it looks great.
so it's kind of like a tatra 87 ? speaking about it that could also feature in this series even if it's a bit more well known than this
Tatra 87 1937 CW0,36, Schlörwagen 0,186 !!!!
It is the same time and despite of all that warmongering going on, techies of all countries communicated. The Tatra and the rear engine Mercedes both share a central tube frame- and of course the engine in the back - and so does the Schlörwagen.
Have you ever considered talking about the Bugatti type 251 f1 car? i Know it was a failure but it did had some intersting features that was ahead of its time, except they kinda did it wrong :(
Yeah we might cover it
Am I the only one who wants m&m's now?
Scrap metal was extremely valuable after the war - and many people made a living out of collecting it. That was the obvious end of that vehicle.
Would the italdesign cala make a good subject for this series?
Possibly
Let's build it again
As far as replicas go, it’s probably fairly easy one 😆
Meanwhile there are efforts to rebuild a replica of this amazing vehicle.
Can you do one for the Dacia MD87? It's a communist MR-2 and/or Lancia 037
It is incorrectly labeled some places as an electric car.
Shrink it down to Scion size.
Big Hammmmmeeeerrrrr
Ummm sooo why was this never a VW bus?
Will it show in Gt Sport?!
lol, probably not
If Mercedes-Benz had built it After the war with a 190 Sl engine with 100 HP it could have reached 200 km/h.
In reality the Soviets added the Fan-they wanted to test all the “German super weapons” like the B2 bomber the Americans took after the war... the British wanted to know what the Russians used for their planes so they stole the car just for the fan... they ended up destroying the car.
For real?
@@jasperchance3382 yes. Russian TV actually did a thing on this car... that’s how I remembered it.
The fan was added by Karl Schlör itself. It was captured by the germans from the soviets.
@@Allmentux ? What. The car was German... the Germans lost the car when the soviets invaded East Germany. The USSR-Added a fan as the German plans had areo balder placed on the back, Stalin wanted faster means of transportation without too much fuel use. The SAS stole the car to see what areo tech the soviets had.
@@Allmentux are you saying the soviets made this car and the Germans stole it? ????? The car was GERMAN. The Soviets took it... THEN the allies took it.