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Genuine 1943 WW2 Schwimmwagen for sale

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split Commited Dubber

71 posts · joined Sep 2011 ·

#965167
Heres a clip of lots of these going in the water

1916baja Custom Title Time!

1,990 posts · joined Sep 2007 ·

#965185
That is awesome!

DubbyFan Wolfsburg Wizard

518 posts · joined Nov 2010 ·

#965204
That is cool, so is a group of Schwimmwagons spelt with or without an s on the end? What do you call a group of Schwimmwagons going for a swim, a flock, probably a school I guess?!

split Commited Dubber

71 posts · joined Sep 2011 ·

#965237
"What do you call a group of Schwimmwagons going for a swim, a flock, probably a school I guess?!"

a smack of schwimmwagongs 🙂

empi Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,131 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#965299
A murder ... as in crows
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nils Fahrvergnugen

971 posts · joined Jan 2008 ·

#965310
empi wrote:A murder ... as in crows
only when a mounted machine gun is present 😂
Quit calling rust patina

Yogie Moderator Custom Title Time!

1,610 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#965311
DubbyFan wrote:That is cool, so is a group of Schwimmwagons spelt with or without an s on the end? What do you call a group of Schwimmwagons going for a swim, a flock, probably a school I guess?!
A greenies nightmare 😂😂😂

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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#965325
No "O" in schwimmwagen

and they look scarey going down a steep ramp into a river..

no wonder You don't see any in old WAR MOVIES...

anything more than a ripple and You would need the life jacket
lol

I believe the gear they use to go into and out of the water is 4 wheel drive.. but it drives normally with the rear wheels..

the engine would be water cooled when in water???

imagine 4 BIG German soldiers with all their gear.. guns.. ammo.. etc...
I wonder how many went to the bottom??

LEE

Great videos there...
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HappyDaze Superannuated

2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#965330
If it is school, it would be old-school.👍
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beetleboyjeff Custom Title Time!

1,790 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#965369
How about a circle of wagons - worked in the old west :-)
From your ole' mate Jeff

bnicho Wolfsburg Wizard

436 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#965443
Good on the guys in that video for actually using them in the water. 🙂
Brett Nicholson
Melbourne, Victoria
1974 VW Superbug L - Olive 😎
1971 Morris Mini Moke - Mopoke
1966 Austin Mini - Audrey
1965 Morris Mini Traveller - Trixie
2007 Land Rover Freelander 2
2009 Nissan Pathfinder

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#965448
68AutoBug wrote:No "O" in schwimmwagen

and they look scarey going down a steep ramp into a river..

no wonder You don't see any in old WAR MOVIES...

anything more than a ripple and You would need the life jacket
lol

I believe the gear they use to go into and out of the water is 4 wheel drive.. but it drives normally with the rear wheels..

the engine would be water cooled when in water???

imagine 4 BIG German soldiers with all their gear.. guns.. ammo.. etc...
I wonder how many went to the bottom??

LEE

Great videos there...
This is quite an intersting read here Lee:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Schwimmwagen

The 4wd was only in first gear, and some models had it in reverse too.

The engine bay itself was never submerged, and stayed dry within a sealed 'hull', which makes the bottom half of the schwimmwagen. Heres a pic, showing how the drive shafts penetrate the hull with the sealing necessary to prevent leaks (also note the 4wd prop shaft coming out from gearbox). The quenching of a hot engine into full submerge in a lake isn't very healthy and can easily premote cracks/distorsion:



And to prevent sinking, don't forgot your buoyancy laws 🙂. For every kg of water displaced (1 litre), you get 1kg of upforce. So in summary, if that hull and body holds a volume of 1000 litres of air in total below the water level outside the schwimmagon (1 metre cubed), you get 1 tonne of upforce and thus the car can float with 1 tonne of weight.
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bnicho Wolfsburg Wizard

436 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#965449
It's Wikipedia - Don't expect accuracy. 🙂

I noticed that one of the shots on the Wikipedia site of a Schwimmwagen is almost identical to one I took in a museum in Bratislava in Dec 2008. Obviously the same car.
Brett Nicholson
Melbourne, Victoria
1974 VW Superbug L - Olive 😎
1971 Morris Mini Moke - Mopoke
1966 Austin Mini - Audrey
1965 Morris Mini Traveller - Trixie
2007 Land Rover Freelander 2
2009 Nissan Pathfinder