Whaddyacallit #123-SOLVED! Mercedes-Benz 170H Stromlinien-Versuchswagen Prototype

[Ray B.]

Ever seen this ?

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[Tuckeroo]

1938 Mercedes-Benz 170H Stromlinien-Versuchswagen Prototype...

[Tuckeroo]

...by Ludewig

[Ray B.]

The website where I found it is unavailable at the time .What I recorded is this:
"That "pillbug" was a 7-passenger car with a single driver's seat in front between the front wheel wells followed by 2 rows of 3-abreast seating with an air-cooled in-line 4 engine in the back. It was a research vehicle built on the frame of a Mercedes-Benz 170H W28 by Professor Schlör at the Technical university of Gottingen in 1937 and was lost during WWII". I have nothing about a "Ludewig", but I believe Professor Schlör"s first name was Ludwig.
You're close enough anyhow.

[Allan L]

The normal 170H motor was water-cooled, as were all DB motors of the time  - was this a non-DB motor perhaps?

[Ray B.]

I don't know. I'll try to add a rear view later (it doesn't work now), you'll see if you can guess it.

[Allemano]

Little additional info: It was made by Ludewig a coachbuilder also of cars back then. Today they only repair and build busses. The company's office and garage is about 2 km from where I live.

[Otto Puzzell]

A period pic of the car in the wind tunnel. I have a larger scan, if anyone would like it.

[Allemano]

This car was called the 'Schlör-Wagen'* after German engineer Karl Schlör and was famous for its low drag coefficient of only 0,15
It was nicknamed "Göttinger Ei"* (Egg from Göttingen).

*many more pics are available if you google these keywords

[Otto Puzzell]

Yeah, but my pic's the coolest.  

[Allemano]

Yeah, but my pic's the coolest. 

by far! 

[Wendax]

A little gadget added: 

[RayTheRat]

"All was going well with Herr Doktor Ingenieur Schlöer's streamlining experiments until the unfortunate crossbreeding with M. Leyat's Helica."

[pnegyesi]

"All was going well with Herr Doktor Ingenieur Schlöer's streamlining experiments until the unfortunate crossbreeding with M. Leyat's Helica."

[Wendax]

Another one:

[Wendax]

A little gadget added:

In 1943 the Ministry of Aviation ordered a propeller-driven sledge to carry supplies between the base and the front in Russia. So the Schlörwagen was modified by taking out the Mercedes-Benz engine and fitting a Russian M11 aero-engine. Test drives showed a top speed of 180 km/h.

[grobmotorix]

The Schlör Wagen in a ca. 1938 model of a fair stand:

[Wendax]

Another rear view I haven't seen before: