CG #63 - 1914 28/95 Mercedes with a Mercedes 23 litre Zeppelin Aero engine

Craig Gillingham · October 10, 2012, 03:15:08 AM

For 1 point, tell me the year, make and model for the base of this car, and what engine has it been re-powered with?

Craig Gillingham · October 13, 2012, 09:50:09 PM

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D-type · October 14, 2012, 09:57:16 AM

Mercedes 18/100 chassis.
Re-engined with a Maybach airship engine
Year -1925

Craig Gillingham · October 14, 2012, 05:18:53 PM

It's a Mercedes chassis, but not a 18/100.
Not a Maybach airship engine, but close.
Older than 1925.

Craig Gillingham · October 24, 2012, 07:05:55 PM

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João · October 24, 2012, 07:49:49 PM

1914 Mercedes 28/95?

The engine was based on a Zeppelin aero engine and displaced 23 litres!

Craig Gillingham · October 24, 2012, 07:59:57 PM

Quote1914 Mercedes 28/95?

Yes, that's the one. It's in the Southward Car Museum in New Zealand. It's a 23 litre Mercedes engine, and it's referred to as a Zeppelin Aero engine. So I'm unsure if it was originally a Zeppelin engine, or an Aero engine. If there is any further information, I'll add it here.

grobmotorix · October 25, 2012, 10:47:02 AM

Recently the Sinsheim Museum has presented this Maybach engined Mercedes Special.
That seems to be a kind of clone:

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CG #63 - 1914 28/95 Mercedes with a Mercedes 23 litre Zeppelin Aero engine