thank you again met.
I now have an understanding of the flat beds!
Learn something new every day
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Well i've been searching about again and come across this truck..
The discription is translated from german wikipedia.!!!!
The W50 was
the truck of the
GDR.
He was in 60 different basic variants (Kipper, box, platform, military, firefighters, suitcases ...).
[1] In addition to the standard cab (two-, two seats), there was an extended cab (two-, four-seat or two seats and two sleeping couches ) and two long-cab variants (four-, six or ten seats). The latter were often at fire and Bautruppfahrzeugen installed. There were still two different wheelbase available: the short at 3200 mm and 3700 mm long.
Dieser kam jedoch nur bei den Ausführungen Speditionspritsche, Ladekran, Langfahrerhaus, Möbelkoffer sowie bei den Feuerwehrfahrzeugen zum Einsatz.
This came only in the versions shipping platform, crane, long cab, suitcases and furniture in the fire engines are used. For military vehicles were at the cab on the passenger side of the skylight is installed, the center arranged the roof door of the Civil accounted cab.
Driven was the W50 from a four-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine (name: 4VD 14.5 / 12-2 SRW) with 6560 cc and an output of 125 hp at 2300 rpm. Besides the Hinterachsantrieb connectable was also a
four-wheel drive (W50 LA) are available. The permissible trailer load was 10 tons. Especially for the agricultural use, there was the W50 LA / Z
(Z ugmaschine). This was a permissible trailer load of up to 16 tonnes, which had the advantage that, especially in the harvest season with two trailers could be. Specific applications in addition to the standard tires and low pressure balloon tire planned. With all-wheel drive was the W50 a high cross, which it very suitable for areas with poor transport links and routes loose terrain in mountains, jungle and desert made.
((His gradeability showed the W50 for a screening test in 1968 in
Népstadion of
Budapest, as the test driver with the vehicle on the stairs of the audience ranks without problems until the upper edge of the stadium hinauffuhr.)
[1] In addition, the vehicle with few trained personnel and could be repaired.
Exports were the W50 in more than 40 countries in 240 country-specific models.
[1] In several Eastern European and African countries (such as for example in
Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Nicaragua, Ethiopia, Angola and
Mozambique), he was long after the end of its production to the street scene and is still heard today.
Also in
Iraq (especially in military variants during the
Iran-Iraq war), he was in use.
The export rate in the eighties to 70 percent.
The remaining stocks (more than a thousand vehicles) were in the 1990-ies of an entrepreneur in
Heiligengrabe still sold worldwide.
Even
Vietnam had filled its stocks of W50, which continues in daily use.
The focus on exports has led to shortage of vehicles within the GDR, therefore, were originally used in military or not exported military vehicles later in the private economy.
These vehicles could easily be adapted to the roof hatch on the passenger side, and were detected (after
the fall) are often to be seen
As i've seen no reference to these vehicles yet on any other pages except german..
Does any one know anything about these??????
Reliability etc?
From the exports when the IFA was in production it seems like a likely contender for RTW as parts should be every where..
I think..( parts seem readily available on the net anyhow)
There seems to be a few available ranging from €4,000+.
Any thoughts etc..
More than welcome...
FF