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A tenuous connection to yesterday’s #Fiat 600 Multipla. This 1950s Magirus-Deutz lorry is a feature of the truck stop (Autohof) on the A2 Autobahn near Porta Westfalica - snapped en route to Berlin on a German road trip in 2018. These trucks had air-cooled engines, hence the rounded bonnet and absence of a grille. #MagirusDeutz was absorbed into the Fiat-aligned #IVECO in 1975 and the Magirus name is now associated with fire appliances. #WeirdCarMastodon #davidsdailycar
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@davidwilkins What a charming-looking thing. What is it?
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@gpowerf It’s a Magirus-Deutz ‘Rundhauber’ (rounded bonnet). The were named after planets - apparently a reference to these models’ planetary gearbox/differential. Not sure which precise model this one was.
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@davidwilkins thanks so much. Looking at photos of them right now :) very neat looking things.
