Identify vintage car

[Guest]

Who made a roadster called the "Zeppelin?"<BR>Need a reply asap. Thanks

[ThomasBorchers]

I know only one car which is called "Zeppelin". These cars were built by Maybach in Ludwigshafen/Germany. They had a lot of different special bodies and there was also a "Sportcabriolet" around 1935. Maybe you mean these cars? If yes, I can give you a lot of information about these cars.<P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

[Guest]

Thomas is probably right, the only car I know about called Zepplin was the Maybach Zepplin. This is a large 12 cyl. car and one of Germany's finest.<P>------------------<BR>tsauto@v35.com<BR>AACA member, Pottstown Region<BR>'60 TR-3

[ThomasBorchers]

Hi Tom. <BR>Are you a fan of German cars? Because you know a lot of them.<BR>Yes the Maybach is very fine. We own a 1937 Maybach SW 38 with Pullmann body by Spohn. But this is of course no Zeppelin. Here is a DS 8 for sale at the moment. $ 700,000 and it is yours.<P>Thomas

[Guest]

Thomas,<BR> I find all cars facinating. It doesn't matter where they were made or how good they where when they were made, something is to be learned from each and every one of them. even some cars that were considered real lemons when new, were not as bad as people believed, if the technogy of today could have been used back then. There were some very good ideas tried in the old days. As a mater of fact, there is nothing new on todays cars that was not tried many years ago with the exception of electronics. Even electronics has turned some ideas that did not work too well into "new" gadgets of today.<BR> I find european cars of the post war era interesting because the europeans were not afraid to try new and different designs. For that matter Europe has always led the industry in most of the technical advances in automotive engineering. American cars may have been the most reliable, but they were not the most adventurist in their design. They seem to see how well designs work on european cars before adapting them for american production. I guess thats not all bad, let someonelse work the bugs out and stick to what you know works. <P>------------------<BR>tsauto@v35.com<BR>AACA member, Pottstown Region<BR>'60 TR-3