Imagery...

:o Some more info available - where, when, what? :)

Boy, I tried so hard to find some information on it. The best I could find was a thread in which they guessed what it was.

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schwim wrote:

Boy, I tried so hard to find some information on it. The best I could find was a thread in which they guessed what it was.
Original | English | German

Berlin in the late 1940s - indeed that was my first thought when gazing at the pic in question.
Berlin Charlottenburg was part of the British sector so that "very British" looking military Bug supports this theory.

A few wild guesses regarding the odd vehicle:

Judging by the wheels and hubs, the narrow tread width, the wheelbase and the head lamps the origin of the chassis may be an Opel P4.

The body looks like made of aluminum and very aircraft inspired IMHO.
WW II bombers crossed my mind immediately but I couldn't remember any of them having porthole like windows.
But wait a minute... There were these "Candy Bombers"... Douglas C-54 Skymaster!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raisin_Bombers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade

Far-fetched but may be the body was made of residues of a crashed Skymaster...

Off topic - during research I stumbled across this Follow Me Bug:

Already posted a few pics of Mr. Otto Mathé above...
With his right arm paralyzed after a motorcycle race accident he controlled his "Fetzenflieger" left-handed. :shock:

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-most-incredible-thing-ive-seen-in.html

My wife's birthday present for me:

schwim wrote:

My wife's birthday present for me:

That is one cool bus! Is it homemade?
Reminds me of this tin can bug made in the streets of Cape Town South Africa.
Will post a few more pics on the models thread soon...

It was homemade but not in our home. My wife purchased it on Etsy , the craft sales site. It's very nifty.

I like yours as well. I spent a bit of time in Africa and it amazed me what the street craftsmen were able to make with very few and poor quality tools.

Spotted on The Samba lately...

Zahlpunkt, is that like station or position? It translates to "number point" in Google.

There is no literal translation... But station suits in a way.
Something is counted/recorded at that location of the production line.
Progress of production, accomplishment of tasks, reaching a milestone...
May be reporting point or counting point.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_Point_%28logistics%29

From the FB post: My oldest brother (born 1951) sitting on the bumper of our uncle´s VW Standard (summer 1952).