Advertising 1944 Mercedes-Benz L 701 Modified for Movie [L43] Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin: 
![1944 Mercedes-Benz L 701 Modified for Movie [L43]](/i044537.jpg)
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2006-07-29 00:16 |
submitted as "maybe an Opel Blitz" |
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◊ 2006-07-29 00:20 |
Thats what it's meant to be, but i doubt it is because 1. It looks wrong 2. It blows up |
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◊ 2006-07-29 05:54 |
Something about the front reminds me of an OM Taurus, maybe with the bumper raised and a new cab added? |
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◊ 2006-07-29 20:21 |
Opel Blitz 4x2 truck fitted with genuine wartime German economy pattern "ersatz" cab made from wood/board. |
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◊ 2006-08-02 22:48 |
Opel Blitz Einheitsfahrerhaus |
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◊ 2006-08-03 01:15 |
It's not that easy!  It is an Opel Blitz 3 to (4x2) built in licence by Daimler-Benz under the name L701 (1943-49). As they were ordered to use the Opel design instead of their own no markings or logos were attached. The Daimler-Benz versions were the only ones to use the simplified cab (Einheitsfahrerhaus). Second detail problem: this is not a simplified cab! The original cab was lower and the roof was bent from side to side. I assume that this was a wreck and the cab had rotted away long ago. This cab was probably made by the film carpenters. Perhaps Harrison Ford made it himself! .gif ";)") -- Last edit: 2006-08-03 01:16:30 |
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◊ 2006-08-03 01:16 |
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL |
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◊ 2007-01-01 23:19 |
![[Image: c004005so9.th.jpg]](http://img292.imageshack.us/my.php?image=c004005so9.jpg "http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/2455/c004005so9.th.jpg") ![[Image: c004011mg9.8018.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is299/c004011mg9.8018.jpg) |
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◊ 2007-01-05 19:50 |
because of where this sequence was filmed it is possible that it is a genuine wartime German truck..lots were impressed by the local population..this one could have been tarted up for its final end..dont forget..they actually blow up a pre War RAF pattern Crossley petrol tanker in the same film..and the Crossley is a lot rarer than the Blitz!! |
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◊ 2007-01-05 19:54 |
this truck stunt actually went wrong..as the vehicle goes up the ramp,a telegraph pole is ejected at high speed via a compressed air cannon mounted under the vehicle..as it goes up the ramp,the cannon was meant to somersault the truck onto its roof (a la A Team type stunt)..but the old truck was too heavy.which resulted in it coasting along on its left tyres then falling on its left side..guess they didnt have a similar truck to repeat the stunt with,so went with what they had. |
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◊ 2007-01-05 20:09 |
Re Ersatz patt cab..."In 1944 shortage of steel forced the introduction of a new simple utility cab made of pressed cardboard over a timber framework..it was dimensioned and so designed so that it would fit ALL weight classes of the Schell-Programm chassis" taken from Wheeled Vehicles Of The Wehrmacht,pub.1974..S-P vehicles are Ford,Steyr,Mercedes,Opel,Phanomen..so it would apear the cab was a universal pattern which could be fixed to any of the stated vehicles. |
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◊ 2013-06-04 18:03 |
![[Image: o1.6.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/4290/o1.6.jpg) ![[Image: o2.6.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/4290/o2.6.jpg) ![[Image: o3.5.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/4290/o3.5.jpg) ![[Image: o4.4.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/4290/o4.4.jpg) ![[Image: o5.1.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/4290/o5.1.jpg) ![[Image: o6.2.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/4290/o6.2.jpg) ![[Image: o7.2.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/4290/o7.2.jpg) ![[Image: o9.1.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/4290/o9.1.jpg) ![[Image: o10.1.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/4290/o10.1.jpg) ![[Image: o11.1.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/4290/o11.1.jpg) ![[Image: o12.1.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/4290/o12.1.jpg) ![[Image: o13.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/4290/o13.jpg) ![[Image: o14.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/4290/o14.jpg) |
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◊ 2015-02-13 19:11 |
Exploded 'cause explosives |
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◊ 2016-06-29 02:41 |
opel blitz |
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