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Blitz articulted tractor and trailer
kefffy
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Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 08:46 AM UTC
Recently on E bay i came across, what i believe to be an opel blitz towing an articulated trailer, the kit was made, just got me thinking does anyone know or have information about this blitz and trailer, i thought about an italeri kit for the tractor unit, trailer ?????. Any help would be greatfully received, thank you in advance. Keith
Frenchy
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Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 09:08 AM UTC
I've seen Ford semi trucks used by the Luftwaffe, like this one :



but no Opel Blitz so far, ....except this one :



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165thspc
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Posted: Friday, March 22, 2013 - 12:54 AM UTC
LOVE IT! Wish we could find prototype reference on the Blitz!
Frenchy
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Posted: Friday, March 22, 2013 - 01:42 AM UTC
In case you're interested in the Ford truck, check out Marcos Serra's great built :

http://calibre135.forospanish.com/t1790-ford-g198-ts-v-3000-s-traktor-und-eylert-kraftstofftrailer-d200-1-35

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hobgrot
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Posted: Friday, March 22, 2013 - 08:13 AM UTC
the tractor unit was fairly common as it was a civilian development to tow bus-trailers built by various coach-builders
Frenchy
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Posted: Friday, March 22, 2013 - 09:29 AM UTC
Finally found an Opel Blitz semi truck with a tank trailer. This one is an early (1931-1937) Type 3,5 model :





from this great thread on forum.axishistory.com. This kind of threads are usually gold mines for rare pics...

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