Fantastic seeing Al and the boys. At 10.30, you can see 3 generations of craftsmen at work. The Mastercraftsman, Craftsman and Apprentice, just like in the days of yore.
The engine was designed by Prof. Ferdinand Porsche. He joined Steyr, in Austria, in 1929 and worked there for a couple of years. He designed this air-cooled, V8, during that period.
It's so good to see how well you all work together as a team. That Steyr looks amazing. Congratulations. Ausarmour does NOT cut corners, real craftsmanship. Good to get a bit of history too. Timber in trucks, Didn't British utility trucks use wood for drop sides, tailgate and the load deck in (? rickety memory!) Bedford 3 and 5 ton vehicles?
Yes, most had hardwood for the load areas. Many soft-skinned vehicle cabs had framework constructed from ash. Check out 'Katie' from 'Ice Cold in Alex'.
@@MillwalltheCat Thinking Morris Minor Clubman Estate. I think spares for wooden body parts still available but rationed to genuine restorers not Ebay traders etc.
The air-cooled, V8 engine was designed by Dr. Ferdinand Porsche. He joined Steyr, in Austria, in 1929 and worked there for several years. During this period, he designed and developed this engine. Porsche was a great proponent of air-cooled engines.
Very cool, the Steyr has been one of my favourite "trucks" of the war. Nice to see one up close like that. Some very simple, but very clever design work.
Thanks. I love all the support vehicles - they had bags of style along with utility. Thanks for the vid. Great to have you back. I reckon Katherina would love to have such a unique vehicle to duck down to the shops. No arguments over parking spots with that 34 mounted.
Lovely to see these pieces moving under their own power. I can picture Rommel standing on it, binoculars around his neck, pointing out the place the troops need to go.
This was fantastic. Al running circles around the blokes. So much action going on seems like more cameras are needed to catch it all. Thanks for bringing it to us.
Just noticed one of these in a history documentary. I know all the tanks and such by heart, but this one had me stumped. Workshop Wednesday to the rescue!!
Could you do a video on The Mastermind behind the starting up of your wonderful museum, Ausarmor? Do you have any video or pictures of the construction process of your location from start to finish you could put in a video? How did everybody come to be that is there now? Short one on ones with employees on what gravitated them to what they do there for work? I just love all the individuals that I've come across on all the videos that I've watched so far and I am very impressed with the work ethic that I witness on these videos. I say the same to you as well Kurt. Kurt do a great job putting together these videos. From what I see everyone looks to be very tip top at their jobs which I assume is because it is everyone's calling. I see so much love and hard work! Hello from Springfield Massachusetts USA.
Bravo, yet another flawless restoration. The mounted MG-42 provides serious defensive capability. The command car version featured a folding-roof, luxury interior, and radio.
I always thought that the Steyr spare wheels in the middle of the body rotate freely like on a Horch type 1a. As always, the assembly on the video is 15 minutes, and months of preparation and restoration behind the scenes.. Wonderful museum!
Tip for painting always paint on sealer. put on a coat of sealer then your primer then sealer then paint. Paint does not like to stick to paint or primer all that well but everything sticks to sealer.
Wonderful stuff! Best to your team this year on all projects. Nice solid resto on the Steyr and thanks to Jason for the history and operational data! You get a 8-RAD and I’ll be in hog heaven!
A great job you did on the Steyr 1500 A/02, 1.5-ton, 4x4. It was very reliable and much liked by the troops and had good off road capability. I noticed that you guys have difficulty to turn the steering wheel but once you drive on it gets much easier ro turn. Perhaps it should be greased better. I know because I had drive it years ago and belongs to a friend of mine. I liked it very much.....
My grandfather was a NZ army field mechanic with an artillery brigade in the North Africa campaign. He told me they captured a German mobile workshop truck and was amazed at the amount and quality of tools and machinery it contained compared to their own basic issued kit. Unfortunately being metric a lot of it wasn't very useful to them with their British and American vehicles.
This was just great, i have a 1/35 tamiya model of this in my stash, anyway it was great seeing a real one off these, you guys have done a brilliant job off the restoration, i have seen wartime footage of these in Europe during ww2, loaded up with troops and equipment and camouflaged with bushes etc, to try and conceal them from the allied fighter planes, you have a great collection of vehicles etc.🙂
“Timber not usually associated with a truck”- 1940s vehicles had more in common with horse drawn carriages, than modern vehicles. The monocoque design of aircraft, later in the war, revolutionised the vehicle industry.
Kurt, your comment about "a new car for the Missus", install a "Dash Cam" and you will be able to "capture what other drivers do, when you drive to the supermarket". You can then post said footage of Scots dash Cam/ or Australia Dash Cam - both feature on you tube. You might need a "big dog", to sit in the back to protect your groceries or other purchases.
I'm sure I've seen WW2 original photos of one setup as a wireless communication vehicle with the radio equipment mounted on benches where the rear facing bench seat behind the front seat is, the operators sat on the existing forward facing bench seat just behind the rack. Whip antennas were mounted on the rear quarters and extra batteries as well as a charging kit were mounted in the rear compartment.
Your parking brake cable or whatever it is hanging down on the drivers side coming off the rear axle is rubbing up against the driveshaft. you can see it pretty good at 14:12 Thanks for the great video. Beautiful old truck for sure!
Very advanced truck for its day, AWD, independent front suspension, and looks like a air cooled V6. Pretty sure AWD trucks were pretty rare in the German Army so no wonder the troops loved them. I bet the few left after the war were put back to work on farms and doing other heavy duty work just like the trucks leftover in the states and elsewhere we used.
Thanks Team, I love workshop Wednesday, and thought I couldn't be impressed any more than I have been. But the Steyr and its history is amazing. A trip to your amazing facility is on my bucket list, hopefully in 2024, cheers
Fantastic. Well done. Great to see and good to know that it will be there for future generations to learn from my father’s generation’s wartime sacrifices. 👍🏻🏴
As always, it is great to see another vehicle added to the viewable collection. I noticed in the pan shot a Kettenkrad. You wouldn't have another one in storage, would you? It'd be great getting the hay to the horses in Winter in north-eastern Wisconsin (USA) plus running the fence lines.
