The original Unimok GM truck was targeted by Daimler-Benz at the factory.

I talked about Pinzgor and the case of Havlin. Let's talk about Unimok in order today. Why this order? I think everyone will understand when they see the car. Although Daimler-Benz acquired the ownership of Unimok at 1950, it was not until 1953 that this truck began to assemble the star logo of Mercedes-Benz.

See if this model is familiar to everyone, and it is very similar to Havlin Geiger and Pinzgor. If Havlin Geiger produced by 1959 draws lessons from this Unimoc, I think it is no problem, with small head, sharp mouth and four-wheel drive and strong off-road performance, but it is it.

This car did not belong to Mercedes-Benz at first, but was designed by a little-known designer, Albert? Frederick designed it. 1947, he is going to design a general-purpose truck, taking into account the flexibility of light trucks and the high horsepower of tractors. The original Unimok was produced by Gepingen Company. By 1950, 600 such trucks had been produced.

Initially, this car was named "Global? Vehicle or? Unimog is Unimok, and the vehicle is equipped with a Mercedes-Benz 25-horsepower diesel engine and a 6-speed gearbox. Because it is a new model equipped with Mercedes-Benz engine, it has been concerned by Mercedes-Benz executives who have been interviewed. After confirming the quality of the vehicle, the ownership of Unimok was obtained with 1950.

195 1 year, the vehicle production was changed to Gaggenau's factory and renamed as Unimog? GmbH, but it was not until 1953 that this truck began to be equipped with the star logo of Mercedes-Benz. It was not until 1956 that the original company's tauren logo appeared on the hood.

After Ressper engineers redesigned the vehicle, Unimok produced the first all-wheel drive truck, weighing 65,438+0 tons, and was named UNIMOK 4065,438+0 or U25. The new car is equipped with a 25 HP four-cylinder diesel engine.

The wheelbase of the vehicle is 1720mm, and the front and rear axles are equipped with spring suspensions, which can be switched to front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive. The front of the engine is in the cab, equipped with an adjustable steering column, a three-position star steering wheel, a round-headed straight handle manual gear and a traditional hand brake.

The cab of the original car is in convertible mode, the split front windshield is mounted on a metal bracket that can be turned forward, and the front bumper is directly mounted on the extension of the frame, and the frontal impact force is borne by the whole frame. The pedal lever of the cab is a metal lever protruding from the rear of the front fender.

The body is made of wood, and the old-fashioned big nose fuel tank can only be installed under the cab because of its short wheelbase. The wheels are thick herringbone cross-country tires, and the speed of this car can reach 60km per hour on the road. Unimok 402 is a long wheelbase version, but the wheelbase is only 2120 mm.

Starting from 1953, Unimok began to mass-produce trucks with closed cab, and at the same time, many wonderful models emerged, such as this box-type truck with sealed body, and the heightened intake pipe showed the purpose of the car.

After that, Mercedes-Benz designers began to abandon Unimoc's traditional angular design and apply more arcs in the cab. The included angle between the front windshield and the hood disappeared, and an integrated bullet design began to appear. Headlights on both sides of the front of the car are designed to protrude forward. At that time, this model was dubbed "? Froschauge "Frog's eyes.

1956, all the new cars of Unimok were equipped with new engines with 30/32 horsepower, which had stronger kinetic energy, but they were gradually different from the original Unimok. But perhaps because of this, Steyr Pucci Company began to produce Havlin in Austria in 1959, and inherited the style of the old Unimok.

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