Re: Can old brands be revived?

Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2011/11/29 1:01:39

Guscha,

Thanks for the reply and clarification. So Maybach is now kind of a Rolls Royce engine-maker entity, whether or not they're making cars.

Your description of the array of parts and materials in the war surplus trucks reminds me of the old saying, "It's held together with tissue paper and spit."

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Yes, there was an odd statement by a German (I think) contributor to the YouTube video feedback that stated that the Russians, being in the cold north, decided that Diesel would be the way to go, and gasoline was more appropriate for the warmer climes of Germany due to fuel gelling qualities, when the opposite is actually true-- diesel gels more easily.

Were both the Russians (probably less familiar with Diesel engines, invented in Germany) and the Germans, thinking bass-ackwards?

I would suspect that Germany simply had a greater supply of gasoline than fuel oil from the refineries like those in Pelosi (famous in America for the costly but ultimately successful B24 bombings that occurred there).

This subject is interesting to me, but I always feel a bit sad about the animosity that existed back then. and how I wish it had never been so.