Feuerwehr im Einsatz:Mercedes SLG

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Mercedes-Benz L 3000 S SLG

Because of the huge piles of rubble of destroyed buildings and bombcraters in the road surface, there was coused a lot of damage to the car, that was still set in for fire-fighting 20 years after the war.

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Mercedes-Benz L 3000 S SLG

Much work to do!!!

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Mercedes-Benz L 3000 S SLG

The engine was broken down , the cylinderheads tear to pieces.

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Mercedes-Benz L 3000S SLG

The Engine is the Mercedes-Benz Diesel OM 65/4, it is a Vorkammer Diesel 4 Cylinder , 4850 cc , 75bhp.

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Mercedes-Benz L 3000S SLG

Though the vehicles of the German Polizei were darkgreen shiny with black mud-gards, in 1942 the Wehrmachtgrey ( Nachtgrau Matt ) was prescribed for all new Fire-engines.
Allready in 1943 the vehicles were delivered in dark-yellow groundpaint as result of material scarcity.
After the war the Wehrmachtgrey made room for fire-red.

[Hans Rinsma]

Mercedes-Benz L 3000 S SLG

The wehrmachtgrey is still there, the text of the american can find on it

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Mercedes-Benz L 3000 S SLG

when on the 8Th May 1945 the German Wehrmacht capitulated, the car was captured by the American Army and after that again set in with the text:
Civilian Vehicle Pool Number 227 Marburg Land.

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Mercedes-Benz L 3000 S SLG

The other side of the engine

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Mercedes-Benz L 3000 S SLG

Rust... is also the probem by a old Mercedes-Benz

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Mercedes-Benz L 3000 S SLG

But there is also much wood there, the old bodys from the pre war cars have wood on the inside, the metall is nailed on it, that was normall in those years

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Mercedes-Benz L 3000 S SLG

The E-cables are not OK

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Mercedes-Benz L 3000 S SLG

Nice work to do on the interior

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Mercedes-Benz L 3000 S SLG

In a magazine I found the same type, and I could buy the lights from the roof

[Hans Rinsma]

Mercedes-Benz L 3000 S SLG

They come from Austria

In a magazine I found the same type, and I could buy the lights from the roof

[Hans Rinsma]

Mercedes-Benz L 3000 S SLG

All the doors become new wood