Kfz 72 Radio Truck information needed.

[Funksammler]

I know of one original, still attached to an original door. I am still chasing this one for my own restorations. Never seen one on Ebay, who would keep such a thing....

regards,

Funksammler

[SpookyDad]

Do you have any close-up pictures of it? That would be most helpful.

Neil

[SpookyDad]

Does anyone know where I can find the rubber blocks for the radio mounts?

Neil

[SpookyDad]

Originally Posted by SpookyDad
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Val

Wow. That is one of the sharpest pictures of that truck. Do you know if any other pictures were taken of that vehicle? I am currently looking for window and door details.

Neil
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What detail do you need to know?

regards,

Funksammler

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Funksammler

I have never been able to figure out how the storage locker doors are kept closed. I know they use a rotating latch like the picture below. I am not sure if this goes through a tab or sits on a little catch. Does it rely on gravity and friction to keep it shut?



Are the locker doors trimmed in steel or just the wood?


I don't have any pictures of the interior of the cab.

Neil

[Funksammler]

Hi Neil,

The clips rest on specially profiled wedges when closed:

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The door skins were probably wood or pertinax. I know that the Opel Blitz koffer was largely made of "Pappe", a hardboard material. The Kfz 17 skin is made of "Pertinax" a phenolic resin "hard paper". Older designs like the Kfz 61 and 72 may well have been slatted wooden skins on the outside. Internal doors usually had a multiplex wooden skin.

Remember that in German radio car design, the chassis and roof antenna form a "sandwich" with the majority of the antenna current flowing in the short bits of cable between chassis, the transmitter and the roof antenna. So metal skin would effectively shield the majority of the active part of the antenna, making it less effective. Mind you, the bootlid of the Kfz 17 was metal and obviously anything from the bulkhead forward was ususally metal.

regards,

Funksammler

[SpookyDad]

Thanks to val, I now have the D manuals for the kfz 72!!

These are the source of the pictures for the WfW book. The pictures in the pdf are of much higher quality. The books are for both the transmitter and receiver trucks so the storage questions are now answered.

I am trying to translate the text right now. Fortunately I recognize a lot of the technical names for the equipment.

The pdf's are here:

http://www.rkk-museum.ru/documents/a...s/62-40-02.pdf

http://www.rkk-museum.ru/documents/a...s/62-42-01.pdf

Thank you Val !!!

Neil

[Funksammler]

Great link, some more Fu-kasten in there....

regards,

Funksammler