Funkwagen Kfz 17 with FU 11 SE 100

[Funksammler]

Impressive. Does she run?

She runs very well! I initially had problems with the fuel supply as the fuel tanks were full of condensed old petrol. After I cleaned and restored the fuel tanks she runs without problems! Even the brakes are still operational, which is remarkable considering how long she has been stationairy. The next challenge will be to get it road legal, so I can take it on some decent runs.

Still a lot of detailing to do in the engine compartment, I have yet to fit the generator.

I am still looking for a 12V "Einheitsregler" for the car:

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I have a 24 V version which I will need to modifiy for 12V, but it would be better to find an original 12 V version. So if anybody can help, please let me know.

regards,

Funksammler

[Dimson]

Congratulations, Funksammler

It's a really great work!

Regards,

Vadim

[JAndrew]

I am not a vehicle collector or restorationist. I collect KM items but I am also an avid model maker. In the latter regard I go to a lot of museums and vehicle shows and have seen all manor of restorations. Some are good and some it is obvious where short cuts were taken.

This is just excellent work.

This is a rare vehicle and one can look at the photos and tell the time, patience, care, research and resources that have been put into this project. You are doing it right and you have my utmost respect for your efforts here as well as gratitude for preserving a piece of history. Congratulations on a job being well done.

JAndrew

[jotuntroll]

Funksamler

This is eyecandy fall all signal troops and veichle entusiasts world wide.
The restauration work is amazing with fine details. I saw one WH funkwagen here in Norway some years back in grey color.
Thanks for sharing this fine project

[Funksammler]

Funksamler

This is eyecandy fall all signal troops and veichle entusiasts world wide.
The restauration work is amazing with fine details. I saw one WH funkwagen here in Norway some years back in grey color.
Thanks for sharing this fine project

Thanks for the comments. The grey Kfz 17 you saw was probably the vehicle now with the Norwegian army museum:

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I understand it used to belong to a large radio collector in Norway who traded it for radio material with the army museum. I understand from my Norwegian friends that the vehicle is rarely seen these days....

regards,

Funksammler

[earlymb]

Fantastic project!

[Asbjoern]

Wow !

As already stated... great work !!

One of the best restaurations I saw during the last years...

Jens

[NickG]

Fantastic!!! As a former military "Funker" in a modern version of such a vehicle I can really appreciate this restoration.
Thank you so much for showing it to us!
No doubt the best survivor out their! I also like the contrast between the early "Grau-Blau" color
still visible on the inside and the later camo job on the exterior!! Great work!!!

[mc65]

hi funksammler,

excellent restoration work, I'm not surprised the engine still turns well, they were machines designed to go through a war!

I found this thread looking on the web for information funkwagen 17, of which I would like to make a scale model 1/35. your photos are very interesting for the work I'm doing, but I miss some of the measures to do a job well done.

in fact it is an ambitious project, while having a good frame to start with. Although from the 70's, the Italeri kit is a valid and robust model to start with. and plusmodel and has created an engine in resin respectable, but the rest is a disaster!

you would please have to tell me the internal dimensions of the cabin, from the dashboard to the rear bulkhead and door to door, both front and rear?
also the total height of outer I could use ...

Here you can see the beginning of the work, a few things, so far ...
http://freeforumzone.leonardo.it/dis...x?idd=10327427

thanks in advance for the help that you can give me,
Hello, Paul.

[mc65]

hi funksammler,

excellent restoration work, I'm not surprised the engine still turns well, they were machines designed to go through a war!

I found this thread looking on the web for information funkwagen 17, of which I would like to make a scale model 1/35. your photos are very interesting for the work I'm doing, but I miss some of the measures to do a job well done.

in fact it is an ambitious project, while having a good frame to start with. Although from the 70's, the Italeri kit is a valid and robust model to start with. and plusmodel and has created an engine in resin respectable, but the rest is a disaster!

you would please have to tell me the internal dimensions of the cabin, from the dashboard to the rear bulkhead and door to door, both front and rear?
also the total height of outer I could use ...

Here you can see the beginning of the work, a few things, so far ...
http://freeforumzone.leonardo.it/dis...x?idd=10327427

thanks in advance for the help that you can give me,
Hello, Paolo.

[TJ Suter]

Simply outstanding! I'd love to see photos of the vehicle when you first obtained it and photos as the restoration progressed. How many years did you spend on the restoration?

[Funksammler]

you would please have to tell me the internal dimensions of the cabin, from the dashboard to the rear bulkhead and door to door, both front and rear?
also the total height of outer I could use ...

From dashboard to read bulkhead (to which the rear set backrests are mounted) is about 217 cm. The rear bulkhead is slightly slanted, so at floor level is is probably 5-10 cm less.

Width rear door to rear door is about 154 cm

Width between front end of front doors, about 131 cm (the front doors are tapered, the rear end of the doors goes to the same width as the rear doors).

Overall hight is about 210 from the ground. A bit difficult the measure as the roof is rounded. It will also depend on the tyres used. The side of the body starts at about 60 cm from the ground with the roofline at about 200 cm.

The model appears to be a pre-1940 model with wooden slats enclosing the upper body. Note that the engine is from a type 40, the difference is in the airfilters, the pre-1940 model used cyclone filters while the typ 40 uses oilbath filters.

good luck with your model!

regards,

Funksammler

[mc65]

great!

thank you so much, funksammler!!

now it is more clear how to divide the two sides ...

and I think it will be easier to try to reproduce a model post 1940. both for air filters that for solid walls rather than wood.

I will try to create a car used as a ground-to-air-ground of LW in the first period of WW II, overall gray with no camo.
I found several sets of radio in scale, including Fu.d2, Fu.b1, Fu.11, Fu9, and even a set enigma ... and now I'll start to study the better arrangement to install them.

At least, that seems like a good idea at the time. if you or others have any suggestions or different ideas, I will certainly like to get more help!

will not be a short-term project, but I hope to soon close it and show you the result.

thanks again, greetings, p.

[Funksammler]

Simply outstanding! I'd love to see photos of the vehicle when you first obtained it and photos as the restoration progressed. How many years did you spend on the restoration?

I started collecting parts for the project probably 15 years ago, initially with a thought of building n indoor replica table to show the complete radio installation. I guess it became a bit more real when I had the opportunity to buy a chassis about 10 years ago. I guess the real intense restoration phase was in the last 5 years and ongoing.

regards,

Funksammler

[F.Knieriemen]

Whow - I'm far more than impressed!!!
Incredible work! Since half a year I'm also wondering if I should go for such a step getting my gear equipped on a 'mobile' display = Funkwagen reducing the time to prepare before, during and after an event... Lacking space for a truck like yours (and obviously also the probability to gather one for reasonable money...), I'm currently more after a trailer e.g. a Sd.Ah.25 - any hints for me where I could get one.