{"id":2728,"date":"2012-12-09T23:28:12","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T23:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aulas.pro.br\/paulo\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2012-12-09T23:28:12","modified_gmt":"2012-12-09T23:28:12","slug":"maybach-stromlinienwagen-32-the-rolling-zeppelin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulopedott.com\/paulo\/?p=2728","title":{"rendered":"Maybach-Stromlinienwagen &#8217;32: The Rolling Zeppelin!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dieselpunks.org\/profiles\/blogs\/lord-k-s-garage-162-the-rolling-zeppelin\">Lord K&#8217;s Garage #162: The Rolling Zeppelin &#8211; Dieselpunks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Just look at this car:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"1932 Maybach Spohn Stromlinienkarosserie by kitchener.lord, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27862259@N02\/6210424240\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6050\/6210424240_b252f9a399.jpg\" alt=\"1932 Maybach Spohn Stromlinienkarosserie\" width=\"408\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t it fantastic?<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Maybach Zeppelin DS-8, powered by a 8-liter V-12 engine, was introduced in 1931. It was one of the most refined automobiles of the period, a formidable rival of the Rolls-Royce, Grosser Mercedes and Hispano-Suiza. Superficially, the Zeppelin was a rather simple car of conventional design. Here is a preserved example with Spohn bodywork:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/api.ning.com\/files\/iGBafJ9qCit9rDDrK9GfPvYLue1fiJpNcp5VWlpMaqQl*HxuRATQ0GCyRNu7Q2f*DbA7SDzddRnSJLrJ3LamU0vWT8ksc*o2\/MaybachZeppelinDS8a.jpg\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.ning.com\/files\/iGBafJ9qCit9rDDrK9GfPvYLue1fiJpNcp5VWlpMaqQl*HxuRATQ0GCyRNu7Q2f*DbA7SDzddRnSJLrJ3LamU0vWT8ksc*o2\/MaybachZeppelinDS8a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/api.ning.com\/files\/27f394O27iTu4G-1Tj76yEJ0N4i*hsndo-T-BJ48FRp5mO-U9XXLdLkoacc9GQcEyRriT44VRujT9d91niTEJNr7hrzi3knd\/MaybachZeppelinDS8b.jpg\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.ning.com\/files\/27f394O27iTu4G-1Tj76yEJ0N4i*hsndo-T-BJ48FRp5mO-U9XXLdLkoacc9GQcEyRriT44VRujT9d91niTEJNr7hrzi3knd\/MaybachZeppelinDS8b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a>But in 1932, Spohn atelier produced a special streamline body for the DS-8. And it was different not only from the &#8216;standard&#8217; bodywork but from any of its contemporaries:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"1932 Maybach Zeppelin Spohn Stromlinie by kitchener.lord, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27862259@N02\/6858194377\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7064\/6858194377_835c73d3ab_z.jpg\" alt=\"1932 Maybach Zeppelin Spohn Stromlinie\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" \/><\/a><a title=\"1932 Maybach Zeppelin Stromlinie DS 8 by kitchener.lord, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27862259@N02\/6858189767\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7041\/6858189767_e19f08595c_z.jpg\" alt=\"1932 Maybach Zeppelin Stromlinie DS 8\" width=\"640\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a>The\u00a0Maybach Stromlinie\u00a0was displayed at the 1932 Berlin Auto Show:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"1932 Maybach Zeppelin Spohn Stromlinie by kitchener.lord, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27862259@N02\/6858192453\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7190\/6858192453_9b00f95ccc_z.jpg\" alt=\"1932 Maybach Zeppelin Spohn Stromlinie\" width=\"640\" height=\"402\" \/><\/a>See the different paint scheme? Probably there was more than one body. Besides, the car was advertised (which doesn&#8217;t mean it was available commercially) in two variants, powered by 6- and 8-cylinder engines.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Maybach Stromlinienwagen by kitchener.lord, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27862259@N02\/7074726445\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7050\/7074726445_594bacde0c_z.jpg\" alt=\"Maybach Stromlinienwagen\" width=\"640\" height=\"462\" \/><\/a>The fate of the Maybach Zeppelin streamliner (or streamliners?) remains a mystery. As far as yours truly knows, there are no survivors. But maybe some day, in some obscure barn&#8230; Can&#8217;t we dream? I believe we can.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"1932 Maybach Zeppelin Spohn Stromlinie by kitchener.lord, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27862259@N02\/6858194661\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7203\/6858194661_0cd413a3b0_z.jpg\" alt=\"1932 Maybach Zeppelin Spohn Stromlinie\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"1932 Maybach Zeppelin Spohn Stromlinie by kitchener.lord, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27862259@N02\/6858195001\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7187\/6858195001_43fb4f553b_z.jpg\" alt=\"1932 Maybach Zeppelin Spohn Stromlinie\" width=\"640\" height=\"392\" \/><\/a>Im<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lord K&#8217;s Garage #162: The Rolling Zeppelin &#8211; Dieselpunks. Just look at this car: Isn&#8217;t it fantastic? The\u00a0Maybach Zeppelin DS-8, powered by a 8-liter V-12 engine, was introduced in 1931. It was one of the most refined automobiles of the period, a formidable rival of the Rolls-Royce, Grosser Mercedes and Hispano-Suiza. Superficially, the Zeppelin was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulopedott.com\/paulo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulopedott.com\/paulo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulopedott.com\/paulo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulopedott.com\/paulo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulopedott.com\/paulo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2728"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/paulopedott.com\/paulo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2732,"href":"https:\/\/paulopedott.com\/paulo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728\/revisions\/2732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulopedott.com\/paulo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulopedott.com\/paulo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulopedott.com\/paulo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulopedott.com\/paulo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}