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Maybach 1938 Zeppelin DS8

Maybach 1938 Zeppelin DS8

Maybach 1938 Zeppelin DS8

Maybach 1938 Zeppelin DS8

Maybach 1938 Zeppelin DS8

Maybach 1938 Zeppelin DS8

Maybach 1938 Zeppelin DS8

Maybach 1938 Zeppelin DS8

Maybach 1938 Zeppelin DS8

Maybach 1938 Zeppelin DS8

Maybach 1938 Maybach DS8

Maybach 1938 Maybach DS8

Maybach 1938 Maybach DS8

Maybach 1938 Maybach DS8

Maybach 1938 Maybach DS8

Maybach 1938 Maybach DS8

Maybach 1938 Maybach DS8

Maybach 1938 Maybach DS8

Maybach 1938 Maybach DS8

The Maybach “Zeppelin” is one of the most models in the line-up of international cars from the nineteen-thirties – a twelve-cylinder car that was built in versions between 1930 and

A contemporary test report “. The Maybach Zeppelin models among the few cars in the international top They are highly luxurious, lavish in their engineering and only for a chosen few, not on account of the small series in these splendid cars are (Allgemeine Automobilzeitung 1933, no.

The Maybach Zeppelin DS 8, model 1932, with chassis 1387, and today owned by the Museum, is one of these luxury Its completely restored bodywork, tailored by Messrs. Spohn in is a four-door six-to-seven-seater cabriolet long wheelbase and ample for feeling at ease in comfortable chairs. Itself a feast for the the eight-litre V12 engine (number is still in a virtually “straight-from-the-factory” and in perfect working order. It its power of 200 hp at a maximum of 3200 per minute

Enthusiasm-inspiring handling characteristics

Its characteristics fill people enthusiasm even today. its 3735 millimetre wheelbase, weight and rigid axles on long semi-elliptic springs, the car along in almost light-footed Comfort is additionally enhanced by double-acting shock absorbers. The has to be operated for starting off, but the driver only needs to two small levers in the centre of the wheel to engage the four of the planetary-gear transmission – without What a treat! Idle, and reverse gear are engaged by of a preselection lever in the centre of the

In relation to this majestic weight of well over tonnes, the worm-and-nut steering, power assistance, is astonishingly and the huge drum brakes, via cables, decelerate the car evenly and thanks to an ingenious lever Thanks to vacuum-pressure brake relatively little strength is to operate the brakes.

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