1,988,387 mile 1935 Mercedes-Benz Lo 2000 Truck

[cawimmer430]

1935 Mercedes-Benz Lo 2000 Diesel truck with 3,200,000 kilometers (1,988,387 miles) - original engine! 4.9-l 4-cylinder naturally aspirated Diesel. Gorgeous. 











Link: http://www.mercedes-fans.de/magazin/classic/3-200-000-kilometer-laufleistung-mit-originalmotor-mercedes-benz-lo-2000-mit-unermuedlicher-ausdauer.12109

[CaminoRacer]

Wow, that's impressive. Cool truck. Probably not the most comfortable thing to drive that far.

[cawimmer430]

Wow, that's impressive. Cool truck. Probably not the most comfortable thing to drive that far.

I really like the pre-war Mercedes' trucks (and those after the war).

This truck probably has a top speed of 65 km/h (41 mph), so achieving that mileage took time and patience!

[FoMoJo]

Why is the steering wheel on the wrong side?

[shp4man]

It's amazing it survived the Allied bombing and being scrapped to build tanks for Speer's war production factories.

[cawimmer430]

Why is the steering wheel on the wrong side?

It could have been produced for Austria - which still drove on the left until it was annexed by Germany and then adopted the driving on the right system. Just a thought.

[cawimmer430]

It's amazing it survived the Allied bombing and being scrapped to build tanks for Speer's war production factories.

According to the article most of these were pressed into military service during World War II. The German Army ran on gasoline, not diesel, so many of these were apparently converted to run on gasoline. How this one remained a diesel is not mentioned. I suppose this one could have served the Germany Navy and purely for logistics reasons remained a diesel (so it could be refueled at port with diesel fuel, makes life easier...).