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1944 Mercedes-Benz L 701 Modified for Movie [L43]

1944 Mercedes-Benz L 701 [L43] in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Movie, 1981 IMDB

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin: DE

1944 Mercedes-Benz L 701 Modified for Movie [L43]

Position 00:40:15 [*][*] Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Comments about this vehicle

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antp BE

2006-07-29 00:16

submitted as "maybe an Opel Blitz"

Silverstone UK

2006-07-29 00:20

Thats what it's meant to be, but i doubt it is because

1. It looks wrong
2. It blows up

Pokeoddsponge US

2006-07-29 05:54

Something about the front reminds me of an OM Taurus, maybe with the bumper raised and a new cab added?

2491tj EN

2006-07-29 20:21

Opel Blitz 4x2 truck fitted with genuine wartime German economy pattern "ersatz" cab made from wood/board.

Junkman UK

2006-08-02 22:48

Opel Blitz Einheitsfahrerhaus

Alexander DE

2006-08-03 01:15

It's not that easy! :D

It is an Opel Blitz 3 to (4x2) built in licence by Daimler-Benz under the name L701 (1943-49). As they were ordered to use the Opel design instead of their own no markings or logos were attached. The Daimler-Benz versions were the only ones to use the simplified cab (Einheitsfahrerhaus).

Second detail problem: this is not a simplified cab! The original cab was lower and the roof was bent from side to side. I assume that this was a wreck and the cab had rotted away long ago. This cab was probably made by the film carpenters. Perhaps Harrison Ford made it himself! ;)

-- Last edit: 2006-08-03 01:16:30

wickey SK

2006-08-03 01:16

Alexander wrote This cab was probably made by the film carpenters. Perhaps Harrison Ford made it himself! ;)

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

antp BE

2007-01-01 23:19

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2491tj EN

2007-01-05 19:50

because of where this sequence was filmed it is possible that it is a genuine wartime German truck..lots were impressed by the local population..this one could have been tarted up for its final end..dont forget..they actually blow up a pre War RAF pattern Crossley petrol tanker in the same film..and the Crossley is a lot rarer than the Blitz!!

2491tj EN

2007-01-05 19:54

this truck stunt actually went wrong..as the vehicle goes up the ramp,a telegraph pole is ejected at high speed via a compressed air cannon mounted under the vehicle..as it goes up the ramp,the cannon was meant to somersault the truck onto its roof (a la A Team type stunt)..but the old truck was too heavy.which resulted in it coasting along on its left tyres then falling on its left side..guess they didnt have a similar truck to repeat the stunt with,so went with what they had.

2491tj EN

2007-01-05 20:09

Alexander wrote It's not that easy! :D

It is an Opel Blitz 3 to (4x2) built in licence by Daimler-Benz under the name L701 (1943-49). As they were ordered to use the Opel design instead of their own no markings or logos were attached. The Daimler-Benz versions were the only ones to use the simplified cab (Einheitsfahrerhaus).

Second detail problem: this is not a simplified cab! The original cab was lower and the roof was bent from side to side. I assume that this was a wreck and the cab had rotted away long ago. This cab was probably made by the film carpenters. Perhaps Harrison Ford made it himself! ;)

Re Ersatz patt cab..."In 1944 shortage of steel forced the introduction of a new simple utility cab made of pressed cardboard over a timber framework..it was dimensioned and so designed so that it would fit ALL weight classes of the Schell-Programm chassis" taken from Wheeled Vehicles Of The Wehrmacht,pub.1974..S-P vehicles are Ford,Steyr,Mercedes,Opel,Phanomen..so it would apear the cab was a universal pattern which could be fixed to any of the stated vehicles.

Lateef NO

2013-06-04 18:03

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Flynox US

2015-02-13 19:11

Exploded 'cause explosives

F355 UK

2016-06-29 02:41

opel blitz

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