Silverarrows !

The Audi Museum in Ingolstadt/Germany opened a new special exhibition yesterday. They celebrate 75 years silverarrows of the Auto Union. The museum also shows some of the finest Mercedes silverarrows from the 1930´s.
... thought I share some of the pics with you ! Enjoy !

Some of the racers before they entered the exhibition floor, one day before the grand opening:


1937 Auto UnionType c Record Streamliner 16cyl. 520hp roots blower,253 mph !




1936 Auto Union type c grand prix racer




1939 Auto Union type C/D Hillclimb racer


1934 AU type A


1939 AU type D 12cyl.




1934 Mercedes W25 8cyl






1939 Mercedes W154 12 cyl.


1936 Mercedes W25 12 cyl. 231 mph Record car

 

now that's cool. thanks for posting.

 

Thank you for sharing that. Some magnificent cars. That hill climb racer looks like alot of fun.

 

Great pics! With a little imagination, that don't look too different from a fighter plane cockpit.

 

Aw man, why'dja have to go and start this thread?
All that hand hammered alloy and engine turned metal gets me all a-swoon!

 

That is some beautiful workmanship. Thanks for sharing. It is appreciated.

 

Thanks for posting! I love these cars and they inspired pre-war hot rodders.

 

Thanks - good pictures

 

Aaaaaargh - Wunderbar!!!!

 

cool old racers. thanks for the pics.

 

Love the build shot with the really rumpled sheet of alloy. It's amazing how they can go from that to perfectly smooth and shapely.

 

I love every one of them cars

 

I am so fucking sick of the bare metal look. From Shine, Bass,Mr. Ford now AU's in on it????? Get over yourselves!!! Hahahaha!!! Just kidding!!!

These things are so fucking bad ass it's not funny. Love the incomplete one.

 

Here´s some more...and yes, it really inspired a lot of hotrodders even nowadays !
rear axle set up Mercedes record car



AU type A again

 

Hans Stuck, Shelsley Walsh 1939

still one of the most evocative pictures of the era





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awesome pic !...love the twin tires ,too!

 

Thanks

 

The rear axle and the clutch are jaw droppers!
Unbelievable craftsmanship!
And what about the brake set up and what looks like a super neat friction shock!!!!! Simply tooooo much!

^^^the twin rear tires up here are also soo too kewl!!^^^

 

A couple more shots of these Monsters in Action












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Excellant pictures, thanks for sharing. Very airplane like.

 

@modelAKeith: Cool pics ! Man, what would I give to "do" that bank in a hotrod!! The bank was entirely made out of red bricks !
...and that´s Rudolph Hasse on the Nurburgring in 1937 !

 

grossartig!

 

Rocketeer, that would be one hell of a ride !!

these cars make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up I was lucky enough to hear one back in 05 at Shelsley Walsh, Awsome, to see a full GP field of cars must of been something else (maybe thats why they had 300,000 spectators)

The car ran out of fuel and ended up at my marshals post, man are they HEAVY to Push !!





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Keith

 

Yap, good ole German craftsmanship.

Here is my favourite pic:

 

I'll say it again-THANKS!!! I built models of a couple of those years ago;matching that silver color correctly(and in 1/43 scale!) was a bee-otch. Just incredible craftsmanship on those cars. I can see where rodders would find inspiration in these pics.

 

I am trying to get my head around what I am seeing here. It almost looks like some kind of combination friction/hydraulic shock? VERY interesting.

 

SO awesome. 100% NUTS. thanks The Rocketeer. Slim

 

Here's a few from Pebble Beach this year. They make some wonderful noise.

 

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And if memory serves me, that was a 3.0 litre engine. Oh, how I would love to hear that banshee wail!

 

@redsled: It´s the 6 litre 520 hp engine with roots blower. It´s a little tricky from this angle and also the exhaust pipes are missing.Unfortunately the 3 litre 12 cyl was not on display.