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1950s Porsche vineyard tractor, marketed under the Allgaier brand.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...242#post116057
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...102#post115530
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...2422#post96279
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...4194#post79504
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...788#post100042
It seems Porsche couldn't design anything that wasn't aerodynamic (although the Elefant was clunky). Still better than a Mengele tractor...
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Wow, had no idea that was even a tractor company. A quick search revealed that the farm equipment company Karl Mengele & Sons was founded by Josef Mengele's dad: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/07...9295522043200/
The Germans I spoke with during my residence there held the Mengele agricultural equipment in high regard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon
Being a vineyard tractor, it was possibly designed to slip through the olive trees – rather than snag on the branches.Quote:
Originally Posted by mklotz
My thoughts too. Instead of aerodynamic it has to be vino-dynamic. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Scotsman Hosie
Also acceptable: wine and air are both fluids! :rimshot:Quote:
Originally Posted by jdurand
From tractor to sports car: Lamborghini. From sports car to tractor: Porsche
Of course, Porsche was not the only designer and builder of sleek vineyard or orchard tractors. Farmall, Deere and others built tractors with long-taper fenders that looked like something Jules Verne would have described.
