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[Cyborg322]

I was thinking on the same lines but the orignal Olympiastadion in Berlin

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by stork100

Not in Australia unfortunately - another country. The thing also no longer exists.

Originally Posted by Cyborg322

I was thinking on the same lines but the orignal Olympiastadion in Berlin

Per Stork100: it no longer exists; the original Olympiastadion is now the current renovated Olympiastadion?? Is it the old olympic swimming venue poolside tilework?

[Catfish]

Hmm, Avus race track?

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Per Stork100: it no longer exists; the original Olympiastadion is now the current renovated Olympiastadion?? Is it the old olympic swimming venue poolside tilework?

Wouldn't that be related to water which received a no answer?

[stork100]

Originally Posted by Catfish

Hmm, Avus race track?

Quite right.

The 43 degree banked north curve of the AVUS racetrack in Germany known as 'The Wall of Death', constructed in 1936 and dismantled in 1967. No doubt one of the most impressive corners in motor racing history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVUS

In an effort to make AVUS the "world's fastest race track", the 1936 season was skipped and while the track hosted the cycling road race, the marathon and 50 km walk athletic events of the 1936 Summer Olympics, the north curve was turned into a steeply banked turn (43°) made of bricks. It became dubbed the wall of death, especially as it had no retaining barrier, so cars that missed the turn easily flew off it. The Silver Arrows raced only once on the banked version, in 1937. As the AVUS race did not count towards the championship, non-GP cars were allowed, which permitted the use of streamlined cars, similar to the cars used for high speed record attempts. This race was run in two heats; during qualifying for the second heat, Luigi Fagioli stuck his Auto Union Type C on pole position, with a time of 4 minutes and 8.2 seconds at an average speed of 284.31 km/h (176.7 mph)- which was the fastest motor racing lap in history until this time was bettered by Tony Bettenhausen in qualifying for the 1957 Race of Two Worlds at Monza. It was also bettered by four drivers during the 1971 Indianapolis 500. Mercedes driver Hermann Lang's average race speed of about 276 km/h (171 mph) was the fastest road race in history for nearly five decades, and was not matched on a high-speed banked-circuit until the mid-1980s at the 1986 Indianapolis 500.

Over to Catfish.

[Catfish]

^ Thanks Stork100
just saw it, sorry for being late..

Berlin and "no water" were valuable hints, but i never saw the surface structure of the AVUS 'Nordkurve' so close. Really thought of an aerial photograph at first.
btw the abbreviation means "Automobil-Verkehrs- und Übungsstraße" (~Automobile traffic and test road), and some original portion is still part of today's Berlin city motorway. Too bad not this angled part though, would be fun to drive ..

[Catfish]

So, what is this?

[Jimbuna]

https://www.fahrzeug-karosserie.de/s...al-893218/?p=3

[Catfish]

^ right, this is it of course. Over to Jim

type WS 06 AVUS SSKL 1932
(https://drive-my.com/1932-mercedes-b...type-ws-06-rs/

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2019/08/05/1932-mercedes-benz-sskl-avus-recreation-honors-the-brands-125th-year-in-motorsports)

Works Series number 06, S for sport, SS supersports, SSK supersports kurz (short) while k could also stand for Kompressor, SSKL supersports kurz/Kompressor leicht (light)

My Google image search did not show it when entering the detail, did you find it w/o it?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Catfish

right, this is it of course. Over to Jim

My Google image search did not show it when entering the detail, did you find it w/o it?

Yes

[Catfish]

lol ok
strange, so the english Google image search shows something else/different

[Jimbuna]

I'm currently in Holland according to my VPN

[Jimbuna]

Put a name to this.

[Buddahaid]

British warship?

[Cyborg322]

is it a ship/boat of any kind ?