DRAGsteyr 55 baby

the other 55

2011-03-29T00:18:00.000-07:00

something is happening... :-)

2011-02-02T07:20:00.000-08:00

the car will get new floors, (if everything goes well) and some other sheet metal from austria (with BIIIIIG help from Christian Krämer)! wow! i´m pretty happy! BTW, you can also check my other blog,
http://volkswanker.blogspot.com/2010/02/steyr-55-inglourious-adolfs-gang.html
for more steyr photos... ;-)

steyr with 10 legs?

2010-11-29T23:29:00.000-08:00

we had to use some human power to get the body to the trailer... BTW it was -20 degrees outside

it wasnt that light, i dont know how much it weights, but it was pretty heavy. thanks to sepänkatu guys & jussi jyranko / kuplapaja for help. the body started its journey to mika sarkela, mäntsälä, who will probably weld the body. and spray some primer...

some pictures of the project

2010-11-25T13:14:00.000-08:00

steyr 55 - future plans

2010-11-12T02:08:00.000-08:00

THE FIRST picture is something thats on my mind of the final version...except the body mods...
the car will go to the sand blaster & welder & painter in the end of november 2010.
M.(mr racetaxi) sarkela from mantsala city will start to rebuild the body ...

the first plan is to sandblast the lower parts of the body, and after that he could weld the body and after that the other parts could use some soda-blast...

then some primer or similar... to the naked "ugly duckling" body :-)
then ....well u have to check my blog... ;-)

i might be interested to change some parts...WTB seats, some badges, script-text to the rear, original gauges, etc... let me know if you need some axle stuff, original wheels...etc...

steyr 55 - documents :-)

2010-11-10T06:36:00.000-08:00

papers, receipts, body plates, etc...

steyrs at the war - survivor of russian fire!

2010-11-06T10:16:00.000-07:00

happened this friday:

i got Atte (previous owner, modifications) from Forssa to the phone, about his old HZ-3 steyr 55,
and he really was the history-source, truly amazing man...

He told me that this car was actually in the war, and the car got shots from the russian army...
i would guess that this car was (while totally new) taken to the war, not even registered to finnish roads...yet.
he told me that there are some bullet holes in the backseat area somewhere...(but so far i havent seen them)

the car was also driven on its left side, thats why theres some dents...
the steyr engine went dead somewhere in its history, so they took a vw splitwindow (engine 25 hp) and it went ok 90 km/h) with that...
Atte was the man that changed the 25 hp vw engine, VW brakes, and a peugeot 203 OD transmission... then the care went 120 km/h...the car was black with red interior, (my favourite)

the body mods were made in Vanaja body-factory, to make it look a bit more modern, (happened in the late fifties)
so this is the only this kind of steyr in the world. ;-)

so the car has been surviving from russian bullets at the WWWII, customized & hopped-up in the fifties in Finland, and now it will be reconstructed & modified again in Finland... the same way that it was at the history...
brakes, engine, tranny etc... ok, this time with big disc brakes from porsche, brand X transmission, a stout v-dub engine etc...

lets see how the story will continue...

ps if you have steyr 55 seats, or the transmission )peogeot 203 OD) of this car, let me know... ;-)

steyr 55 - a tiny mechanical wonder

2010-11-03T04:48:00.000-07:00

finally i started to dismantle the ugly duckling...it is a totally amazing little car, there´s a half rack´n pinion steering, heh but only a half one... theres a small tank for grease, and a pedal for the co-pilot, who can grease up the balljoints while the pilot is driving, think a bout that! the grease system goes to the steering parts, ball joints etc... huh and in 1939 year. ok, the steering is pretty slow for sure, but i can guess that you did get a sweeet ride in this car... ill try to take the front axle combo off, and the rear axle also... more picks coming up. :-) HEY if you got spare parts let me know, floor boards, seats etc... jyrie (@) mac.com

wheel of fortune...

2010-07-27T23:48:00.000-07:00

just checking what kind of wheel would fit and how it would look, ok, this is a bit too low, but it still think that these wheels would look great. 215-40-17, but whats happening next?

the body will go to a soda-blast treatment (to kari kuusharju - kellokoski) + some sandblast for the floors etc... then we will see whats left. ;-)

steyr 55 - getting more and more ideas ;-)

2010-07-26T04:34:00.000-07:00

this set would look pretty nice... n´est pas?

215-45-17 tires with american racing wheels

meeting with max stahl

2010-07-19T03:52:00.000-07:00

it was nice to meet a true steyr-wizard, max ståhl... we had nice time and he had lots of interesting things to tell, example...we found the body-number.

steyr 55...

2010-06-01T14:44:00.000-07:00

steyr 55 - update

2010-05-29T04:23:00.000-07:00

its time to get dirty again... and check the underside of the car... how good/bad it is.

ill try to take some pics this weekend. and turn the car so i can continue the paint removal....

lets see...

this would be THE thing...

2010-05-04T07:56:00.000-07:00

for a front engined steyr 55... braab brab brap...braaaaaaaaaaaaaa-baaaaaaaaaaaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.... dear mister santa claus.... ;-)

no news. ;-)

2010-04-12T06:06:00.000-07:00

the steyr is just waiting for some spare time... and parts... and...well many things.
for now, i´m concentrating to get the panelvan in to the summer shape.

steyr 55 - "steel is real - kit is shit"

2010-03-13T08:51:00.001-08:00

ok, i cleaned up the car a bit, moved it also to get the bonnet open...
snapped the trashy electrics away... and sterted to tear off the original front suspension...
its a tricky one... i´m pretty good to tear off things, but this is tougher than normal...
...i dont want to break anything, just take off the suspension. and clean everything...
i sended an incuiry to soda blaster, but so far no answer...
that would tell the cruel part... what i would like to do is try to make a sub- frame with vw bug front suspension + rear suspension where the engine-tranny-and axles would be...that would bolt to the normal steyr unibody.
i also took off the front wing, and i think ill take the wings, doors and windows...for some soda-pop-treatment...

from the new MOBILISTI magazine

2010-03-12T05:03:00.000-08:00

the magazine is really a great one, check this out...

pics from the web

2010-03-10T10:40:00.000-08:00

http://www.schlossmuseum.at

steyr 55 - the toad!

2010-03-09T10:23:00.000-08:00

steyr 55 - "inglorious basterds"

2010-03-09T10:20:00.001-08:00

ok, i should clean up the other blog - and try to get the steyr 55 -posts to this blog...hmmm...any ideas?

2009-10-20T01:25:00.001-07:00

more picks

couple of picks.

2009-10-20T01:19:00.001-07:00

dragSteyr 55 - coming "home"

2009-09-06T23:30:00.001-07:00

250 euros to go ... slowly to the finish line...

2009-08-20T05:41:00.000-07:00

;-) too many things, but getting there.

tube-snake-boogie

2009-07-13T04:31:00.000-07:00

well this has been sitting in the woods (our cottage) for couple of years now...
it was for a 356 porsche, but i think its going to sit inside of a DRAGSTE(y)R...
i´ll try to get it to the garage, asap.