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Hanomag L 28
Motor vehicle
The Hanomag L 28 was a light truck from the German manufacturer Hanomag that released in 1950. The vehicle was the first newly developed commercial vehicle from Hanomag after World War II. It belongs to the large vans and light trucks division.
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It was designed as a modern long hood and had a so-called "alligator hood" based on American models and headlights integrated into the front of the vehicle (i.e. no longer free-standing), which gave the vehicle a modern appearance for the time. A short time later, the two competitors Opel Blitz (1952) and Borgward B 1500 (1954) also gained a similar appearance. The L 28 was initially designed for 1½ tons of payload, over time other versions for 2, 2½ and 3 tons of payload appeared, in 1956 a 1.75-tonner appeared instead of the 1½ and 2-ton versions. The entire model range was driven by Hanomag diesel engines, initially with 50 PS (37 kW). For the larger models there were later also diesel engines with 65 and 70 PS (48 and 51 kW). Popular versions were the platform truck, the closed panel van and the separate box body, and a minibus variant was also available with bodies from bodybuilders.
The water-cooled inline four-cylinder, four-stroke diesel engine with 2.8 L displacement of the Hanomag L 28 was equipped in 1953 with a Roots supercharger, which was driven by a V-belt. The sound of the Hanomag D-28 engines was characterized by the particularly striking "diesel nailing" and the "singing" of the blower.
In 1955 the L-28 cab received front hinged doors instead of the previously used rear hinged door and in recent years instead of the two small ones, a large curved panoramic windshield, which made the cab look much more modern. Between 1958 and 1960, the L 28 series was gradually replaced by the Hanomag Kurier, Garant and Markant front-link successor series, differently labeled according to their weight.