My first inquiry and Gantenbrink's answer
I: Please tell me about the "vehicle" you found during your investigation in 1992. It is described in your website "It is badly eroded, but has four wheels. It is the size that fit perfectly in the shaft, and weighs about 30 kg. It is made of solid iron. I suppose it is left by a pyramid researcher, Flinders Petrie, when he carried out an investigation in 1881-1882." But is there any letter, mark, or other evidence on the vehicle to show that it is a product of recent years? If not, how is it made concerning length, width, depth, diameter of the wheel, and the external appearance?

RG: The exterior is quite modern. (The vehicle and its axle have been shaped on a lathe. Therefore, the vehicle has been made in a modern technique.) There is nothing written on the vehicle, but there was graffiti saying "It has been open" (the date Unknown) in the Mankiller tunnel. It is not the same as the one written by Dixon. Moreover, there were a clear mark, which probably has been made by a steel cable, on the tunnel floor, and a cigarette case with some aged cigarettes and a match. Judging from these evidences, we got the impression that the vehicle has been made in recent years. We have not measured the size.

My second inquiry and Gantenbrink's answer
I: The reason why I wanted to know the size was because it is said in the website that the vehicle was the exact size that perfectly fit in the shaft. Taking the size of the shaft- 20.5 cm wide and 21.5 cm high- into consideration, I estimated the vehicle to be 15 cm wide, 15 cm high, and 15 cm x 4 long as from the picture. And by calculating these numbers with the specific gravity of iron, 7.85, to find its weight, I came up with 106 kg. On the other hand, as in the website, it is described weighing 30 kg, and that thereby contradicts my finding. Conversely, for the vehicle to be 30 kg, it then has to be 10 cm wide, 10 cm high, and 10 cm x 4 long at most. I am also curious whether or not the vehicle was stuffed inside.

RG: I described it to be 30 kg in my website, but it was merely an estimated number. Because it required two grown men to carry, it might have been heavier than my estimation. Judging from the size of the shaft, we now reckon the vehicle to be 12 cm wide, one side of the wheel to be 3 cm wide, and each penetrated hole for a rope to run through (This thereby indicates that the interior of the vehicle was stuffed with iron) to be approximately 40 cm long, 12 cm high, and 45 kg.

My third inquiry and Gantenbrink's answer
I: You stated that the vehicle might have been left by Flinders Petrie. I read his report "Pyramid of Giza and temple, 1883." Despite that his report has an excellent reputation for its accuracy, he did not touch a bit on the vehicle in the report.

While I admit that the vehicle gives an indication of modern times, I do not see any evidence to support the idea that it has been made and left by Petrie.

On your explanation, you said that nothing was written on the vehicle but there was graffiti in the tunnel. Yet, neither the vehicle nor the tunnel seems to have something to do with Petrie in particular.

You mentioned a scratch on the floor made by a steel cable. In order to make a scratch, the cable must have been moved back and forth just like a saw. However, Petrie described in his report (section 56) that the shaft has been clogged up with sand and that a stick, which he inserted into the shaft, came to bump against limestone at 4.5 feet (a little over 1 meter) deep. Thus, I suppose that it must have been impossible for him to move the cable back and forth in this plugged shaft. What do you think?

By the way, where did you find this vehicle?

RG: I did not conclude that it was left by Petrie. It is just that because there was graffiti, which was written in a different handwriting from the one left by Dixon, I merely pointed out the possibility that it might have been left by Petrie. Petrie has made an investigation there for a few days. The vehicle was leaning against the large wall in the Mankiller tunnel. (It was not in the shaft!)

[To be continued]

Reference: The report on the "four-wheeled vehicle" can be found in THE SECOND 1992 CASMPAIGN of his website. Click the address below. The fourth picture is the image of the four-wheeled vehicle.
http://www.cheops.org/startpage/theupuautstory/thesecond1992campaign/second92.htm

Here is the website of Rudolf Gantenbrink stated below. You can go into the site simply by clicking the "ENTER" written on a stone-button down the screen. Then choose CYBER DRAWING, and click OK button for security warning. In a little while after clicking CHEOPS SHAFTS or other item, you will receive the drawing. You can try conducting the buttons on the top several times at first, and learn the operational procedure of the drawing.
http://www.cheops.org/

Translated by Maiko Noda