I had two DKWs when I was a teen. I had a 1956 and a 1961. I really liked the 1956. I still remember the plug number for the 1956 which was UK10. I once got the car to 92 mph. I wish that I still had the 1956 as it had a sun roof which I enjoyed. Respectfully Rod
My dad had one of those cars, same model and same year. Watching your video brings me back a lot of memories. That "neat melody" on the exhaust, the smell of fuel mixture... I really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing this images of such a beautiful car!
This super video takes me back to my first car, DKW reg 7 DMK x racing drivers car it was very fast packed up at 90000 miles right hand drive uk after passed my test in 1962 .thanks for a reminder regards Mike now 80 years old in Yeovil somerset uk
I had 4 of these DKW Sonderclasse models. Two sedans and two wagons. Got two working back in the late 60s before selling and leaving for Vietnam. Have missed my DKWs all these years. Very nice to see one still working
My dad had one just like that when I was a kid. That sound brings back memories. It was a fun car. I remember taking out the sparkplugs out for often cleaning, 2 stroke oil back in the 60s wasnt very good, burned very dirty. For 900cc it was pretty powerful.
Ah yea, the DKW. I can still remember it on the streets of Germany and Austria in the 1960's. My father deprecatingly called them "Stink Autos" (say that with a German accent). I thought they looked like antique cars and liked them. I confess whenever I saw one I would point and say loudly, "Stink Auto!" It resembled the bigger more expensive BMW 501 which was a 4 stroke car. I used to think the East German Wartburg cars were based on the DKW but no, they are based on BMWs that were made there until the commies took over. The Wartburgs also had 3 cylinder 2 stroke engines well into the 1980s! I was told I always had to rev the engine, even when going downhill, so that the engine would stay well lubricated and not overheat.
The free wheel was so that when going downhill the gearbox disengaged the engine so that there was no engine brake effect as the engine lubricates from the oil added to the fuel. My first car was a 1961 1000s. Fond memories. Thanks for posting.
I had a terrible front crash with my two grandparents 63 years ago. But all 3 survived. It was my grandfather's DKW 1939. Still I like those cars and the engine sound and the smell of the mixture of oil and gasoline. My father told in the sixties that the Autounion 1.000S was the Cady of small cars. In that time he owned a Belair '58 .Congrats.
Wow what a real treat this thing is. Love the color and love the car. The sound reminds me of my late great grandfather's boat. She had a 90HP 3 Cylinder oil injected two cycle on it. Now she lives on our old neighbors party barge pontoon boat. What a sweet sweet symphony! You also have inspired me to build motorized bicycles. They are similar to this kinda tech but on a bicycle. My ultimate dream car over a Lamborghini, Bugatti and Ferrari is a Trabant 601S or a Wartburg 353W/312. I love the basic look of these cars. But the Deeks and Saabs are the creme of the two cycle crop.
love the 2 stroke engines, had a 1967 Saab 96 with the 850 cc 3 cylinder 2 stroke back in the 80's. fun car to blast around in and my dad even drove it on interstate 94 from Rockford IL to Minneapolis without a problem!
One of my uncles, my father's youngest brother, had a Saab with a 3-cylinder 2-stroke engine, but it was much older. I was pretty sure, that Saab had changed to another type of engine some years before 1967 - a 1.5 liter V4 4-stroke engine identical to the one used by the German branch of Ford in the mid-sixties.
OH how funny , this reminds me of the old SAABs when I was growing up . There was this one guy just a bit off and he used to rev it crazy in the mornings . Cool thanks
My dad had one of these in the early 1960s. It was a 1959 DKW 1000 Sonderklasse that was very similar to this one and it was in the same color. Yellow with white roof. He called it Deutsche Kaputt Wagen instead of Deutsche Kraft Wagen because it had a tendency of breaking down. Rust was also a major issue so he traded it for a 1968 BMW 1800 which according to him was the best car that he ever owned and the only one he regretted selling in his life. It was fun being a child in the 1960s and I loved riding in his DKW...
@@nullapinno Having owned 6 DKW's, I can attest to the fact that 20 seconds to 60 mph is not as fast as a bat from anyplace at all, but it sure got off the line!
I owned a 1957 DKW many years ago when I was in the Navy. The Blue Fog. I don’t know how many times I started to drive off with the spout of a copper oil can in the gas filler pipe. A very neat car to drive. I wish I still had it. I heard that a smokeless oil was developed. Every time I bought 10 gallons of gas, a pint of motor oil had to be added.
I used to have a Suzuki GT380 two-stroke triple. Sounded just like your car. But I only got it running right once for about 5 minutes before the battery overflow tube came off and acid melted the insulation on the wires. It was a glorious 5 minutes.
Great fun! I'm sure it's the only way I'll ever see and hear what it's like to ride in a DKW. WONDERFUL engine sound. Makes me recall the day my dad put a 3-cylinder, 60-hp Scott outboard on the family boat. When I was a teen, Uncle Roger let me drive his Saab 96. Later, my older brother bought one of the first Kawasaki 500 triples. We also had a 380cc Suzuki triple in the family. Last time I touched a three was... I rented a 3-cylinder Daihatsu in Denver in the early '90s-- the only 4-stroke on this list, but still...you get the point. Crazy for 3 cylinder engines. Too many decades without one. Back to present reality. Your slightly non-stock muffler makes the DKW sound even better. These ride-alongs are certainly worth the effort you put into them!
I know D K W made two stroke motorcycles , here in the U K they where taken over from the German manufacturer and became small capacity machines , made by B S A called the Bantam , 125cc 150 & latter on 195cc think they run up until 1968/69, but great video love the note out of the engine great 👍 genuinely love the style. Thank you from the U K .
No matter what you do that car is screaming it's head off. You could be doing 20MPH through a school zone and "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUGGGHHHHBLBLBLUB" Love the paintjob. Dolla dolla bill, yo!
Probably one of my favorite vehicles of yours (along with your Subaru 360 van). It sounds almost exactly like my little Mazda RX-3 with its bridgeported 13b. Very cool! Love to see more of it.
lol I drove a lemon dkw wagon across canada Toronto to Victoria in 66 - a 59 wagon - took us 2 1/2 months in the fall! bad generator, broken springs and camped to boot etc etc Bought another one! Got pulled over on t Toronto 401 by a curious cop at my smoke screen lol Then in the 80's got a 2 stroke Suzuki T500 blazing machine and wild sound! Nothing like a 2 stroke!! cheers
@@Trumplican No Trabants were ever imported for sale as new, but 2-stroke DKWs and Saabs and a few others were and can be found in the US with a bit of looking...
I have just returned from the past and the 4 weeks I had my brother-in-law's Dads DKW. It had been rolled so the top was removed and the rear fenders. Only reason I got the car was because it was stuck in !st gear. How it got into first I never understood. The car was towed across South Dakota to Rapid City. My neighbor and I towed it to where we lived and worked. All we did was jack up the thing and shook the hell out of the front wheel and it popped out as nice as can be. If I remember correctly it was a quart to 5 gallons so we put gas in and hit the highways of the black hills. A good left hand turn and a careful down shift and the thing screamed and the back end bounced all over the place. We too turns bouncing around curves and making the engine scream for dear life. Best thing was to drive to town and stop at a shop the claimed the could fix all foreign cars. They threw us off the lot after they saw 3 spark plugs wired direct to coils, the we removed the rubber cap that covered 3 sets of points. That was the thrill of the season as we were so good we didn't have a single forest fire that year.
Great ride such fun it certainly zips along and the brakes seem to be good given its age. Ride looks good too. I will go back through your videos to see more about the DKW. In the UK these are rare, we used to get East European 2 strokes for a while Wartburgs, quite a stylish car for the time, but the use of 2 stroke for cars ruled out due to pollution issues and Wartburg tried for a while to use a British Austin engine but then the Berlin wall fell and that was that.
Although the Saab 93 didn't have the same engine, it did have the same designer, Hans Müller. I found out that the prototype of the first Saab, the Saab 92, used a DKW engine. After all, Saab engines were generally a bit smaller and weaker than those from DKW.
In South Africa it had two nick names. Duitse Krag Wa (German Power Wagon) and Duitse Kak wa (German Crap Wagon) I myself have always loved the ring ting tinging of the two stroke in deceleration. I bought one to restore in the 80's but due to circumstances the car got abandoned on a farm near Johannesburg.
I remember the Orbital Engine Company was working on a "clean" 2 stroke 3 or 4 banger (for automotive use) many years ago. I wonder what ever happened to it?
They used the injection of a mixture of fuel & compressed air. It was tested in Ford Fiestas in the UK but had no engine braking & torque, but it did have serious reliability issues...
Orbital licensed the system to a number of 2-stroke outboard motor manufacturers. Listen to how this thing runs. ruclips.net/video/Y_vLoAtbggs/видео.html
A freewheel is quite essential for a mixture lubricated two-stroke car. The engine must not be allowed to brake without incoming fuel and oil. Plus, you get the extra advangage of being able to swich gears without using clutch.
I miss our 1959. But your steering wheel is on the wrong side. Ours was a 4 door ( meant we got the high HP engine ;-) ) which was bought new on Cyprus. Which then went all over the island and the goat paths. It went from there with us by ship to Turkey where we lived for two years. It also made a side trip to Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan before we came back to the US. And ours had a great heater. Move the lever and let the radiator heat the car. :-D
My first motorcycle was a DKW RT175 S. I paid £9 for it. Needless to say, that was a little while ago.... Love the car. Gretta wouldn't approve, but I do love a two-stroke. Thanks.
Loved the ride. There are other rides on You Tube in these and many other cars and motorcycles. I'm sure you know that but a couple of European video's exist where they really wind their DKW's out and they really move.
If I had that car here in the Calif. High Desert, it would last forever ! I love these Deuche Kinder Wagens ! , more than the Saab two-strokes. A much simpler vehicle. Thanks for the video, and be careful with that transmission !!! and RPMs when cold and otherwise. "Keep your Sparkplugs Clean..." Thanks ! Lol.
cool car. Sounds like a motorcycle engine. I used have a 125 Suzuki that sounded like that. I had no idea there were any two stroke cars until I found your channel.
Well, fascinating and credit to you for keeping a piece of history alive. But, really, whoever thought two-strokes were a good idea? My first car was an Austin Cambridge from 1960, only two years' younger than the DKW. A four-stroke 1.5 litre, it was quiet, warm, smooth and very comfortable. That thing is my idea of hell. It's louder than a race car and you're only bumbling around the 'burbs! I feel the same way about two-stroke motorbikes, some of my mates had them (Yamaha RD350s usually). Fast when they were running, but they were usually unavailable for a weekend ride because their owners were busy fitting new piston rings, or getting a re-bore, or whatever. The last two-stroke car I saw on the road in the UK was a Wartburg Knight. East German in origin, it was nice-looking and quite fast. It was a three-cylinder like yours (probably a development of your engine), about 1 litre in capacity. Also had a free-wheeling feature like yours. Great film, good luck to you.
Edward Kennedy True. I got the story a bit wrong. This is how Wikipedia reports it: “In 1950, Degner joined the Potsdam Motorcycle Club, where he met Daniel Zimmermann who had built an exceptionally fast 125cc racing motorcycle based on the DKW RT 125. It was called the ZPH, in recognition of its designer and engineer (Daniel Zimmermann) and its riders at that time (Bernhard Petruschke and Diethart Henkel). The ZPH proved faster than the East German factory IFAs (later renamed MZ), whose machines were also based on the DKW RT 125. “ So, it’s actually the MZ bikes that were originally based on DKWs. Thank you for highlighting my error. Peace
Thank you for the video, I really enjoyed it and your enthusiasm, and happiness. If anyone can helpme to buy one of these for restoration, or a later model, I would really appreciate it. I am also looking for a Panhard.
Door panels are very cool though it sounds like you still need to replace the door seals get rid of that metal to metal sound when you close it maybe a little grease in a latch LOL
I miss that sound! Reminds me of my 1976 Trabant and a 353 Wartburg I use to drive. Great memories :)
I had two DKWs when I was a teen. I had a 1956 and a 1961. I really liked the 1956. I still remember the plug number for the 1956 which was UK10. I once got the car to 92 mph. I wish that I still had the 1956 as it had a sun roof which I enjoyed. Respectfully Rod
I take it your 56 fouled the plugs often...
My dad had one of those cars, same model and same year. Watching your video brings me back a lot of memories. That "neat melody" on the exhaust, the smell of fuel mixture... I really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing this images of such a beautiful car!
My uncles in Germany had those in the '50s and '60s and I had a 1957 DKW RT250 motorbike when I lived in Germany in the early1970s.
My father had two, I must have ridden in them, but I have zero memory.
This super video takes me back to my first car, DKW reg 7 DMK x racing drivers car it was very fast packed up at 90000 miles right hand drive uk after passed my test in 1962
.thanks for a reminder regards Mike now 80 years old in Yeovil somerset uk
I had 4 of these DKW Sonderclasse models.
Two sedans and two wagons.
Got two working back in the late 60s before selling and leaving for Vietnam.
Have missed my DKWs all these years. Very nice to see one still working
My dad had one just like that when I was a kid. That sound brings back memories. It was a fun car. I remember taking out the sparkplugs out for often cleaning, 2 stroke oil back in the 60s wasnt very good, burned very dirty. For 900cc it was pretty powerful.
Ah yea, the DKW. I can still remember it on the streets of Germany and Austria in the 1960's. My father deprecatingly called them "Stink Autos" (say that with a German accent). I thought they looked like antique cars and liked them. I confess whenever I saw one I would point and say loudly, "Stink Auto!" It resembled the bigger more expensive BMW 501 which was a 4 stroke car. I used to think the East German Wartburg cars were based on the DKW but no, they are based on BMWs that were made there until the commies took over. The Wartburgs also had 3 cylinder 2 stroke engines well into the 1980s! I was told I always had to rev the engine, even when going downhill, so that the engine would stay well lubricated and not overheat.
Correct. 2 strokes need lubrication even down hill; blip the throttle.
The free wheel was so that when going downhill the gearbox disengaged the engine so that there was no engine brake effect as the engine lubricates from the oil added to the fuel. My first car was a 1961 1000s. Fond memories. Thanks for posting.
I had a terrible front crash with my two grandparents 63 years ago. But all 3 survived. It was my grandfather's DKW 1939. Still I like those cars and the engine sound and the smell of the mixture of oil and gasoline. My father told in the sixties that the Autounion 1.000S was the Cady of small cars. In that time he owned a Belair '58 .Congrats.
Wow what a real treat this thing is. Love the color and love the car. The sound reminds me of my late great grandfather's boat. She had a 90HP 3 Cylinder oil injected two cycle on it. Now she lives on our old neighbors party barge pontoon boat. What a sweet sweet symphony! You also have inspired me to build motorized bicycles. They are similar to this kinda tech but on a bicycle. My ultimate dream car over a Lamborghini, Bugatti and Ferrari is a Trabant 601S or a Wartburg 353W/312. I love the basic look of these cars. But the Deeks and Saabs are the creme of the two cycle crop.
Nice DKW!!!!! regards from Argentina
Thank you. I'm trying to buy a new DKW crankshaft for another engine from Argentina right now
The land of the Di Tella pickup! Are there many of those still on the road? Id love to get one.
👍👌👏 Simply fantastic! Thanks for sharing this gorgeous car and sound!
Best regards luck and health.
love the 2 stroke engines, had a 1967 Saab 96 with the 850 cc 3 cylinder 2 stroke back in the 80's. fun car to blast around in and my dad even drove it on interstate 94 from Rockford IL to Minneapolis without a problem!
One of my uncles, my father's youngest brother, had a Saab with a 3-cylinder 2-stroke engine, but it was much older. I was pretty sure, that Saab had changed to another type of engine some years before 1967 - a 1.5 liter V4 4-stroke engine identical to the one used by the German branch of Ford in the mid-sixties.
OH how funny , this reminds me of the old SAABs when I was growing up . There was this one guy just a bit off and he used to rev it crazy in the mornings . Cool thanks
Another make I love. Saab 99Sport. Wonderful car too!.
The Saab 93 had similar features. 3 cylinders, 3 on the tree, free wheeling.
Yes, I really enjoyed the ride. Thank you :-)
there are so many quirky old cars around you neighborhood. old volvo, old honda, old something.... very coool!
My dad had one of these in the early 1960s. It was a 1959 DKW 1000 Sonderklasse that was very similar to this one and it was in the same color. Yellow with white roof. He called it Deutsche Kaputt Wagen instead of Deutsche Kraft Wagen because it had a tendency of breaking down. Rust was also a major issue so he traded it for a 1968 BMW 1800 which according to him was the best car that he ever owned and the only one he regretted selling in his life. It was fun being a child in the 1960s and I loved riding in his DKW...
What a sound. Brings back the sound of my neighbor's 1950's (early 1960's?) Saab 93! I now understand it was a variation of the same engine as DKW.
Correct..vertually the same engine...and for a 3 cylinder 2 stroke they went like a bat out of hell
@@nullapinno Having owned 6 DKW's, I can attest to the fact that 20 seconds to 60 mph is not as fast as a bat from anyplace at all, but it sure got off the line!
Lovely old car and its nice to see you appreciate it.
Brings back fond memories, particularly the sound. Our family had one when I was a little child in the 1960s.
Neighbours must LOVE to hear that come to life .... eventually.
Thanks 😍 Nice to see and to hear this DKW again! 🥰 It was my father's first car. Even if I only was 3 years old: I remember THIS car !!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I owned a 1957 DKW many years ago when I was in the Navy. The Blue Fog. I don’t know how many times I started to drive off with the spout of a copper oil can in the gas filler pipe. A very neat car to drive. I wish I still had it. I heard that a smokeless oil was developed. Every time I bought 10 gallons of gas, a pint of motor oil had to be added.
I lived in Düsseldorf Germany 1967-69 and saw these cars all the time
Thank you. You offer the best rides on the internet. Stella would certainly have been on board but she had not been born yet. :)
I used to have a Suzuki GT380 two-stroke triple. Sounded just like your car. But I only got it running right once for about 5 minutes before the battery overflow tube came off and acid melted the insulation on the wires. It was a glorious 5 minutes.
Great fun! I'm sure it's the only way I'll ever see and hear what it's like to ride in a DKW. WONDERFUL engine sound. Makes me recall the day my dad put a 3-cylinder, 60-hp Scott outboard on the family boat. When I was a teen, Uncle Roger let me drive his Saab 96. Later, my older brother bought one of the first Kawasaki 500 triples. We also had a 380cc Suzuki triple in the family. Last time I touched a three was... I rented a 3-cylinder Daihatsu in Denver in the early '90s-- the only 4-stroke on this list, but still...you get the point. Crazy for 3 cylinder engines. Too many decades without one.
Back to present reality. Your slightly non-stock muffler makes the DKW sound even better. These ride-alongs are certainly worth the effort you put into them!
kstadden I'm glad you approve.... you crazy triple cylinder guy , you. Great back ground information and life stories too.
I know D K W made two stroke motorcycles , here in the U K they where taken over from the German manufacturer and became small capacity machines , made by B S A called the Bantam , 125cc 150 & latter on 195cc think they run up until 1968/69, but great video love the note out of the engine great 👍 genuinely love the style. Thank you from the U K .
thank your for this nice video, lovely piece of history
Kieran Downey thank you for enjoying it
No matter what you do that car is screaming it's head off. You could be doing 20MPH through a school zone and "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUGGGHHHHBLBLBLUB"
Love the paintjob. Dolla dolla bill, yo!
I was wondering how to spell that sound. You nailed it
Wow. I'm tempted to drive up to Oregon just to see this beauty!
Probably one of my favorite vehicles of yours (along with your Subaru 360 van). It sounds almost exactly like my little Mazda RX-3 with its bridgeported 13b. Very cool! Love to see more of it.
My dad had one when we lived in kenya 55 to65 great cars,there were lots out as the were good for the dirt road we traveled on
Great little video, thanks for the ride! Would have been nice to see what it looks like from the front though.
Hello,le bruit du 3 cylindres ,c'est une vraie symphonie .
Yup we had one exactly like that growing up. And then a wagon years later.
Brother I love your channel, and your style.
I had one in Germany,1965 loved it!
I love those car .. in Argentina the common model was 1000s 4 doors..
Nice looking car. Thanks for the ride. :)
Cool car, cool video. Thanks!
A neighbor in Atlanta had one of those badged as AUTO UNION. I didn't appreciate the funkiness at the time, but then, my parents had Studebakers.
That was a fun ride. Two-stroke engines are awesome. Cool little car; cerainly a showpiece. Enjoy !!
Had schtinky 2stroke Suzuki titan but I loved it and it seemed to love me back.
My uncle drove his DKW from LA to Oregon on the hottest day in the 60's fully loaded, only stopping for fuel- the car never whimpered!
lol I drove a lemon dkw wagon across canada Toronto to Victoria in 66 - a 59 wagon - took us 2 1/2 months in the fall! bad generator, broken springs and camped to boot etc etc Bought another one! Got pulled over on t Toronto 401 by a curious cop at my smoke screen lol Then in the 80's got a 2 stroke Suzuki T500 blazing machine and wild sound! Nothing like a 2 stroke!! cheers
Parabéns do Brasil my friend ... Continue assim. Muito obrigado
Thiago Francez Thanks !
In germany we had the DKW as a meisterklasse (masterclass) and sonderklasse (special class) over the basic DKW. love it
oh my god a 2 stroke car! i need one of these!!
Go get a trabant!
@@enfielddnepr are they in the USA?
@@Trumplican Don't think so, maybe you can get one over ebay.de.
@@Trumplican No Trabants were ever imported for sale as new, but 2-stroke DKWs and Saabs and a few others were and can be found in the US with a bit of looking...
I have just returned from the past and the 4 weeks I had my brother-in-law's Dads DKW. It had been rolled so the top was removed and the rear fenders. Only reason I got the car was because it was stuck in !st gear. How it got into first I never understood. The car was towed across South Dakota to Rapid City. My neighbor and I towed it to where we lived and worked. All we did was jack up the thing and shook the hell out of the front wheel and it popped out as nice as can be. If I remember correctly it was a quart to 5 gallons so we put gas in and hit the highways of the black hills. A good left hand turn and a careful down shift and the thing screamed and the back end bounced all over the place. We too turns bouncing around curves and making the engine scream for dear life. Best thing was to drive to town and stop at a shop the claimed the could fix all foreign cars. They threw us off the lot after they saw 3 spark plugs wired direct to coils, the we removed the rubber cap that covered 3 sets of points. That was the thrill of the season as we were so good we didn't have a single forest fire that year.
I wish I had a car like this.
Great ride such fun it certainly zips along and the brakes seem to be good given its age. Ride looks good too. I will go back through your videos to see more about the DKW. In the UK these are rare, we used to get East European 2 strokes for a while Wartburgs, quite a stylish car for the time, but the use of 2 stroke for cars ruled out due to pollution issues and Wartburg tried for a while to use a British Austin engine but then the Berlin wall fell and that was that.
totally awesome car.. I used to work on the Saab 3 cylinder 2 strokes.. the 93.. I think they used the same engine
love the decorations on the roof 😍... no worries mate.. real money clinks when dropped
Although the Saab 93 didn't have the same engine, it did have the same designer, Hans Müller. I found out that the prototype of the first Saab, the Saab 92, used a DKW engine. After all, Saab engines were generally a bit smaller and weaker than those from DKW.
Kudos to you for being *unique* , well sort of.
In South Africa it had two nick names. Duitse Krag Wa (German Power Wagon) and Duitse Kak wa (German Crap Wagon) I myself have always loved the ring ting tinging of the two stroke in deceleration. I bought one to restore in the 80's but due to circumstances the car got abandoned on a farm near Johannesburg.
I remember the Orbital Engine Company was working on a "clean" 2 stroke 3 or 4 banger (for automotive use) many years ago. I wonder what ever happened to it?
They used the injection of a mixture of fuel & compressed air. It was tested in Ford Fiestas in the UK but had no engine braking & torque, but it did have serious reliability issues...
@@davidhollenshead4892 That's a shame that they couldn't work out the issues.
@@davidhollenshead4892 I remember reading a few years ago they hoped to use them for small motorcycles in SE Asia, but have no idea how that worked.
Orbital licensed the system to a number of 2-stroke outboard motor manufacturers. Listen to how this thing runs. ruclips.net/video/Y_vLoAtbggs/видео.html
I love it ...Interesting to hear it had a freewheel arrangement .
A freewheel is quite essential for a mixture lubricated two-stroke car. The engine must not be allowed to brake without incoming fuel and oil. Plus, you get the extra advangage of being able to swich gears without using clutch.
Your neighbourhood looks a lot like some of the older suburbs of almost any town in New Zealand. Infact a bit like Christchurch city. :)
The whole Pacific Northwest, including the Canadian bit (British Columbia) looks like this...
That is a beautifully designed car.
We had a 60s DKW, it would blow perfect smoke rings while idling.
3:47
Ayo what!!! Volvo 244 just casually in the background!!!
I miss our 1959. But your steering wheel is on the wrong side. Ours was a 4 door ( meant we got the high HP engine ;-) ) which was bought new on Cyprus. Which then went all over the island and the goat paths. It went from there with us by ship to Turkey where we lived for two years. It also made a side trip to Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan before we came back to the US. And ours had a great heater. Move the lever and let the radiator heat the car. :-D
Cool video would have liked to see a walk around as well as an engine reveal
I remember a two stroke Subaru that went by. I was amazed, only two stroke car I've ever uh heard in the US.
My first motorcycle was a DKW RT175 S. I paid £9 for it. Needless to say, that was a little while ago.... Love the car. Gretta wouldn't approve, but I do love a two-stroke.
Thanks.
Runs much better than I would have expected with a two-stroke.
2 strokes are smooooth.
Loved the ride. There are other rides on You Tube in these and many other cars and motorcycles. I'm sure you know that but a couple of European video's exist where they really wind their DKW's out and they really move.
Reminded me of my youth when mommy took me to school... cool thank you
Looks like a car sounds like a moped. I enjoyed the drive.
I owned two DKW's. My brother and I could change a clutch in 2 hrs!
We almost brought one back to USA in 1958, on family vacation.
This was the car where my driving instructor toke driving instructions, when he learned to drive. He told me one day.
I bet it's quick. Imagine the power that could be built into a 2 stroke muscle car. Would rule the drag strip.
I had a DKW 800s that I tuned, it did 125mph and 130hp.
If I had that car here in the Calif. High Desert, it would last forever ! I love these Deuche Kinder Wagens ! , more than the Saab two-strokes. A much simpler vehicle. Thanks for the video, and be careful with that transmission !!! and RPMs when cold and otherwise. "Keep your Sparkplugs Clean..." Thanks ! Lol.
Glad you enjoyed!
My Granddad had thís same car : "Ringgggg Tinggggg Tinggggg" when it was revving down. Love your exhaust pipes - where is the rear bumper
Great exhaust note!
JUST GREAT MEMORIES !!! "some years ago ohhhh yessss!!!
cool car. Sounds like a motorcycle engine. I used have a 125 Suzuki that sounded like that. I had no idea there were any two stroke cars until I found your channel.
Good ol Portland ! I have property in Roseburg. Good thing NO Snow 😱
There's the popcorn crackle of us expansion chambers that we love so much awesome
Hits the powerband. Thanks.
beautiful car 🥰
our doctor in the early and mid 60's had one 😆👍
It sounds really mean on the low end very cool
Well, fascinating and credit to you for keeping a piece of history alive. But, really, whoever thought two-strokes were a good idea? My first car was an Austin Cambridge from 1960, only two years' younger than the DKW. A four-stroke 1.5 litre, it was quiet, warm, smooth and very comfortable. That thing is my idea of hell. It's louder than a race car and you're only bumbling around the 'burbs! I feel the same way about two-stroke motorbikes, some of my mates had them (Yamaha RD350s usually). Fast when they were running, but they were usually unavailable for a weekend ride because their owners were busy fitting new piston rings, or getting a re-bore, or whatever. The last two-stroke car I saw on the road in the UK was a Wartburg Knight. East German in origin, it was nice-looking and quite fast. It was a three-cylinder like yours (probably a development of your engine), about 1 litre in capacity. Also had a free-wheeling feature like yours. Great film, good luck to you.
Thank you ! Great memories!
My brother had a1958 dkw that same colour combination in the early sixtys in canada Ont,
Thanks always wanted to ride in 1
Cool sound, kind of a mix of snowmobile and bike
That 2'ee sounds like it is in excellent tune!
This exhaust is not released!
Rev counter up to 10k...but the indicator reading seems to double the real value? 👍
wow! it sounds like my old suzuki GT 750 3 cylinder 2 stork!
Luke Shaw yep, this is 900cc single 40mm carb
sounds sweet!
My DKW had a VW gas heater in it. Drove it at 40 below often.
Sounds ❤️ very much like an old SAAB!! 👍👍
Love Blue smoke. In the Morning like Napalm 😂
Almost as good as diesel in the morning
Just laughed to my self, imagine it with expansion chambers on😂
No kidding
DKW invented the expansion system for two strokes.
@@G58 hi, I thought it was invented by Ernst degner who worked on mz motorcycles.
Edward Kennedy True. I got the story a bit wrong. This is how Wikipedia reports it:
“In 1950, Degner joined the Potsdam Motorcycle Club, where he met Daniel Zimmermann who had built an exceptionally fast 125cc racing motorcycle based on the DKW RT 125. It was called the ZPH, in recognition of its designer and engineer (Daniel Zimmermann) and its riders at that time (Bernhard Petruschke and Diethart Henkel). The ZPH proved faster than the East German factory IFAs (later renamed MZ), whose machines were also based on the DKW RT 125. “
So, it’s actually the MZ bikes that were originally based on DKWs.
Thank you for highlighting my error.
Peace
Drop an LS in it 😂😂😂
Seriously, it is a lovely old girl.
We just did in a 62 Junior
Thank you for the video, I really enjoyed it and your enthusiasm, and happiness. If anyone can helpme to buy one of these for restoration, or a later model, I would really appreciate it. I am also looking for a Panhard.
What kind ? I have 2 for sale
It's got an old school Ferrari V12 noise under full acceleration, nice!
Door panels are very cool though it sounds like you still need to replace the door seals get rid of that metal to metal sound when you close it maybe a little grease in a latch LOL
I smell yamalube in the morning.love it.
i fucking love the yamalube smell lol
i changed my oil for amsoil interceptor its not the same anymore lol
@@theguymaxqc yamalube for the mr250, mt125 and maxima for rm125. Mr250 runs 20/1 ha. Smokes like train.
Looks like loads of fun 👍