My "two-stroke" 1958 DKW 3=6 Auto Union Morning Commute
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ม.ค. 2015
- It's a brand new day! Come smell a little two stroke smoke and go for a ride to work in my 1958 DKW 3=6 Sonderklasse with it's 3 cylinder , two stroke, dirt bike sounds. The weather lately has been unseasonably warm for a typical January so I've been driving the old Deek every day
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Your neighbors must love that melodious exhaust in the morning lol...
no worries mate.. nothing like a motorcycle with straight pipes.. that gets their attention
bout 5 AM... heh heh heh
long time ago.. we do live and learn.. hopefully.. otherwise the neighbors might have.. had their way with me.. although.. the Nissan Titan in the driveway... rumbles pretty good... fortunately most of my neighbors also ride
I grew up near Annapolis.. great picture sir
I had a similar problem with a slant six and rusted header
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 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.
I miss that sound! Reminds me of my 1976 Trabant and a 353 Wartburg I use to drive. Great memories :)
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.
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
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!
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.
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
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.
I lived in Düsseldorf Germany 1967-69 and saw these cars all the time
Brings back fond memories, particularly the sound. Our family had one when I was a little child in the 1960s.
Yes, I really enjoyed the ride. Thank you :-)
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.
thank your for this nice video, lovely piece of history
Kieran Downey thank you for enjoying it
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.
Neighbours must LOVE to hear that come to life .... eventually.
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
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.
Thank you. You offer the best rides on the internet. Stella would certainly have been on board but she had not been born yet. :)
there are so many quirky old cars around you neighborhood. old volvo, old honda, old something.... very coool!
Lovely old car and its nice to see you appreciate it.
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.
Nice looking car. Thanks for the ride. :)
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.
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.
Cool car, cool video. Thanks!
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 had one in Germany,1965 loved it!
That was a fun ride. Two-stroke engines are awesome. Cool little car; cerainly a showpiece. Enjoy !!
Brother I love your channel, and your style.
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.
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...
Wow. I'm tempted to drive up to Oregon just to see this beauty!
Parabéns do Brasil my friend ... Continue assim. Muito obrigado
Thiago Francez Thanks !
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!
Kudos to you for being *unique* , well sort of.
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 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 .
Well presented. 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.
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 exhaust note!
I love it! Now I want one! Enjoy
I owned two DKW's. My brother and I could change a clutch in 2 hrs!
Looks like loads of fun 👍
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
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Ayo what!!! Volvo 244 just casually in the background!!!
beautiful car 🥰
our doctor in the early and mid 60's had one 😆👍
Nice man love that sound
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...
That is a beautifully designed car.
There's the popcorn crackle of us expansion chambers that we love so much awesome
Hello,le bruit du 3 cylindres ,c'est une vraie symphonie .
What a beauty.
I wish I had a car like this.
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.
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
Cool sound, kind of a mix of snowmobile and bike
I love those car .. in Argentina the common model was 1000s 4 doors..
Great little video, thanks for the ride! Would have been nice to see what it looks like from the front though.
Yup we had one exactly like that growing up. And then a wagon years later.
Drop an LS in it 😂😂😂
Seriously, it is a lovely old girl.
We just did in a 62 Junior
Sounds ❤️ very much like an old SAAB!! 👍👍
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 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.
Looks like a car sounds like a moped. I enjoyed the drive.
Reminded me of my youth when mommy took me to school... cool thank you
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.
Had schtinky 2stroke Suzuki titan but I loved it and it seemed to love me back.
JUST GREAT MEMORIES !!! "some years ago ohhhh yessss!!!
This is great!
It sounds really mean on the low end very cool
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!
Nice car. Fun color :)
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...
Sweet sweet ride!
Thank you it sure is a lot of fun
I have had four these since 1964-67-70-85. All 1000's. The ideal way of getting around. Its no rocket. But I did manage to get her to 100 miles an hour, what was reading on the speedometer...Hah...And with that, I got a speeding ticket of which I was so proud of. Hahaa...It proved this magnificent little doodlebug. Could really me around...Hahaa They went out of production much like the Volkswagen Beatle, because they as far I am concerned the most perverted car of their time... Hahaa...
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!
In germany we had the DKW as a meisterklasse (masterclass) and sonderklasse (special class) over the basic DKW. love it
Runs much better than I would have expected with a two-stroke.
2 strokes are smooooth.
I remember a two stroke Subaru that went by. I was amazed, only two stroke car I've ever uh heard in the US.
Love Blue smoke. In the Morning like Napalm 😂
Almost as good as diesel in the morning
Lindo auto!!!
That 2'ee sounds like it is in excellent tune!
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 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.
muito legal congratulações fabricado também no Brasil.
"Klasse" lol, still an amazing vid man
I see you have the “high performance” dual exhaust on that beast! 😂
There is simply no way the words "high performance" should be used with these cars, but they were fun and cheap.
Too cool. Thanks
Good ol Portland ! I have property in Roseburg. Good thing NO Snow 😱
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
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
Hits the powerband. Thanks.
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 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
@@AdrenalineRushMX yamalube for the mr250, mt125 and maxima for rm125. Mr250 runs 20/1 ha. Smokes like train.
Sunday here thanks nice car
Cool video would have liked to see a walk around as well as an engine reveal