Wartburg 353

Wartburg 353 - Cool huh?

Barkas B1000 - the clever van & bus from Chemnitz

Barkas 

was the East German manufacturer of small delivery vans and minibuses named the B1000 and belonged to the State "Industrial association - vehicle production", called "Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau (IFA)". 

The van was built in a new factory in Chemnitz (then known as Karl-Marx-Stadt). 

B1000 production started in 1961 and continued until 1991. 

Originally the B1000 was powered by the 45 horsepower three cylinder, two stroke DKW derived engine found also in contemporary Wartburgs. 

Shortly before production ceased, the model designation was changed to B1000/1, and the old engine was replaced by a 1.3 four-stroke engine manufactured under license from VW. 

The B1000 was a remarkable van at the time; the unusually high loading capacity, two-stroke engine, front wheel drive and semi trailing arms suspension differed from the more traditionally constructed vans in the West. 

Being the only commercially available van in the GDR the factory offered many body styles; a flatbed, a panel van, a people carrier, a box van and an ambulance were all available.

Comparisons with the Volkswagen van of the early 1960s were inevitable. 

Its front-mounted engine made the Barkas easier to load and more variable in its configuration, 

with space for up to 8 passenger seats. 

The vehicles were mostly produced for public service applications, with private customer delivery times in the 1960s stretching to heroic levels commonly associated with Trabants, of between ten and fourteen years.

 

Technical data: car weight: 1170 kg; engine: 3-cylinder / 2-stroke, displacement: 991 ccm,  max power: 42 hp at 4000 rpm, max torque: 98 N/m at 2500 rpm; transmission: 4-speed manual; top speed: 100 km/h, fuel consumption: 10.5 liters / 100 km/h; payload: 1000 kg, hold content: 6.4 m3

Good night

Port Vitte, Hiddensee, Rügen, East Germany

Barkas B1000

Good morning

Dresden with blue bridge

The remains of the day

Evening lights at the Gellen lighthouse,
island of Hiddensee, East Germany

Barkas B1000

Barkas B1000 in action

Another day gone by

Sunset on island of Hiddensee, East Germany

Asisi panorama, Leipzig

Exhibition of the Asisi panorama in Leipzig, Germany

Thunderstorm in Görlitz, East Germany

Summer thunderstorm

Thunderstorm over Ore Mountains, East Germany

Mountain sunrise

Sunrise in Elbe sandstone mountains, East Germany
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Best of Eisenach

1977 Wartburg 353W Deluxe, pics from Life in Overdrive

The Wartburg 353 was produced from 1966 to 1988 at the "VEB Automobilwerke Eisenach" in Eisenach in East Germany.

Technical data: curb weight: 920 kg; engine: 3-cylinder / 2-stroke, displacement: 992 ccm, power: 50 hp / 37 kW at 4250 - 4500 rpms, torque: 100 N/m at 2750 - 3000 rpms; transmission: 4-speed-manual; layout: front wheel drive; acceleration: 0 - 80 km/h: 14 sec,  0 - 100 km/h: 22 sec, 0 - 120 km/h: 39 sec, top speed: 130 km/h, fuel consumption: 8.5 - 9.8 liters / 100 km, fuel tank: 44 liters; cars produced overall: > 1 million units, incl. saloon, estate and pick up.

Designer: Hans Fleischer, in cooperation with Claus Dietel and Lutz Rudolph

Sunset on Hiddensee

Sunset on island of Hiddensee, East Germany

Early summer breeze

Early summer breeze on Island of Hiddensee, East Germany

Merry Christmas

Herrnhuter star

Sunset

Sunset on Island of Hiddensee, East Germany

Miner candle arch from Ore Mountains, Saxony

When days go by

Elbe sandstone mountains with fortress Koenigstein , East Germany

Upper Lusatian house in Spremberg, Oberlausitz

Traditional house in Spremberg in the Oberlausitz, former East Germany. The house is called "Umgebindehaus" or upper Lusatian house. It's defined by the constructional separation of its living area from the roof, or its living area from the upper story and roof.