Auto quiz 398 - Finished

[carsntrucks4you]

This van was build in thr German Democratic Republic or East German from 1961 - 1990. When it was released in 1961 compared to its western counterparts like  VW Typ 2, Ford Taunus Transit or Tempo Viking , it was state of the art. In regard of roominess and suspension layout it was better the than the western counternparts.. The big drawback was the high fuel consumption of the 3 cylinder two stroke engine. Over its long production times it falls back behind its competiors, because the lack of improvements, as usual for cars from eastern europe during that era.

I had driven this van in a comparision of different van concepts for a german classic car magazine. This 1963 Barkas B1000 competes against  1970 VW Typ 2 and my  1969 Ford Transit. There was no winner in this comparision, but the suspension of the Brakes was better than the one in the VW and Ford. It had a car like driving . The engine sound was annoying and the seating position for a 6'2" tall guy like me wasn't that cumfortable.

Edited November 4, 2018 by carsntrucks4you

[peteski]

This one is a piece of cake for me!

[matthijsgrit]

Got it too!!

[Red318]

Another one here!

[MrObsessive]

Yup............got this one too!  

[DonW]

Cute little bus! 

[Bucky]

Maybe I got it.....maybe.

[carsntrucks4you]

The winners are

peteski

matthijsgrit

TomZ

Earl Marischall

Matt Bacon

GeeBee

sjordan2

Ace-Garageguy

Red318

bobthehobbyguy

dodgefever

MrObsessive

ChrisR

dw1603

W-409

Bucky

DonW

Congratulations

[W-409]

I knew that it was an European Van and I knew about what years it was built in. But finding out what it actually is, wasn't that easy. I think I've seen one at some place, but had no idea what it was. But eventually I found it out while surfing in Google...

[Bucky]

I got lucky...I took a chance and searched "European Micro-bus", and it pulled up a bunch of these!