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'''Barkas''' was the | '''Barkas''' was the East German manufacturer of small delivery [[van]]s and [[minibus]]es named the B1000. The former plant of the Framo company in Karl-Marx-Stadt was nationalized by the GDR government. (Karl-Marx-Stadt is now known as Chemnitz since German reunification, as it was before 1953). Production started in 1961 and continued until 1991. Originally the B1000 had a three cylinder, two stroke engine of the old [[DKW]] tradition, but shortly before production ceased, for the model named B1000/1, it was replaced by a four-stroke engine manufactured under licence from [[Volkswagen]]. Altogether 175,740 B1000s and 1,961 B1000/1s were built. | ||
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* http://home.clara.net/peterfrost/barkas.html Alternative Autos | * http://home.clara.net/peterfrost/barkas.html Alternative Autos | ||
[[Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers of Germany]] | [[Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers of Germany]] | ||
Revision as of 12:43, 17 February 2007
Barkas was the East German manufacturer of small delivery vans and minibuses named the B1000. The former plant of the Framo company in Karl-Marx-Stadt was nationalized by the GDR government. (Karl-Marx-Stadt is now known as Chemnitz since German reunification, as it was before 1953). Production started in 1961 and continued until 1991. Originally the B1000 had a three cylinder, two stroke engine of the old DKW tradition, but shortly before production ceased, for the model named B1000/1, it was replaced by a four-stroke engine manufactured under licence from Volkswagen. Altogether 175,740 B1000s and 1,961 B1000/1s were built.
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- http://www.barkas.de Fan website (German only)
- http://home.clara.net/peterfrost/barkas.html Alternative Autos
