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[Porschinelle]

Althoughy bit nwas not

[Porschinelle]

Although it was not a sport car, DKW enter it into the Euopean Sport Championship and won many races
Two of the DKW pilots, named Gunther Ahrens and Albrecht Mantzel had the idea to replace the steel body of this car by a much more sporty plastic body
This car taken to the Monza oval beat several world records

hence the name given to this car : DKW Monza

Push by some of their customers, DKW took the decision to built a small serie of this car
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[Porschinelle]

In 1956 a first batch of 17 cars was produced by Dannenhauer and Stauss on behalf of DKW

Note the Porsche type back lights



After this first batch as there were still a demand for more cars, Fritz Wenck Stuttgart DKW dealer decided to produce a second batch of cars by bMa

[Porschinelle]

by Massholder from Heidelberg, and then by Robert Schenck from Stuttgart
The production ceased in 1958 as DKW who at the time had introduced on the market its own "sport" car the DKW 1000, decide to no longer supply Wenk with bare chassis




The total final production is not known with certitude due to the fact that 3 companies produced this car but in the range of 80 cars out of which 50 have survived
At the 2016 Le Mans Classic one of this ca

[Porschinelle]

At the 2016 Le Mans Classic one of the surviving DKW was seen racing

[Porschinelle]

A bit "off topic" another story linked to the DKW Monza
In 1964 an Italian citizen Genaro "Rino" Malzoni born in 1918 in Palerma but living in Brasil since 1922 had the idea to built for himself the sport car he could not buy in Brasil due to very drastic import rules
One of the only car producer in Brazil being DKW he had the idea to reproduce a car very near the DKW Monza
This car was called Malzoni GT




Very quickly this car obtain race success in Brasil

and a total of around 125 cars was produced

In 1966 DKW and the Auto Union group were first bought by Mercedes Benz and after reflection (no synergy in between the DKW Auto Union cars and the Mercedes ones) sold back to VW
VW who also had a plant in Brazil decided to close the DKW plant hence no more DKW engine and chassis for Malzoni

Rino Malzoni changed completely his mind changing from a front drive to a back drive car based on a VW Ghia chassis : the Puma GT was born

[Porschinelle]

And to close the Dannenhauer and Stauss chapter, a last story : The sory of the Dannenhauer and Stauss tribute car presented at the 2017 edition of the Hessich Oldendorp meeting




This car was entirely built by hand during his free hours as a "Master piece" by "Seppe" a former BBT coach worker (he stayed 15 years with BBT before to open his own business in 2010)
Don't forget that BBT had for a while in the 2000's 2 off Dannenhauer and Stauss needing to be restaured, which gave him the opportunity to establish drawings from the original
At the end the work was so perfect that this car altough fully new had the right to be shown at the Hessich Oldendorp meeting normallt reserved to VW and VW derivated cars before 1963

[Porschinelle]

and to finish the engine who is also a Judson compressor replica of a period correct Dannenhauer and Stauss

[Porschinelle]

Off subject but interesting for this topic 2 videos on the 2017 Hessich Oldendorp meeting in June this year

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdgVvDoOdjE

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWdC8Y2wDWg

[Jbrooks]

The DKW/Auto Union was the first car I ever worked on. My dad had a couple back in the early 60's. It was a great little car, a little bigger than a beetle and much quicker. Similar interior but front seats like a 356, we even had one with the clear plastic seat covers. The family drove them until the switch to a 63 Tempest and T-1 356 coupe.

The 1000cc two stroke motor makes today's lawn mower look complicated. Seven (7) moving internal parts, crank, rods pistons. 3 crank fired points, three coils. Radiator sat higher than the block, for thermal circulation of coolant, no pump. Fan belt drive shaft was the coil mount bracket. Sleeved block, domed pistons, did not smoke too bad like a Saab. Would go from DC to Atlanta non stop on a tank of gas at 75, and would accelerate from 75, but no one drove over 75. The faster you went the better the gas mileage. I can remember my dad bragging about 34MPG at 68mph average

Front wheel drive, 4 speed on the tree, electric clutch, with a switch in the shift lever, instead of a pedal. A coasting or "Free wheeling unit" you could auto disengage the clutch, separating the trans from the engine to coast down long hills, like pushing in the clutch but automatic when the car was faster than the engine speed. This was selectable with a lever under the dash.

The 1000s would spin the tires at a stop light, and out drag a TR2 or MGA, but it was a two stroke and you could not do much to hot rod one. It was easy to work on, prone to foul plugs around town. But shared the same DIN wire scheme as my later 356's, and basic German engineering designs and manual layout. My couple years with the "Deeks" got me interested in cars and understanding how they worked and why.

A great little car, well made, simple medium quick and easy to drive. No TAC, but probably a 6000+ rpm engine, with a vertical ribbon speedo like a Mercedes. I have always thought they were the Studibaker of Germany, techniclly ahead of their time, but poor sales and marketing.

[Blechquäler]

[JOP]

A 1953 D&S I was looking at way way back..... Its been done back to its former glory some years ago.
Sorry 4 bad Ipadphoto...but you see the rust has taken some big chunks out of it

[Jack Staggs]

I saw one for sale that looked a lot like that one when I was out in Taos back in 2003. They wanted several thousand dollars for it, IIRC. I wonder what happened to it. Sorry, no pics.

[JTR70]

[quote="Porschinelle" post=41020]by Massholder from Heidelberg, and then by Robert Schenck from Stuttgart
The production ceased in 1958 as DKW who at the time had introduced on the market its own "sport" car the DKW 1000, decide to no longer supply Wenk with bare chassis




I see a lot of '57 Thunderbird in this car.

[Trevor]

Those D&S cars are cool! I've only ever seen one in person. This one was at Luftgekuhlt in 2016.