Dkw Other models
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DKW – other models: the collective page of vehicles outside the named ranges, from the Munga off-roader to the Schnelllaster F800/F89L van, two-stroke engines of 684 to 1,000 cc, 780 to 1,180 kg unladen weight
This page gathers the DKW vehicles the register could not assign to a named range – above all the Munga off-roader and the Schnelllaster van in the F800/3 and F89L versions. DKW was founded in 1916 as Zschopauer Motorenwerke in Saxony, became part of the newly formed Auto Union in 1932 alongside Audi, Horch and Wanderer, and stood for decades for two-stroke engines in motorcycles and small cars. After the war the West German Auto Union kept building two-strokes in Düsseldorf and Ingolstadt: the Munga as an off-road vehicle for the Bundeswehr and the federal border police from 1956 to 1968, and the Schnelllaster as a light front-wheel-drive van regarded as the forerunner of later German light commercials.
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The register lists here 7 versions with two-stroke engines of 684 to 1,000 cc and two to four cylinders, unladen weights from 780 to 1,180 kg, gross weights from 1,290 to 1,980 kg and widths from 1,480 to 1,750 mm.
The Munga is one of the first independent off-road vehicles of the post-war Bundeswehr, before the VW Iltis replaced it from the mid-1960s, and is now a sought-after collector's vehicle of military-historical origin. The Schnelllaster was one of the first German front-wheel-drive vans of the post-war era; with Volkswagen's takeover of Auto Union in 1965 the brand's independent commercial-vehicle development ended.
On used examples of both types, the condition of the two-stroke engines counts – cylinder bores, lubrication, carburettors – along with rust on the frame, wings and floor panels; on the Munga also the axles, transfer case and differentials, on the Schnelllaster the front-drive shafts and the braking system. Parts run through two-stroke and Auto Union specialists and Bundeswehr vintage-vehicle clubs.
Sources: SpecCodex register, model data: DKW (weitere Modelle), DKW/Auto Union (Wikipedia)
Models compared
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| 1000 MUNGA1966-1975 | F 800/31959 | F 89 L1952 | F81940 | F800/31956 | F89L1951 | MUNGA1963-1968 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cylinders | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Displacement | – | 896 cm³ | 700 cm³ | 690 cm³ | – | 684 cm³ | 1,000 cm³ |
| Wheelbase | 2,000 mm | 2,750 mm | 2,740 mm | 2,600 mm | 2,750 mm | 3,000 mm | 2,000 mm |
| Width | 1,520 mm | 1,690 mm | 1,690 mm | 1,480 mm | 1,700 mm | 1,750 mm | 1,700 mm |
| Unladen weight | 1,080 kg | 1,065 kg | 961 kg | 780 kg | 1,140 kg | 900 kg | 1,180 kg |
| Gross vehicle weight | 1,450 kg | 1,965 kg | 1,836 kg | 1,290 kg | 1,980 kg | 1,765 kg | 1,799 kg |
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1000 MUNGA
The 1000 MUNGA comes from Dkw. Production: 1966-1975. The engine has 3 cylinders. The machine is 1,520 mm wide. The...
F 800/3
The Dkw F 800/3 is a machine built by Dkw. Production: 1959. The engine has 3 cylinders, with a displacement of 896...
F 89 L
The F 89 L comes from Dkw. Production: 1952. The engine has 2 cylinders, with a displacement of 700 cm³. The machine...
F800/3
The F800/3 comes from Dkw. Production: 1956. The engine has 3 cylinders. The machine is 1,700 mm wide. The unladen...
F89L
The Dkw F89L is a machine built by Dkw. Production: 1951. The engine has 2 cylinders, with a displacement of 684...
MUNGA
The MUNGA comes from Dkw. Production: 1963-1968. The engine has 4 cylinders, with a displacement of 1,000 cm³. The...
DkwF8no photoF8
The Dkw F8 is a machine built by Dkw. Production: 1940. The engine has 2 cylinders, with a displacement of 690 cm³....