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The 1958 Sachsenring S4000-1: a four-cylinder engine, a four-wheel chassis with a 3,230 mm wheelbase and an 8,100 kg gross vehicle weight from the Zwickau plant
Sachsenring was a vehicle manufacturer with a plant in Zwickau that, during the 1950s, built lorries alongside passenger cars before production later switched to the Trabant. The S4000-1 from 1958 belongs to this early commercial vehicle production.
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The four-cylinder engine drives a four-wheel chassis with a wheelbase of 3,230 mm and a width of 2,250 mm. With a gross vehicle weight of 8,100 kg and a kerb weight of 4,200 kg, a payload of around 3,900 kg remains, a figure typical of a medium-duty lorry of its time.
A vehicle of this weight class from the 1950s was designed for general goods transport, with a load bed able to take a payload clearly more than half of the gross vehicle weight. The four-cylinder engine and four-wheel chassis match the simple technical standard of medium-duty lorries of that period, before multi-axle and six-wheel layouts for higher gross weights became widespread.
On a vehicle of this age, the condition of the frame and leaf springs, the tightness of the braking system and the preservation of original components matter most, since the supply of spare parts for a vehicle from the 1950s is severely limited. The condition of the cab mounting and the electrical system also deserves particular attention, along with the state of the wheels and tyres on a chassis this age.
Sources: SpecCodex-Register: Kennwerte des Modells S4000-1
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