When I joined H.A.M.B in Dec. I was also asking for help. When I was a kid, my dad had this 30's era car he had planned to build but sold it. This particular car has stayed in my memory because it was like no other car I had ever seen. No photos in family albums of this car. It looked like a 32 ford but had the german design. It also had an odd back slope and suicide doors. So Hambers were going off this little bit of info from my memory, posting pics of different cars that was close but not it. and yesterday fasttimes posted a pic of that same design that I thought I would never see again. Keep in mind that I had searched german fords and numerous rod sights over the years trying to spot this old car. I was only around 7 yrs old when I played in it and 53 now. As it turned out, it was a DKW made in Germany.I had never heard of a name like that. And when I seen it.....well a little emotional moment. My mom called me to supper many times while I was pretend driving and fixing that old car. My dads was no where near as nice as the one in the photos below, but just as cool. The DKW F7 (1937); A Danish engineer named Jorgen Skafte Rasmussen founded a factory in Saxon, Germany in 1916 with the purpose of producing steam fittings. ...1937 DKW. F-7 Sedan. 2 seater. I sent fasttimes an PM with a BIG THANK YOU! Life is good, Hamb is great, and your efforts are endless. Thanks to everyone that tried to help me.
Now that you know what to look for,maybe you can find one. Looks like you could make a very interesting car out of it.Kinda reminds me of an old Mercedes.
I got one on my fourth birthday, and when i was five year old i saw a sportscar. so i took a saw and cut off the roof. It was possible since the body is made out off wood /plywood . Covered with cloth. So that one became a goner after the first couple of rains ;-) when the wood body fell apart. I wish you good luck in your hunt..
DKW was sold in the 60's to Audi (or to be correct Auto Union) and they still have the same grill emblem with the four rings as you can see in the photo of the DKW. DKW was very popular in Europe especially with small motobikes (98 and 125 cc) and postwar cars were always (correct me if i'm wrong) 2-stroke engines with 3 cylinders. They were also build in Eastern Germany as IFA cars.
Dutch, I believe you are correct. After I found out what it was, I did a search on it and seems like what you wrote is what I seen as well. If I ran across one in rough shape, I would try to get it for sure! That would make an awesome rod.
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