I might guess the propulsion bit is a BSA M10 Sidevalve. 350 cc with sv torque not so stupid.

Italians had the Ape

 

The Germans made a funny looking car called the DKW.  Had two wide wheels in the front & two narrow one's aft.  Buddy of mine had one back in the early 60's.

 

T-Dog

 

Looks to me like this, Tommy, 1963 DKW Junior.

DKW either stands for a "Small boy's dream" (das Knabe Wunsch) or Deutsche Kraft Wagen "German Steam Car".

They built Sunday type miniature engines for toy cars hence the first name .

 

This you are looking at is a 798 2-stroke with crankshaft freewheel.(rememeber early SAABS?)

 

Early WW2 DKW was the world's biggest car manufacturer and post WW2 the only competition to VW

DKW 900 2-stroke.

Later used by SAAB

 

 

 

Under the bonnet; 3 cyl 2-stroke. note 1 set of contacts for each cylinder revolving round a central distributor wheel.

Flash, it had a 2 stroke engine but the pix is not it.  Maybe it was an NSU?  Or something like that.  I know it was German made.

 

T-Dog

 

My Missus had one of these, a Wartburg Knight, which also had a 2 stroke engine, the one pictured I believe, without going into it, as I can't be arsed at the moment, but.... there is a little tale of skulduggery and redemption attached to this car, as because it was a 2 stroke, the petrol going in had to be measured to the gallon, for the purpose of getting the ratio of oil to petrol right. Now, whenever anybody fills up, they always buy in £'s and not gallons, so nobody ever checks what they are charging per gallon. My wife did, through having to, and found they were overcharging to some tune and confronted the manager over it. He shat himself (visions of coppers and Inland revenue raiding his house in the middle of the night)and we ended up with half a dozen tankfuls for sod all. Job's a goodun.

There were earlier and later ones I'm guided by the tyre size This i think was because DKW was the first FWD designer in the 1930,s and they used the wider tyres on the front for traction.

The Wartburg was incredibly unreliable I believe they were sold at bargain prices helped by Labour to help the East Germans 1976-79

The Knight handled adequately in the dry but disastrously in the wet, with a strong instinct for ploughing straight on given the slightest opportunity. For those who wanted to plod, its 76 mph top speed was probably acceptable, but anyone following in the Wartburg's wake would have been choking in a mist of blue oil smoke. Neither was it especially thrifty, returning 28 mpg. As usual for its ilk, its major attraction was price: here was a Cortina-sized car at a Mini-sized price - just £690 in 1970. No longer able to pass emissions tests - and damned for its handling - the Knight disappeared from the UK market in 1977, although it was still offered in East Germany as late as 1985.

As a Guide a Mk 2 Escort cost £1440 in 1975

 

It was a question of time before some sadist would revive this memory. The Austin Ambassador.

 

So bad the unions didn't bother about a LHD version; it wouldn't sell. I had one as a company car for while, swapped it for a 2 litre mk5 Cortina and thought I'd gone to heaven. heating never worked nor demisting, engine cut out, gas "hydragas" suspension always collapsing, no p.a.s. on a waggon that size..........

 

One attraction only You got a very big car for your money

Ok, somebody's guilty here.  It's either Flashman or Jimbert.  Posting that second picture in message #28 -- that is NOT me in the white car!  Flashman, you are highly suspect.

Who's name's on the post?

 

Don't get upset. I know. You'd have bounced out.

 

With three wheeelers in mind, remember the Scammell Flash?

I have seen Jags and so forth, so I know you guys can design good looking cars but were they deliberately trying for ugly on some of those?

Hobbs, I can see what you mean, but what they were aiming for with the Scammell 3 wheeler was practicability. It was a superb machine. The railways used them extensively, for moving luggage and goods about in confined spaces, such as platforms. They could reverse and slot into a trailer, turn about on their own axis and pull a terrific amount of weight for their size. They were a brilliant workhorse. Of course, Scammell are more renowned for their large trucks and have been a mainstay of tank transport in the British army since WW2.

 

I have a friend who owns one of these, this is a Scammell Constructor. Great company.