Re: Old Audis

[steveb@falcon.kla.com (Steven Buchholz)]

> Andrew Buc <72220.443@compuserve.com> wrote:
> 
.... <Steve B's excerpt:> ....
> > > it was a car that  was produced in the mid to late '50s and was
> > > styled similarly to the Ford  T-birds of the same vintage.  I
> > > don't know the name of the car, but I know  that it was powered by
> > > a 2-stroke engine.
> 
> >Sounds like the DKW Junior. Trivia: the Junior had 4 on the tree, and the
> >lever pointed just about straight up in 2nd!
> 
Tom Nas:
> Nope- Auto Union 1000sp. Beautiful car, I especially love the 'flame-like'
> taillights. Pictures available for sending to anyone interested.
> 
... that's the one I was referring to in my original reply ... I have heard
that there is someone that lives near San Francisco that has one.  Tom, I'd
certainly like to see the pictures that you have ...

I looked in the book I referred to yesterday.  Interesting to note that 
the Auto Union cars showed up under DKW.  The DKW/Auto-Union cars were 
imported into the US from 1954-1965 (from the info in the book).  The 
older DKW cars had model names like Sonderklasse 3=6 and Masterklasse 4CV 
in the early years.  The 3=6 name implied that a 3-cyl 2-stroke had the 
same number of power strokes per revolution as a 6-cyl 4-stroke ...

There were a couple of interesting historical notes ... which I found to 
be interesting ... "In 1954, DKW won the European championship for produc-
tion touring cars finishing far ahead of its competitor." ... "A brochure 
at the 1956 NY auto show read DKW automobiles are famous not only as fast 
touring cars for long distance traveling, but also for their sports suc-
cesses all over the world."  The more things change ...  :)

In 1958 DKW offered the 3/6 Monza sports coupe in the US, and the Auto-Union 
AU1000 models were offered that year as well.  The AU1000 line included the 
deluxe coupe, roadster, deluxe hardtop and wagon models from 1958 through 
1962.  In 1959 the DKW F11 model was imported, this appears to be the last 
imported in 1965, followed by the Audi line a couple years later.  

Merlin, I'd be interested to hear back what model you actually find.  If it
turned out to be an AU1000SP ...

Steve Buchholz
s_buchho@kla.com
San Jose, CA (USA)