It is "final tuning" of Trabant, (in)famous East Germany car. I had one together with friend when I was a student. It was made in 1990 or so, the last model with independent gasoline heating and electronic ignition. Pretty reliable car. 60 MPH was reasonable top speed, but we reached about 85 downhill . In the city, it was agile on lights. It burned gasoline and oil mixture, capable of 28-30 MPG generally. At 40 MPH still speed, it was capable of up to 40 MPG, but only in no or very low wind. It has 4 gear manual transmission with 4th gear overdrive, two stroke 2 cylinder engine, about 26 HP. More info here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant_601

And please, watch the video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIAYxWCXF8A&

I learned something. I never knew they had a quality control department. Just goes to show ....

Door fucking! As it was called apparently her in Britain by the men that did it.

Haven't seen images of that for years! It was a very skilled job to get the door smooth with the body AND the shut lines all parallel and the shut plate positioned on the pillar too.

The guy makes it look easy with his wood block and hammer. It was in fact very skilled work to get it done right that quickly. See the door adjustment videos on You Tube and they are making it a ten, fifteen, twenty minute job. The Trabant man is doing it in a quarter of that time. That's skill.

Thanks for posting.

We got picked up at the Budpest airport by a Trabant, 3 of us with huge wheelboards.

I was in front and sis and BIL were in the back, every time the driver hit the brakes my BIL got hit in the head with the luggage. The driver was a comedian. we actually had an interesting trip.

That's me

My only experience with a Trabant was seeing one parked on the street in Berlin back in 1999. It was almost to the beltline with dirt, and had plants growing inside.

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Originally posted by LongDistanceOperator:
My only experience with a Trabant was seeing one parked on the street in Berlin back in 1999. It was almost to the beltline with dirt, and had plants growing inside.

Saw one in Hamburg, 2006, masterfully restored. somebody must have been nostalgic.

Grizz

Restore a Trabant??? That was money not well spent...