In the 1950's the VW Vans were very popular. Other companies tried their hand at building vans to compete with VW, like this DKW listed on eBay in England, but located in Spain. It’s priced at £7,500.00, about $11,600. A similar van sold recently on Samba for $11,000. Very few were imported into the US. They are front wheel drive with a low flat floor, a 22 horsepower two-stroke 2 cylinder 700CC engine. They switched to a three cylinder 900cc 32 horse 2-stroke engine in 1955, so it’s a puzzle that this has the earlier engine. These were very popular around Europe for a long time and there are still a few in use.
This hasn’t been driven in 20 years. The seller hasn’t done any work on it, but it looks complete and original. There are some areas of rust to be repaired.
There isn’t much to the interior, so getting it to a usable point shouldn’t be too difficult (as long as the wooden floors are still solid).
Here is a before and after pictures of a restoration a few years ago to give you an idea what they can look like.
Source: barnfinds.com
