{"id":38081,"date":"2014-11-14T14:20:58","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T14:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=38081"},"modified":"2019-12-23T09:32:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T09:32:05","slug":"van-crush-dkw-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/van-crush-dkw-36\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Crush: DKW 3\/6 Retro Van"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK: forget your T1 Split screen Microbus. We’ve found a better retro van.<\/p>\n

And it’s called the DKW 3\/6.<\/p>\n

Before WW2 DKW was a two-stroke specialist manufacturer of motorbikes – and this 1960 wagon came with a torquey two-stroke 3 cylinder which was lively enough to burn rubber and to tow a caravan on the highway and cruise at 60 MPH.<\/p>\n

\"DKW-3\"<\/a><\/figure>\n

Road and Track, according to RM auctions who recently sold this baby in Arizona for $60K, said its best quality was its handling on the open road, \u201cwhich can only be described as amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throw in ahead-of-its-time features like a curbside door with five feet eight inches of headroom, a flat floor, and front-wheel drive, and the DKW is a look forward at the minivans that were to come decades later.<\/p>\n

It’s Friday, we’re in love.<\/strong><\/p>\n

images courtesy RM Auctions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t