This blog is an archive of DKW related articles, manuals, brochures and posts. It also covers East German successor marques, such as IFA, AWZ, Wartburg, Sachsenring, MZ and IWL.
Monday, 29 October 2018
1955 AWZ P70 - The F8 in a New Guise
Note - Missing page here
Indeed, the AWZ P70 was an IFA F8 with a modern pontoon-body made out of synthetic Dynaplast panels.
Here is an excellent video showcasing the new P70 car being constructed and tested. The video explains (in German) how Duraplast is made and how is pressed into body panels. Observing the process you can see that while Duraplast is an excellent use of waste material , the manufacturing process is slow and extremely manual. Ultimately, this would impede production of the later Trabant, resulting in the legendary multi-year long waiting period for vehicles.
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