Monday, 29 October 2018

1955 AWZ P70 - The F8 in a New Guise



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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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