I took a little road trip to grab some electrons and check out a very, very, very unusual vehicle!
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@Frundsbergp105 жыл бұрын
3 things are important for Barkas steering. 1. The original tall side 6,70-13 tyres, (you can buy it today fresh aftermarket ones) 2. the original big steering wheel (this old model has the old 311 Wartburg steering wheel later it changed) 3. the front suspension spindle bolt has pin bearing which needs good lubrication. If water get insinde it can rost under a week A good adjusted (dual-duplex front brakes-need some knowledge to adjust properly) and good ferodo materials use brake system works like any other car from this period. The VW T1 has worse brake than Barkas. (simplex front and rear also) The blue smoke looks bad today but it is less harmfull than a modern diesel car's unvisible cancer causing particles. Two stroke engines don't produce NOx !
@Simon-dm8zv3 жыл бұрын
Lol 2 stroke engines produce loads of carcinogen emissions including NOx.
@ravenouself41813 жыл бұрын
@@Simon-dm8zv So do 4 stroke engines. The difference being one produces the blue smoke due to oil and petrol not being fully combusted and the other produces blue smoke when the engine has some sort of internal failure that compromises the combustion capability.
@Simon-dm8zv3 жыл бұрын
@@ravenouself4181 Correct.
@unconventionalideas56832 жыл бұрын
Diesel engines, at least here in the US, are cleaner than even four stroke gasoline engines, even in this regard, and this holds on the road as well as during the tests. Mind you, US gasoline engines are substantially cleaner than Euro-Spec ones, because the US has such strict laws and standards for emissions. California's are stricter than the Feds, but the Federal Standards are stricter than any standard formulated by any non-US government. So this is, by comparison, horrible. But that's the US. Europe is perhaps a little different, as was discovered during the diesel emissions scandal.
@davidallum68413 жыл бұрын
I had a 1990 Barkas pickup in UK in 2018 I never found it a problem to drive. Brakes worked well and steering although slightly heavy whilst low speed manoeuvring was never a problem. The engine was easy to work on and could be dropped out from underneath in a short time the reason I sold it was the chassis center box section was getting thin due to rust. ( I still doubled my money though when I sold it). Great vehicles and so much more cooler than a VW bus.
@Skoda1302 жыл бұрын
Yeah, to me this looks more like crappy maintenance.
@XxEvYx2 жыл бұрын
They also produced 4 takt? maybe you had one of those? Currently looking in to buying a 2 takt Barkas B1000 so all advice is welcome.
@marcbruneel18585 жыл бұрын
In the end of the 80th on a holiday in austria a couple with a barkas arrived at the camping place. The next morning a carpet was holding a open motor with all parts around, couple wat walking tot the small city to buy replacements. The say it's like a bycicle motor not a complex system. And after an hour of 2 they left with their barkas.
@Ragnar8504 Жыл бұрын
Finding spares for a Barkas in Austria must have been interesting!
@oleclausing57685 жыл бұрын
Damn electric car bullshit.... Twostroke ist the future💪💪
@KiwiEVadventures5 жыл бұрын
You cheeky bugger. :D
@NICK_ORANGE2 жыл бұрын
You're right!
@user-dt5iv5yi5b2 жыл бұрын
At least the engine drives and drives and drives
@Squirrelanditsnutz3 жыл бұрын
As my East German dad keeps saying “East Germany wasn’t communist”.
@gatomatias13 жыл бұрын
A wonderful piece of history!!! BTW, I found your channel because I own a Lada Niva 2121, just like the one you just buy. I would love to convert that to electric as well. Great Channel!!
@robertdemeny2512 жыл бұрын
I can almost smell it. Wonderful. It bring me back to Hungary in the old days. My uncle had a flatbed version. I remember the doors being rather "clunky".
@Ragnar8504 Жыл бұрын
I spent my summer holidays in a small Hungarian village from 1995 to 1999 and if I remember correctly the owner of the ABC (grocery store) had a grey Barkas van exactly like this one. For only having a few hundred inhabitants there was surprisingly much infrastructure in that tiny hamlet - said grocery store, an even smaller hardware store, a post office and several slightly dodgy-looking bars/cafés. I seem to remember two wine/beer houses and one kávéház called something like Fortuna presszó. That far out in the sticks there were still plenty of Eastern Bloc cars in the late 90s, Trabant, Wartburg, Skoda, the occasional Lada and once I even saw an UAZ 469. I've got relatives in eastern Germany and spent one memorable summer holiday there as a 5-year-old riding in my aunt's blue Trabant and my uncle's red Lada, that probably sparked my fascination with communist cars. The motorways were amazing too, incredibly bumpy concrete panels and my parents' Mitsubishi van wasn't exactly known for its refined smooth ride. I really enjoyed the bumps as a kid though.
@theoriginalsheltydog6 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of my 1966 VW bus I had back in the mid 80s. The main difference was it would reliably take us on a 500 mile vacation at highway speeds, without breaking down, and no smoke!
@andres6466 жыл бұрын
I had a similar experience driving a friend´s old UAZ, you need to go to the gym to drive those things..
@eddiemichael43333 жыл бұрын
I remember the Times,when I was a kid,loads of them în România.
@FinflazodeTurroai3 жыл бұрын
Excellent car. I had a Wartburg, also very good.
@bigtexas9406 ай бұрын
I needed to hear the sound of a barkas with the two stroke engine sounds just like any other two stroke without reeds or a powervalve
@conorgraafpietermaritzburg37203 жыл бұрын
How very Hubnut! It just shows you what happens when you let the System do all the thinking Comrade.
@bmwdaywhatyouwant76793 жыл бұрын
The guy added a solar panel and a mini power station at the back... why didn't it cross his mind to add power steering and better braking (too)?!
@EugeneVanDerMill6 жыл бұрын
I'm in Love with the Project already
@jimaustin64105 жыл бұрын
That car has 50cc more than an Austin Healey Spri te, the original Bug eyed model.
@jimmyduncan76503 жыл бұрын
Farty hans, van sized. Great shape for its age other than the brakes.
@ikutiap59233 жыл бұрын
Zero common sense design except being cheapest materials possible. POS cars, we had one
@mardamek3 жыл бұрын
Here you are, ecologically minded, clean, suggesting to convert the car to electric, and here's the American in me saying "throw an LS into it" 😄
@wondermenel28113 жыл бұрын
i have seen a Barkas before, on a Trabant Meet, there were a lot a Trabants a Skoda 1000 and a Barkas
@marguskiis77114 жыл бұрын
English speaking czhecs man -- very rare!
@endroo933 жыл бұрын
Cause he's slovakian, lol.
@zelekuther79386 жыл бұрын
Very interesting! I would definitely fix or upgrade the brakes as a priority. Then sort out the steering. Ultimately it would be great to convert to an EV, you could line the entire floor with lithium batteries.
@mrdaykurutakuchannel Жыл бұрын
Wow! The Spy x Family Van!
@vumba13313 жыл бұрын
That's like the old DKW cars engine wise!
@user-dt5iv5yi5b2 жыл бұрын
Exactly mate
@Schlipperschlopper2 жыл бұрын
Its very close to the DKW van of the 1960s
@user-xf9xv7cn5p2 жыл бұрын
As with the Trabant, I think the two-stroke version would be difficult to register in Japan due to emission limits.
@user-dt5iv5yi5b2 жыл бұрын
Don't you have a class for historic cars like Germany has?
@Po6om_Bepmep3 жыл бұрын
It was extremely fun :))))
@The_Hero_Is_Back6 жыл бұрын
And the engine is in front! Seems quite advanced for a DDR vehicle.
@milfhunter69995 жыл бұрын
It’s an normal ddr two Stroke I think it’s the Same like in the Wartburg.And the Esst German cars were all Advanced by the Time there were Build but there were Build a Long Time without any big upgrades. For example the Trabant 601 was Build from 1959 Till 1989
@mmb21115 жыл бұрын
The basic construction of engine goes back to 1939 DKW F9. Due to WWII this car started into production from 1950 as IFA F9 in East Germany and DKW 3=6 in West Germany. This basic 990 cc 3-cyl water cooled engine was produced for Wartburg cars and these cute vans until 1989 - a mere 50 years! Nothing to do with Trabant (air-cooled!) or Soviet Union....
@Ragnar8504 Жыл бұрын
All DDR vehicles were front engine I think. Czechoslovak Skodas and Tatras and Soviet Zaporoshez were rear-engine designs. Tatra built luxury cars like the 87 with an air-cooled rear-mounted V8 engine! A bit like a Corvair on steroids I guess.
@akumabito20082 жыл бұрын
Absolutely terrifying and I love it!
@tony-yp6qk2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like my dad's old lambretta
@AlexsTheCat Жыл бұрын
i never knew Barkas B1000 shift was all the way on back thats hard
@teamSUMMERFORD7 ай бұрын
the gear shifter ergonomics look uncomfortable
@masinyvsehodruhu76304 жыл бұрын
Krásnej barkas
@BlueSky-ub4fx2 жыл бұрын
Oh, my! I saw the same thing in Berlin in 2019! 😅
@KamleshMallick6 жыл бұрын
Ewwwww. Noisy, Smoky ICE car featured on KiwiEV !!! p.s Always love your videos !
@quas3926 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video mate.
@hydrazombie5 жыл бұрын
sounds like a pissed off moped with a bad hair day
@henrikhansen78193 ай бұрын
it is really a easy car to drive. but if you only have been driving modern cars. well then welcome to the old school world ;)
@user-zo7lp8ss7x3 жыл бұрын
Прикольна тачка, вставити донором нісана ліфа, і стане олскульно-сучасною машиною
@Apophis19663 жыл бұрын
This car was build in a time, when the people of the GDR didnt know that KIWIS are on the world
@user-dt5iv5yi5b2 жыл бұрын
They knew it was there, it was just hard to get
@blahblahblahblah28376 жыл бұрын
What an awesome piece of history in excellent condition! As cool as it would be to make it an EV, it seems a shame to take away its smokey soviet soul!
@chefsolidOriginal6 жыл бұрын
Brilliant :-D
@tukanovarit2 жыл бұрын
My short summary of socialist vehicles. 20 years the same, no power, high consumption, loud noise, no power steering, no air conditioning, no electric windows. Well, let's not forget the winter starts. The whole family made money on the vehicle for several years. Spare parts not available. I know a lot of criticism, but these are my memories of socialist vehicles.
@user-dt5iv5yi5b2 жыл бұрын
And still there are people saying how good communism and socialism is
@omenahillo-er7ry4 жыл бұрын
i wishd id had some day barkas b1000 yellow and blue and green
@vadelmakakku-xb1xn4 жыл бұрын
i wishd id had some day barkas b1000 red and blue and yellow
@user-ut3ul7go2y3 ай бұрын
Здравствуйте,я живу в россии ,имею автомобиль баркас 1000,есть ли у вас промежуточный сателит на кпп.
@dazt1036 жыл бұрын
Ha! Brilliant..Judging buy the way it drives and the amount of fumes produced, It's almost as if the manufacturer actually set out to kill the occupants and anyone unfortunate enough to be passing by! ☺
@quas3926 жыл бұрын
Might I add, they used these as ambulances in the GDR. Not kidding.
@chillerfrigotek91212 жыл бұрын
It's a strange, technically poor tool. It was manufactured with the poor technology of ddr in the time of cccp.
@adid.55856 жыл бұрын
Did all Barkas cars have such crappy brakes or only this particular model that Adrian has has damaged braking system?
@IFA3536 жыл бұрын
my Barkas stops perfectly!
@LeSarthois5 жыл бұрын
The Barkas is notorious for his spectacular tendency to nosedive and get the rear wheels off the ground (when not loaded) (search for "Barkas braking" on KZfaq) when braking is applied hard, so yes, Barkas have an effective braking system.
@adid.55852 жыл бұрын
Thank you, guys, for the answers. I am asking so that I could judge what the chances are to rescue such a vehicle nowadays. Bad brakes would clearly mean the car is not fit for traffic, so that's not desired.
@user-dt5iv5yi5b2 жыл бұрын
It's a car from the 60s so don't expect 30m break way with 100kmh
@mucahitbilgili7072 жыл бұрын
🤚
@Peter1Europe4 жыл бұрын
This had anything to do with DKW F1000 ?
@Runeakb4 жыл бұрын
Engine wise I think so yes. Origined in Jørgen Skafte Rasmussens design from many years ago
@Footrotflats2515 жыл бұрын
auckland driver no suvivor, more like slovak driver no survivor
@damiantobiaszapater23763 жыл бұрын
Barkas b1000
@themagicboy65483 жыл бұрын
what an awful place to put the gear lever, definitely communist