Sunday 28 July 2019

Two-Stroke Autumn 1968


  • Editorial - more good cars going to the breakers for want of owners
  • Deek Day report - a disappointing turnout for 1968
  • Report from Prague - more two-stroke cars from Czechoslovakia.
  • Deek Techniques
  • Deek Mart

Two-Stroke May 1968


  • Editorial
  • Deek Day 1968
  • Deek Technique - more about the crankshaft reconditioning issues and bearings. DKW mechanic Edgar Frogley makes the point that a DKW crank is good for 100,000 miles (at least) so why are people pulling them out every 10,000 miles?  I mean, it's not an English car!
  • Two stroke V diesel engines
  • Modifications and repairs - sluggish starting and idle in cold weather (again), using Volkswagen 1200 brakes as replacement for Auto-Union components, clutch overhaul, mid-silencer noise, replacement and exhaust tuning.
  • "I am given to understand that the gearbox of an early left-hand drive 1000 will accept a 1200 Volkswagen engine. Would it be a reasonable conversion to undertake?
  • No, no, no,.... Oh, my gawd!!!!!!!"
  • Two-stroke aero engines
  • Czechoslovakia visit
  • Crankshaft installation sling
  • Letters to the editor - more crankshaft repair discussion, lubrication mixture, F102 in competition
  • Area activities
  • AGM report
























Two-Stroke March 1968


  • Editorial - interesting statistic, there were only approximately 2000 DKWs in the UK
  • Deek Day 1968
  • Two Stroke Engine Boom. A reprint of an article in the Esso magazine "Oilways" from 1959. A good summary of developments of two stroke engine technology.
  • Seven league boot? (do you know how much luggage you can fit in a DKW boot? From my experience, it's a LOT)
  • Deek Techniques - inboard brakes, 'leaving well enough alone' as a maintenance principle and engine inspection and overhaul procedures
  • Letter from Herr Albrect Mantzel
  • Events
  • Experiences with a DKW F12
  • Letters to the editor - another long letter about crankshaft issues
  • Deek Mart