Two-Stroke May-June 1970

• Editorial.
• Deek Technique - kicking off this edition is an interesting anecdote about a new DKW owner sending his Deek to a shop to install a new exhaust system because the engine was making a lot of noise. The owner warned the shop not to start the engine. When the car was returned the engine was pretty much destroyed with number 3 piston completely jammed. Although the owner was insistent the damage must have been done by the shop, the amount of damage done and comments made by the owner,  suggest the owner may not have understood the basic operation of a two-stroke. No wonder the engine was noisy!
• Another lengthy article about reconditioning DKW crankshafts, including a drawing and instructions of a crankshaft fitting rig.
• Scotsman's Overdrive - the Freewheel. Common faults and repairs of the freewheel.
• The cover shows a Slaby-Beringer electro-wagen. The SB was developed independently in 1919 but production didn't really commence until the early 1920s. DKW founder, Jorge Rasmussen, was impressed by the little SB and placed an order for 100 cars. When SB found itself in financial trouble due to Germany's inflation crisis, Rasmussen stepped in and bought the company. Slaby would continue with DKW as their technical director, being responsible for DKW's first cars, such as the P-15, P600 and 4=8 'Big DKW.' https://dkwautounionproject.blogspot.com/2017/06/1919-slaby-beringer-elektrowagen.html
• Das Knaben Wunsch - "the boy's wish" was the first two stroke engine by J.S Rasmussen and Co in 1919. The first engine was described as a 'toy' but was in fact a demonstration engine. Rasmussen soon received orders for the engine for more mundane, industrial uses. It was soon adapted for use as a 'help motor' for bicycles, setting DKW on its way.
• AGM notes
• Fitting a F93/1000s engine into a DKW Junior - it sounds easy but is not as simple as it sounds. The 1000s has a different exhaust system that needs substantial modification to get around the Junior's inboard brake drums, and, as you should know, having the correct exhaust fitted to your engine is absolutely essential.
• Notes from New Zealand - the dearth of DKW clubs and information in the English speaking world means that people from as far afield as New Zealand and Australia reached out the DKW Club GB for support. There were always more DKWs in New Zealand than in Australia and New Zealand now has a very vibrant Auto-Union club.
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/nzautouniondkwclub/ 
• DKW news from Germany - DKWs continue to perform well in international rallying, there are still many pre-war DKWs running in Germany, and an overview of the 'new' Auto-Union Schnellaster van from Spain. By this stage the Schnellaster was powered by a Mercedes-Benz diesel engine and was badged Mercedes-Benz.
• DKW supercharged motorcycle racing engines, including a discussion and photos of the famous three cylinder 350cc engine (one cylinder was a charging pump). After the war DKW returned to motorsport in the 125cc and 250cc class, but stopped competing in 1956. DKW motorcycle's successor in East Germany, MZ, however continued competition for many years until eventually knocked off it's perch by the Japanese (who pinched MZ's technology in a sneaky defection during a race meet).
• Letters to the editor.
• Two Strokes from Zwickau. Auto-Union's factories in Saxony were nationalised by the East German government in 1949. Construction of DKW cars and motorcycles was quickly revived. While DKW in the west had to start from smuggled blueprints, their East German counterpart, IFA, had access to both plant and plans. The first two cars back into production were the pre-war F8 and the F9, which had only gotten as far as ten pre-production prototypes in 1940. The former Audi plant at Zwickau began production of a new car in 1954, the AWZ P70. The P70 was effectively a rebodied F8, with a modern ponton style body constructed of Duroplast panels. https://dkwautounionproject.blogspot.com/2017/07/veb-sachsenring-easht-germanys-peoples.html
• The art of driving German style part 2
• Trabant troubles. Driving (and crashing) a Trabant through Spain.
• Deek Mart