The DKW Car - History, Tuning and Restoration Part One

In this 1986 publication, the collected wisdom of the DKW Owners Club of Great Britain was pulled together in one place. The booklet provides brief summaries of the history of DKW with expansion on certain models. There are a number of short articles about maintenance, but the majority of the articles cover tuning and modifications. The booklet wraps up with an informative history of the DKW Owners Club.

The original booklet contained very few photographs and only a few line drawings so I have added some to liven the post.





1937 DKW F7


1951 DKW F89P



DKW F93 and F91


Eward Kluge on a 250cc DKW at the Belgian Grand Prix 1939





1928 DKW 4=8 "Big DKW Sonderklasse"



DKW Sonderklasse


DKW Schnellaster



1957 DKW Monza



Photo of F7 maintenance?








For more information about pre-war DKW maintenance, refer also to the DKW driver manual and service guides herein German and English: https://dkwautounionproject.blogspot.com/2017/07/1937-dkw-f7-owners-manual.html











A German DKW F102 owner manual can be found here: https://dkwautounionproject.blogspot.com/2019/06/1963-dkw-f102-drivers-manual-german.html





DKW Junior







For more information about settings of DKW and Auto-Union carburetors, refer to the Special Publication: https://dkwautounionproject.blogspot.com/2018/04/dkw-special-publication-no-1.html
































For more information, including DKW restoration and tuning tips, please check out the rest of the DKW Owner's Club archive here.

In addition, check out my DKW Auto-Union history archive. This archive is constantly growing as I acquire new archival material, manuals and brochures. All materials are posted in date order. Check it out here: https://dkwautounionproject.blogspot.com/2017/06/dkw-auto-union-archive.html

And an archive of the German Auto-Union Veteranen Club newsletters here: https://auvc-archive.blogspot.com/2020/02/welcome-to-auvc-club-nachrichten-archive.html