Find the white one. ;D
For one point, please respond and identify what we are looking at.
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Are they Studebakers?
No
Chinese GAZ copies?
Wartburg 311 bodies, waiting for production.
Quote from: BattlePorQ on August 15, 2022, 03:45:36 AM
Chinese GAZ copies?
No
Quote from: sichel on August 15, 2022, 03:50:40 AM
Wartburg 311 bodies, waiting for production.
Wartburg 311 bodies: yes
Waiting for production: no
Committee? ;)
But seriously, CKD kits for Argentinina, the so-called Graciella Wartburg.
No
Waiting for conversion to, for example, 311/5?
No
Kind of a junkyard?
No
Hmm. Conservation?
No
I looked whether Liverpool had ever played near Eisenach but drew a blank. So it's not "Liverpool sybdrome" ;D
Seriously, is it a supply chain problem such as awaiting wheels or tyres?
No
Bodies are waiting while their drivetrains are used elsewhere?
In a certain way correct, but not the full story yet.
Any relation with looking 4x4 vehicle on the left?
It is not a 4x4.
Test drives?
Are these bodies new?
311 bodies stockpiled ready for use when the 312 chassis was finalised.
Any other variant of CKD, MKD or SKD?
No, not meant to be built in a foreign country
Military purposes?
No
Neither production nor CKD nor scrap. What are the bodies waiting for then? Potential UFOs??
BattlePorQ and you are quite close to the solution. Thinks. about the circumstance
Ough. Are these bodies intended for further use?
Test drive in the background, bodies on an obviously temporary chassis. Quality control for car bodies?
Quote from: BattlePorQ on August 16, 2022, 04:33:32 PM
Ough. Are these bodies intended for further use?
Yes
Quote from: sichel on August 16, 2022, 05:01:38 PM
Test drive in the background, bodies on an obviously temporary chassis. Quality control for car bodies?
No
RHD versions?
No
Photo taken in Germany?
Yes
Racing on naked chassis?
Chassis and running gear being tested naked. Bodies awaiting to be fitted to chassis that pass?
Quote from: BattlePorQ on August 17, 2022, 05:22:49 AM
Racing on naked chassis?
No
Quote from: D-type on August 17, 2022, 11:43:23 AM
Chassis and running gear being tested naked. Bodies awaiting to be fitted to chassis that pass?
No
Servicemen training?
Lack of supplies for the undercarriages, so the bodies have to wait.
Twice no
Paintwork?
Nothing special about the paintwork, the bodies are already painted.
The bodies are waiting to be converted into a driving school car :drive:
Have the bodies been removed from the chassis and drivetrain to allow them to be used for another vehicle?
Quote from: sichel on August 17, 2022, 03:49:12 PM
The bodies are waiting to be converted into a driving school car :drive:
No
Quote from: D-type on August 17, 2022, 05:06:23 PM
Have the bodies been removed from the chassis and drivetrain to allow them to be used for another vehicle?
No, but part of your question leads to the solution.
Parts from chassis and drivetrain needed for Barkas 1000?
No
Replacement bodies for IFA F8 / F9
Replacement bodies: yes,
for IFA F8/F9: no.
Locked for you to name where the bodies were produced.
VEB Karosseriewerke Dresden
Yes, that leaves two possible locations, pick one.
Since the Dresden factory was located in the middle of the city, it can only be the factory in Radeberg, Oberstraße. This also explains the provisional chassis: transport from the production hall to the storage area.
Yes, those were replacement bodies for Wartburg 312, built in 1968 when the 353 was already two years in production, but demand was always higher than the available number of cars, so offering replacement bodies made sense.
Thank Thou for an excellent puzzle.
Thank you for the point and the insight into the background of the GDR economy.
So those bodies were sold to owners of Wartburg 312 to replace their old ones?
Yes