Bought as three crates of parts in March 2010 from a man up north. Resto took about a year. Did all the usual powdercoating, engine rebuild with 12v generator, electronic ignition and Bing carb. Decoded parts lists and maintenance manuals from German, learnt lots of useless new words like Motorzugangsluke and Fußbremseschalter. Kept what bits I could, but bought lots of new stuff, and of course, spent too much.
Beautiful engine and lovely design touches taught me that not everything made in East Germany was crap. I had the bodywork painted RAF Blue-Grey because I like the colour and thought it suited it better than the original kitchen-appliance-type scheme.
Made sure the mechanicals are spot on, allowed the paint to get a bit knocked-about. Use it lots, mostly at WOT. Slow, long and a bit reluctant to corner, but being two-stroke, extremely difficult to ride in a civil manner. Great fun
Half-hearted resto blog here: http://stadtroller.blogspot.com
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Re: 1961 IWL Berlin
Fantastic!
Peter
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'69 911T UK RHD enjoying since 2002
'86 924S - Gone but not forgotten. Porsche's best kept secret...
'04 911 40th Anniversary now gone
'11 911 GTS manual of course...
Re: 1961 IWL Berlin
love it jamie .. makes a nice change from the italian stuff
James
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Its not how fast you go, but how you go fast
1973 911 2.4S
1993 964 C2
2010 987 Spyder
1973 MGB Roadster
Its not how fast you go, but how you go fast