In UK about 1976, the Russian Professor at Durham University had a 2 stroke Wartburg just like this, I just loved the sound from the engine and exhaust, I did note he was always tinkering in the engine compartment with the engine running! These deserve to be kept on the road so we can all hear them again. This even beats my Yamaha 2 stoke for sound!
Back in 1988 we did family trip with our Wartburg. Bulgaria -> Romania -> Hungary -> Czechoslovakia -> GDR -> Poland and back. Very memorable trip. Saw Berlin wall before to get torn down. Later I had opportunity to get combi for low money and I passed on it. Regrets.
I had two of those. The last one had a double barrel carburetor. It went like crazy. Had a fairly big problem with the radiator being in the back. It tended to heat up in the summer in the city traffic. I loved the freewheel feature on it. You felt like driving a sled down hill.
@Tarik Pasic yes i remember one in my hometown, I have not seen restored one, some people are restoring Lada & Volga, i have seen pictures of of weary beautiful restored Volga.
@Tarik Pasic there was lots of this Lada jeeps (Lada Niva) here in Iceland, every farmer had one and they were called Lada sport☺, and there are still some of them on the road, like you did see.
Interesting car. During communist East German times, the Wartburg was a more exclusive car for the "gehobene Schicht" or, as we would say, those a little "more equal" than others. The Trabant was more the car for the masses. I can't get over the radiator being behind the engine!
Je to auto z roku 1984. Čierne nárazníky s malými koncovkami, čierna maska - ale starý typ bez vstavaného chladiča. Jediný rok, kedy sa robili v takomto vzhľade. This one is from 1984. Black bumpers with small endings, black front grille - but old type without built-in radiator. This is the only year they made it look like this.
Wartburgs were imported into the U.K. from 1960s onwards. 353 was called the "Knight". There is an active IFA Club which has just held its Red Oktober event at the Crich Tramway Village. By the way, your English is excellent. I think that you must have lived over here for a while. Best wishes.
My friend Dave says his dad had one; as Dave has had 2 stroke motorbikes when he was younger he was used to mixing 2T oil with the petrol. I bet the Wartburg would get nicknamed "Fartburg" due to its 2 stroke engine sound!
Still a dream ... I would remove the garage-text plate around the license plate because in my opinion it looks too modern for the time in which it was built Good luck Mathias, with your car with that fantastic engine. Maybe one day it can be given further to your grandchild when yóu have become a grandfather ...
Very nice car. Just not working one cylinder. :) We have a Barkas B 1000 in factory condition with nice engine sound. I love these cars. I would like a Wartburg 353 w in the future with floor gear shifter.
@@mathiasmustillo Because the sparking plug coming dirty, oil or something, and doesn't make it spark, no ignition in the cylinder. I can hear on the sound, it is different, its hard to explain. You can hear from 0:40...
It's easy to test whether all cylinders are firing. Remove the wire from spark plug while the engine is running, one at a time, and you'll hear if it makes a difference in the engine. Personally, I don't agree with norbertdelamancha. That engine sounds ok to me, apart from a slight high pitch clang, that's a sign of piston having been overheated sometime in the past. Usually it's piston in cylinder number one, closest to the radiator, that has had its top stuck in the cylinder. Use a 3% oil-to-fuel mixture, not more or less, and it won't matter. Extra tips: - the fuel pump tends to stop working properly and floods the cylinder number 3 - this is easily noticable in the lack of power, the engine won't accelerate and you'll reach 80 km/h, barely, with full throttle - when driving uphill and the engine starts to work hard, you might hear a tingling sound that's a sign of the ignition advance being timed wrong (too early). Wartburg climbs uphill easier when you just put it in full throttle and keep it there, you'll hear how the engine starts to "breathe" and pull effortlessly with full throttle
Norbertdelamancha is right, the engine is changing between running on two and three cylinders. It an easy fix b checking through the ignition system. The car actually has 3 contact breakers. The engine here seams to run on three cylinders after a while, so maybe a plug meeds cleaning. A very nice car too. I love my 1974 Wartburg 353. Mine is right side steering with floor gearchange. 👍
My doubt : is it the same engine used in the west German's DKW autounion 1000s? Because their sound is quite identical , like if singing two sibling engines .
@@User-vl9gp mit Vielen danke fur deine antworte ! Just asked this because here in Argentinien those engines were also produced until year 1970 to motorize the next mobiles assembled in Santafe (Arg.) Autounion dkw 1000s , Universal station wagon and even for the utilitarian DKW Van , incredible that this two stroke's motor could fit an utility vehicle that loaded until 1000 kilos
Great cars and were sold in the UK but by the time to want one there all gone I love the sound an there is better oils now very little or no smoke but still the oil is very good petrol mix I ran lots Jawa and cz bikes and all I got was there smokey I got the best oils and it was chainsaw oil the petrol mixing oil I used to buy in bulk and checked at high speed and check plugs all was the right colour yes I love these cars
@@mathiasmustillo hey man, cool car. But he is right, you can clearly hear that one of the three cylinders had no ignition and only two are working within the engine. Otherwise the engine sound would be different. Anyway cool vid;)
Question: I lived in England in 1976, and they had some kind of two-stroke cars. There must have been quit a few of them because I remember you could buy mixed gas at the gas stations. Does anyone know what kind of cars these would have been?
By 1976, the majority would have been SAAB 95/96 or these Wartburgs, known as Wartburg Knight/Tourist over here. The Wartburgs weren’t huge sellers, but they were a reasonably common sight. I think the premix two-stroke at petrol stations would’ve been more for motorbikes.
The radiator is behind the engine to make the radiator higher because it was originally intended to be thermosiphon. However the final production was made with a waterpump. The engine is like a DKW, which where fully thermosiphon in their older models.
АБСОЛЮТНО СЪЩИЯТ МОДЕЛ СЪМ ИМАЛ 1984г. ЦВЯТ БЯЛ.ОТ 7те АВТОМОБИЛА КОИТО СЪМ ИМАЛ ВАРТБУРГА СИ ГО НАЙ ОБИЧАМ. АКО ДНЕС СЕ ПРОЙЗВЕЖДАХА БИХ СИ КУПИЛ НОВ.
In UK about 1976, the Russian Professor at Durham University had a 2 stroke Wartburg just like this, I just loved the sound from the engine and exhaust, I did note he was always tinkering in the engine compartment with the engine running! These deserve to be kept on the road so we can all hear them again. This even beats my Yamaha 2 stoke for sound!
Back in 1988 we did family trip with our Wartburg. Bulgaria -> Romania -> Hungary -> Czechoslovakia -> GDR -> Poland and back. Very memorable trip. Saw Berlin wall before to get torn down. Later I had opportunity to get combi for low money and I passed on it. Regrets.
That's a very rare car, keep it!
I just purchased one! They are great
I had two of those. The last one had a double barrel carburetor. It went like crazy. Had a fairly big problem with the radiator being in the back. It tended to heat up in the summer in the city traffic. I loved the freewheel feature on it. You felt like driving a sled down hill.
but how good is the sound of these!! 2 stroke power!!
We had an baby blue 311 and a white 353.. Loved it.
Hi i remember this cars here in Iceland, but the are all gone . So please take good care of this car.
yes thank you so much.... I will love it forever and treasure it! 2 Stroke Power!
@Tarik Pasic yes i remember one in my hometown, I have not seen restored one, some people are restoring Lada & Volga, i have seen pictures of of weary beautiful restored Volga.
@Tarik Pasic there was lots of this Lada jeeps (Lada Niva) here in Iceland, every farmer had one and they were called Lada sport☺, and there are still some of them on the road, like you did see.
@Tarik Pasic I think so, there might be some laying on some farm's or in a barn it looks like they are completely gone.
YES! I must own one!
Interesting car. During communist East German times, the Wartburg was a more exclusive car for the "gehobene Schicht" or, as we would say, those a little "more equal" than others. The Trabant was more the car for the masses. I can't get over the radiator being behind the engine!
Je to auto z roku 1984. Čierne nárazníky s malými koncovkami, čierna maska - ale starý typ bez vstavaného chladiča. Jediný rok, kedy sa robili v takomto vzhľade.
This one is from 1984. Black bumpers with small endings, black front grille - but old type without built-in radiator. This is the only year they made it look like this.
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Simple and reliable frame vehicle)
I love these)
Wartburgs were imported into the U.K. from 1960s onwards. 353 was called the "Knight". There is an active IFA Club which has just held its Red Oktober event at the Crich Tramway Village. By the way, your English is excellent. I think that you must have lived over here for a while. Best wishes.
My friend Dave says his dad had one; as Dave has had 2 stroke motorbikes when he was younger he was used to mixing 2T oil with the petrol.
I bet the Wartburg would get nicknamed "Fartburg" due to its 2 stroke engine sound!
@@danielsellers8707 The Wartburg get nickname "farting Hans" due to it's two stroke engine
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Hello i'm from germany and i Come from the est german. I Linke this oldtimer car from the German Democratic Republik
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Still a dream ...
I would remove the garage-text plate around the license plate because in my opinion it looks too modern for the time in which it was built
Good luck Mathias, with your car with that fantastic engine.
Maybe one day it can be given further to your grandchild when yóu have become a grandfather ...
thank you so much!
What a nice car you have!
Greetings from Finland :)
Bin aus Rostock 🇩🇪😉✌️ melde dich bitte mal 😉✌️
my grandpa had this car.
This was my dream car
VERI GUT GERMANI AVTO !
SUPER KAR !
such a good sound! I love it :)
The car is absolutely cute and magical, steampunk-grade
Dědo dej tomu trošku :D jsem se asi pochcal smichy :D
Haha YES!!! dej tomu jeste jednou! RIP Dedo..
Mathias Mustillo uprimnou soustrast.. 💔
The engine similar like:
"G10A"(Suzuki swift 1.0)
"10S"(opel corsa)
CB 90(daihatsu charade)
Very nice car. Just not working one cylinder. :) We have a Barkas B 1000 in factory condition with nice engine sound. I love these cars. I would like a Wartburg 353 w in the future with floor gear shifter.
how come one cylinder not working? it is driving and sounding perfect?
@@mathiasmustillo Because the sparking plug coming dirty, oil or something, and doesn't make it spark, no ignition in the cylinder.
I can hear on the sound, it is different, its hard to explain.
You can hear from 0:40...
It's easy to test whether all cylinders are firing. Remove the wire from spark plug while the engine is running, one at a time, and you'll hear if it makes a difference in the engine.
Personally, I don't agree with norbertdelamancha.
That engine sounds ok to me, apart from a slight high pitch clang, that's a sign of piston having been overheated sometime in the past. Usually it's piston in cylinder number one, closest to the radiator, that has had its top stuck in the cylinder. Use a 3% oil-to-fuel mixture, not more or less, and it won't matter.
Extra tips:
- the fuel pump tends to stop working properly and floods the cylinder number 3 - this is easily noticable in the lack of power, the engine won't accelerate and you'll reach 80 km/h, barely, with full throttle
- when driving uphill and the engine starts to work hard, you might hear a tingling sound that's a sign of the ignition advance being timed wrong (too early). Wartburg climbs uphill easier when you just put it in full throttle and keep it there, you'll hear how the engine starts to "breathe" and pull effortlessly with full throttle
Norbertdelamancha is right, the engine is changing between running on two and three cylinders. It an easy fix b checking through the ignition system. The car actually has 3 contact breakers. The engine here seams to run on three cylinders after a while, so maybe a plug meeds cleaning. A very nice car too. I love my 1974 Wartburg 353. Mine is right side steering with floor gearchange. 👍
@@tuomashelin555 use only a 3% oil-to-fuel mixture???(not 1/50 oil-to-fuel mixture?)
NICE ONE
My doubt : is it the same engine used in the west German's DKW autounion 1000s? Because their sound is quite identical , like if singing two sibling engines .
DKW, Audi, Saab, the same engine.
@@User-vl9gp mit Vielen danke fur deine antworte ! Just asked this because here in Argentinien those engines were also produced until year 1970 to motorize the next mobiles assembled in Santafe (Arg.) Autounion dkw 1000s , Universal station wagon and even for the utilitarian DKW Van , incredible that this two stroke's motor could fit an utility vehicle that loaded until 1000 kilos
Btw it's a BMW modell originally.
Great cars and were sold in the UK but by the time to want one there all gone I love the sound an there is better oils now very little or no smoke but still the oil is very good petrol mix I ran lots Jawa and cz bikes and all I got was there smokey I got the best oils and it was chainsaw oil the petrol mixing oil I used to buy in bulk and checked at high speed and check plugs all was the right colour yes I love these cars
Yes, I love my 1974 353 too 👍
Where do you find a grandfather like this?
What a Legend he Was...! He was my best friend and a Mentor. his name was Premysl Kulma. He lived in Pardubice, Czech Republic.
Sorry but it makes 2 cylinder sound. Maybe the breakers have to be checked. but the car is in very good condition anyway.
haha! THE 2 CYLINER SOUD IS the sound of 2 Stroke! :D
@@mathiasmustillo This part: czcams.com/video/iPaH8fqP91g/video.html . I have a such beast, so i know what i am talking about. ;)
@@mathiasmustillo hey man, cool car. But he is right, you can clearly hear that one of the three cylinders had no ignition and only two are working within the engine. Otherwise the engine sound would be different. Anyway cool vid;)
How long the waiting list for a wartburg car
Cool 👍🏻 Does it still exist?
The engine similar like on lite airplane, or lite motorboat)
it is such a unique design!
If you think about it. A Wankel (Rotary) Motor is just a fancy Two Stroke Motor.
Question: I lived in England in 1976, and they had some kind of two-stroke cars. There must have been quit a few of them because I remember you could buy mixed gas at the gas stations. Does anyone know what kind of cars these would have been?
By 1976, the majority would have been SAAB 95/96 or these Wartburgs, known as Wartburg Knight/Tourist over here. The Wartburgs weren’t huge sellers, but they were a reasonably common sight. I think the premix two-stroke at petrol stations would’ve been more for motorbikes.
@@siwynjones Thank you
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1:44 Brother, why is the radiator grill behind the engine, why not in front of the engine?
Its simple. No space.
The radiator is behind the engine to make the radiator higher because it was originally intended to be thermosiphon. However the final production was made with a waterpump. The engine is like a DKW, which where fully thermosiphon in their older models.
i wishd id had some day 353 green and 353 yellow
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Carburettor setting too lean, ignition timing slightly off. 😉
Eyyyy uuuuu
Putt some reso on it
Дрова дровами этот Варбург
ПО ХАРОШЪИ ОТ ВАШУ КОПЕЙКУ-ДЕРЕВО.😅
1985 year
GUT 2to MASIN.
АБСОЛЮТНО СЪЩИЯТ МОДЕЛ СЪМ ИМАЛ 1984г. ЦВЯТ БЯЛ.ОТ 7те АВТОМОБИЛА КОИТО СЪМ ИМАЛ ВАРТБУРГА СИ ГО НАЙ ОБИЧАМ. АКО ДНЕС СЕ ПРОЙЗВЕЖДАХА БИХ СИ КУПИЛ НОВ.
To fast to drive.
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