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should i restore ?????????
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 8:10 pm
by mark
should i finish restoring this DKW Hobby to original spec or should i modernise it with a modern engine and a few other upgrades.
autounion (inc audi) dkw hobby 1957 auto by
mark & anne's photos, on Flickr
yes it is a twist and go but its got soul unlike them new vespa things
Re: should i restore ?????????
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 8:47 pm
by Doom Patrol
Why ruin it by sticking some crap modern engine in it? It's just ham fisted butchery. IMHO of course.
Re: should i restore ?????????
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 8:51 pm
by mark
how can i turn this into a vote?
Re: should i restore ?????????
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:26 pm
by Andy Pickering
mark wrote:how can i turn this into a vote?
There you go Mark (modern engine for me)
Re: should i restore ?????????
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:28 pm
by mark
thanks mate , i was thinking 100cc liquid cooled rotax kart engine myself
Re: should i restore ?????????
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:32 pm
by WINTERMODEL150
Stick an auto in it you know you want to
Re: should i restore ?????????
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:39 pm
by Muttley McLadd
Re: should i restore ?????????
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:57 pm
by mark
it will stay 2 stroke and it is a auto now so i will be using the separate cvt gearbox unit, at the minute its a 75cc (memory)
Re: should i restore ?????????
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:46 pm
by RICSPEED
do you have a pic of the frame under the rear section ?? im assuming this is removable ...
id stick a crosser engine or the aprilia rotax 122 in it but not on them wheels
Re: should i restore ?????????
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:34 am
by rondon
if it has an auto box I'd put a single cylinder 12hp diesel generator motor in it just to annoy folk imvho