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Melkus RS 1000 Foto & Bild autos & zweiräder, sportwagen, verkehr
Melkus RS 1000 is a sports car produced by Melkus. It is powered by a tuned, mid-mounted 3-cylinder 2-stroke 992 cm 3 engine, similar to the one in the Wartburg 353, and features gull-wing doors. 101 cars were made between 1969 and 1979 in the Dresden factory. Technical description
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Melkus RS 2000 Besuch in der Manufaktur Hier wird der RS 1000
Specs datasheet with technical data and performance data plus an analysis of the direct market competition of Melkus RS 1000 in 1969 the model with 2-door fastback coupe body and Line-3 992 cm3 / 60.4 cui, 51.5 kW / 70 PS / 69 hp (net) of power, 118 Nm / 87 lb-ft of torque, 5-speed manual powertrain offered since mid-year 1969 for Europe . Specifications listing with the performance factory.
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Melkus RS1000 13 May 2018 Autogespot
Behind the Iron Curtain, racer Heinz Melkus built his namesake Melkus RS 1000 in what was then East Germany. The RS 1000 is considered his company's most successful creation, although only 101 were built. The mid-engined, rear-wheel-drive sports car uses a 1119cc three-cylinder power plant, with three carburetors.
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Melkus RS 1000 Foto & Bild gelb, oldtimer, sportwagen Bilder auf
Melkus RS 1000 was a sports car from Melkus. It was a sleek sports car powered by a tuned mid-mounted Wartburg 3-cylinder 2-stroke engine from the Wartburg 353. Most of the cars used the 992 cc version giving a top speed of 165 km/h, but some of the later cars had the 1200 cc version. The race version of the 992 cc engine fitted with a sports.
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RS 1000 at Dresden Auto Show 1981. RS 1600. 1959 Formula Junior car Melkus (formerly Heinz Melkus KG and Melkus Sportwagen GmbH) was an East German marque of single seat racing cars and sport cars founded by the race driver Heinz Melkus in Dresden in East Germany. History The company existed from 1959 to 1986, and then from 2009 to 2012.
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1970 Melkus RS 1000 (front view) 1960s Paledog Photo Collection
#melkus #ddr #sportwagen Zu Gast bei Melkus in Dresden. Den Melkus RS 1000 einmal mal näher betrachten zu können, war schon immer ein kleines Träumchen von u.
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Fotografie č. 9 u článku Melkus RS 1000 Východoněmecký supersport
This powerplant features two stroke valve gear, 3 cylinder layout,. It has an output of 70 bhp (71 PS/52 kW) of power at 4500 rpm, and maximum torque of 118 N·m (87 lb·ft/12 kgm) at 3500 rpm. This power is delivered to the wheels through a 5 speed manual gearbox. It weighs a stated 850 kg at the kerb. The Melkus RS1000 is said to be able to.
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Der Porsche des Ostens,Melkus RS 1000 Foto & Bild sport, motorsport
The fiberglass-bodied Melkus RS 1000 two-seater weighs just 1590 lbs and can hit 125mph by Chris Chilton September 18, 2021 at 05:59 Think of a cold war-era East German car that isn't the.
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Dualsaw Rs 1000 Melkus RS 1000 for GTR2 eSportRacing.de Callum Wyatt
Published Feb 5, 2022 The Melkus RS1000 was a rare sports car from communist East Germany. via SD In the 60s, a certain Heinz Melkus had a dream; to bring racing to East Germany.
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Melkus RS 1000 und Porsche 911 SC Sportliche OstWestVerbindung
The Melkus RS1000 GT1, as the prototype was named, received a modified Wartburg engine with three carburetors and sports exhaust. The Wartburg front axle was modified with double wishbones, while the rear axle could be adopted unchanged - except of the necessary drive shafts for the rear-wheel drive. Initially Melkus used drum brakes all.
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Soviet Bloc Cars Were Weird Melkus RS 1000
During its life, the Melkus RS 1000 was manufactured in a highly limited production run of only 101 copies. All of them were assembled in a factory in Dresden, East Germany, under the supervision.
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Melkus RS 1000. War zur Gast bei der ADAC OPEL Classic HessenThüringen
Lancia Fulvia Coupe 1.6 HF vs Melkus RS 1000. More Melkus cars 3. 2009 Melkus RS 2000 269 ps, 1021 kg. 2011 Melkus RS2000 GTS 350 ps, 975 kg. 2012 Melkus RS 2000 Black Edition 325 ps. Georg 15y ago. great that sportscars tested the new MElkus RS 2000 together with the old RS 1000 so we recived a pretty rare laptime for a oldtimer :)
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Soviet Bloc Cars Were Weird Melkus RS 1000
The Melkus RS 1000 is a fiberglass-bodied sports car made in Dresden in East Germany for 10 years from 1969 till 1979. They have steel ladder chassis and three-cylinder, two-stroke, one-liter engines producing approximately 68 hp at 4,500 rpm. Just 101 of them were made and roughly 80 are thought to have survived.
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Melkus RS 1000 Foto & Bild autos & zweiräder, oldtimer youngtimer
Melkus RS 1000 - This was the supercar of the GDR, the Ferrari of the East. In the Melkus RS1000 an uprated Wartburg engine was installed. This has the typic.
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When people hear "East German car", they first think of the Trabant and the Wartburg. Few have heard of the Melkus RS 1000, the only sportscar East Germany e.