Barkas and Framo van books - history and models

Barkas B 1000 - Der DDR-Schnelltransporter

In 1961, the Barkas B 1000 was one of the few completely newly designed vehicles in the GDR car industry that went into series production. The light transporter was used in all areas of everyday socialist life, in private life as well as by the police and others.
While it was initially technically on a par with the transporters from the West, development stagnated from the end of the 1960s onwards. The standard achieved by the "Blitz" at that time was continued to be built almost unchanged until the fall of the Wall.

Torsten Langbein documents the history of the express transporter from the beginning to the end of production in 1991 and describes all models and variants that were created during this period.

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Framo & Barkas: Transporter, Lieferwagen, Kleinbusse 1926 bis 1991

The history of the Framo brand began in 1926 with simple three-wheeled two-stroke motorcycles. Before World War II, the range expanded to a wide variety of four-wheeled small trucks.

In 1949, the remnants of the West Saxon automotive industry were merged into the "Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau (IFA), " which later included all East German vehicle manufacturers. The Framo factories were part of this from the start and were renamed Barkas factories in 1956.

The Barkas B 1000, with many variants and different body types, became a popular East German counterpart to the VW Bulli. From small transporters to ambulances, delivery vans, and special vehicles, this book presents the diversity of Framo and Barkas vehicles and tells their story in the DDR.

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Fahrzeuglexikon Framo / Barkas

Delivery vans have been manufactured at Framo in Frankenberg since 1927. The successor, the Barkas, manufactured from 1957 to 1992, went down in automotive history. In this volume of the Fahrzeuglexikon, all types are presented in the usual level of detail.

The following types are included:
- Framo TV 300
- Framo Stromer
- Framo V 500
- Framo V 501
- IFA Framo V 501 / 2
- IFA Framo V 901
- IFA Framo V 901 / 2
- IFA Framo V 901 / 2 Z
- IFA Framo L 1
- Barkas V 901 / 2
- Barkas B.

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