"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
04/27/2020 at 14:04 • Filed to: IFA, IFA W50L, Snowplow, East Germany
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"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
04/27/2020 at 14:04 • Filed to: IFA, IFA W50L, Snowplow, East Germany | 2
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Found this channel awhile ago - it’s in German so Youtube caption translate is your friend. They don’t work great, but it works well enough to get the point across.
The channel is pretty awesome as the guy does a lot of tours and ‘first-starts’ of a bevy of East German vehicles...Trabants, Wartburgs, Tractors, Trucks, Utility Vehicles....very cool!
I was watching this video of his on an awesome old IFA W50L snowplow truck this afternoon...something cool about it’s rudimentary but very capable nature! The crude but effective wooden battery box, and the extra taillights just tacked onto the end because the original taillights (which are still there) wouldn’t be visible with the snow equipment. The hilarious way the wires under the dash are a sea of spaghetti and how the hydraulic lines (maybe they are air?) just snake in, around and out of the dash, including out of the deliberately-bent glovebox door. The awesome metal ‘steps’ mounted in a ring around the front wheel hubs for easy of access into the cab. Very cool old girl! :)
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> RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
04/27/2020 at 14:17 |
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I regrettably don’t have time to watch all of it, but that is a surprisingly well produced video. Other than from playing Spintires, I don’t know much about iron curtain vehicles, so this one is entirely new to me. The steps mounted on the wheel hub are incredible. Probably hard to use in the snow, but still incredible. Just no care at all shown to the aesthetics but just pure functionality. Like that bent glove box lid. Perhaps I will have time later to peruse this channel. Thank you.
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04/27/2020 at 14:36 |
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Yup, I really like the no-nonsense design of it...the wheel hub steps are the best!
No worries, watch as little or as much as you’d like! Just sharing interesting stuff and some of the videos have helped me pass the time while being in lockdown :)