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My old friend traded three bottles of moonshine for a Wartburg tourist. The car came with a broken engine what the last owner's soninlaw boiled and consequently froze. It was so rotten that I had to use a large hammer to hit out the stuck pistons. It only took 3 hours. I consequently brought home the empty engine block in my suitcase. Now it's in the shop getting bored out for a new original piston!

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You can see the hammer on the right. Everything was frozen!

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Thats what you get for three bottles of shine in Hungary. Now it has a new engine. It sports a two barrel carb and a front radiator. Got clean title. I probably could have bought it for $200...

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Now with a block secured I had to find a rebuildable crank shaft. I replyed to an internet ad, and after 2 hrs of driving I found an old Barkas engine. Apperently it was pulled when it was 3 years old. The donor Barkas crashed but they kept the engine and trans as a spare. I bought both for $105! The water jackets looked new after I took the head off. It's never been rebuilt. It would have been a bad idea to try to rebuild this one but for $105 I throe it into my systers new Audi's trunk and drove off to the sunset! You can see where the engine waited for me for the last 18 years. The guy I bought it from had three Barkases what he used to carry fire wood! Can you imagen?! The Barkases are long gone but he still had this spare engine and trans. I've put them away in my parts Barkas in Hungary. I'll try to bring them home at a later date.


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On the way there I've seen this:

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Then I looked up a few local stores where they used to sell Barkas parts. I bought more parts then I could bring home..... Look at those brands on the sign!!

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I looked up my friend who owns the Hungarian classic car magazine where I'm an occasional contributor. He restored this Wartburg. It was spotless!

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This was his 1930's BMW. He is the second owner of it!

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