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Re: Solved TGF-172: Wartburg 313-2 HS
« Reply #50 on: August 21, 2013, 03:51:21 AM »
The picture in the earlier puzzle looks like a removeable hardtop now you mention it.  But the rear lights are different!
I understand the convertible did not survive but at least one of the coupes did and is currently being or has recently been restored; pictures below.  This has the same rear lights as the convertible but seems to be an FHC so now we have pictures of 3 different cars..
The convertible was also available in yellow but with the same driver!:
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Re: SOLVED - What car #311 - 1963 Wartburg 313-2 HS
« Reply #51 on: August 21, 2013, 05:19:09 AM »
The original puzzle car is a survivor that had to be kept alive through more than 25 years of socialism. The rear lights were substituted by standard rear lights for trailers.

The car in restoration isn't a coupe either, but a roadster with hardtop, as can be seen below:

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Re: SOLVED - What car #311 - 1963 Wartburg 313-2 HS
« Reply #52 on: August 21, 2013, 05:25:30 AM »
I did wonder if it was an FHC, looking at the gap where the top joined the body.
Were any of them FHCs then or were all four convertibles with hardtops?
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Re: SOLVED - What car #311 - 1963 Wartburg 313-2 HS
« Reply #53 on: August 21, 2013, 05:33:52 AM »
I don't know of any FHCs. The Wartburg 313 and 312 HT were just roadsters with removable hardtops, too.

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Re: SOLVED - What car #311 - 1963 Wartburg 313-2 HS
« Reply #54 on: March 08, 2015, 03:53:00 PM »
Two pictures from the times of everyday use: