Author Topic: Solved NIC#785 - 1949 Larkens-DKW F3 (Read 1175 times)

nicanary · « **on:** March 30, 2017, 07:02:16 AM »

What is this car, and what powered it?

nicanary · « **Reply #1 on:** May 01, 2017, 06:54:13 AM »

Experts?

250gto · « **Reply #2 on:** May 01, 2017, 08:27:19 AM »

Larkens 500cc F3. Built in the Bierum, Nertherlands by two(?) brothers. Powered by DKW engines, the first being aircooled and then replaced by a second watercooled 2-stroke one.

richard cuyler · « **Reply #3 on:** May 01, 2017, 08:55:52 AM »

Anyone else have experience of DKW 3-cylinder engines? They may have been smoky old things, but they were powerful for their size and very, very smooth. I loved 'em. Well, except when you were driving behind one....

nicanary · « **Reply #4 on:** May 01, 2017, 04:09:43 PM »

Quote from: 250gto on May 01, 2017, 08:27:19 AM

Larkens 500cc F3. Built in the Bierum, Nertherlands by two(?) brothers. Powered by DKW engines, the first being aircooled and then replaced by a second watercooled 2-stroke one.

Yes indeed - fully solved. Built in 1949 by the Larkens brothers and recently refound and being restored.

D-type · « **Reply #5 on:** May 01, 2017, 06:52:30 PM »

Quote from: richard cuyler on May 01, 2017, 08:55:52 AM

Anyone else have experience of DKW 3-cylinder engines? They may have been smoky old things, but they were powerful for their size and very, very smooth. I loved 'em. Well, except when you were driving behind one....

They had an inherent fault in the cooling system. Tuned ones always suffered with overheating of the No 2 cylinder. Hence DKW engined cars were only successful in short club races and hillclimbs.