Barkas B1000 Aussichtswagen Express 800 1965 by Autocult
Anniversary "Train“
For
the 800th anniversary of Karl-Marx Stadt (today’s Chemnitz), which took place
in 1965, the idea was put forth to build an open-air car train that could be
used by citizens and visitors to ride though the city at a leisurely pace.
The
local ‘Barkas’ factory was called on to design and build – of course there was no
such open bus model in the Barkas product line – the customized tour vehicle
and to contribute it to the city. A Barkas box van version was cut open in
sophisticated manner to allow passengers to enter and exit comfortably. The
redesigned Barkas was fitted with a two-axle trailer that matched the body
design and the seating arrangement of the towing vehicle. The whole car/
trailer combination was painted in “rohrgelb” (typical yellow coloring of cars
in the Eastern part of Germany back then) accented with hand-applied red
pinstripes. Just in time for the 800th anniversary, which took place
from June 20th to June 27th in 1965, the tourist train
was handed over to the City administration by Barkas. During the summer and
autumn months, the articulated tourist train enjoyed great popularity among the
townspeople and visiting tourists. In the view of the use of a standard
two-stroke 50 horsepower engine that was required to pull a fully-loaded train
with a full crew of driver and passengers, the train could only travel a
leisurely pace of 50 km/h. But this was not seen as a deterrent to enjoying the
sights of the city and was a pace that seemed well-suited to the tour.
It
did not take long for the tour train to achieve 1000 trips – each carrying as
many as 32 passenger as they enjoyed the sights of Chemnitz.
Description: | Barkas B1000 Aussichtswagen Express 800 1965 |
Catalogue#: | ATC10007 |
Product Type: | Resincast |
Scale: | 1:43 |
Event: | Road |
Colour: | - |
Drivers: | - |
Sponsors: | - |
Dates: | 1965 |
Race/Position: | - |
Release Date: | March 2021 |
Weight: | 1100 grams |
Comments: | Limited edition of 333 pieces. |
About Autocult
A relatively new maker of very well finished resincast models, established in 2015. Very imaginative choice of subjects, often concentrating on the more eccentric episodes in motoring history! Production limited to 333 pieces of each subject, which often means that we get one delivery and that is it, so pre-orders strongly recommended!! Made in China for Germany.