1990 BARKAS B1000 Kastenwagen While Driving

The B1000 was quite modern at the time of its presentation in 1961. Only the 2-stroke power source was already outdated.

During her almost 30-year lifetime the B1000 remained unchanged. Only in Autumn 1989 the old Wartburg 2-stroke engine was replaced by a 4-stroke 1.3L engine.

This new engine didn't brought a solution for the big amounts of unsold vans in 1990. In this last year the curtain fell for good for IFA Barkas.

 

This van still has the old type engine. So we can presume that it is older than 1990 but was finally sold in 1990 out of an old stock.

 

This van was in use as service vehicle of 2-stroke specialist Garage Oppermans, Tilburg.

The owners, the two brothers Oppermans, retired in 2019 and the son of one of them took over the company. I don't know if this garage is still involved with 2-stroke vehicles.

See also: www.oppermans.nl

 

It was not so easy for me to get suitable pictures of this moving van. Also sunlight wasn't cooperative.

 

998 cc 3 cylinder 2-stroke engine.

1270 kg.

Max. payload: 970 kg.

Production Barkas B1000: June 1961-1990.

Production B1000 this 2-stroke version: 1972-1988.

Original old Dutch reg. number: June 20, 1990 (still valid, July 2021).

Bought at Aug. 24, 2013.

 

Entrance to motorway A7 near Zaandam, Oct. 29, 2016.

 

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