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1959 Wartburg Limousine De Luxe [311-1] 
Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: 
![1959 Wartburg Limousine De Luxe [311-1]](i828853.jpg)
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2015-07-12 12:15 |
Wartburg... |
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◊ 2015-07-12 14:10 |
The front of car is visible here: Link to "henrycavill.org" 1959+ grille and maybe 1961+ bumper. De Luxe side trim (311-1 as oldest type for the mentioned details). But it can be also 312 mentioned here: http://henrycavill.org/en/blog/articles/item/794-the-cars-from-u-n-c-l-e If it was originally blue-white and has been repainted into VP colors for movie. Well, let's hope we'll have more views in the future. -- Last edit: 2015-07-12 14:16:25 |
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◊ 2015-07-12 21:44 |
http://www.quirkyrides.com/quirks/wartburg_311_1964.html -- Last edit: 2015-07-12 22:15:25 |
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◊ 2015-08-18 19:31 |
Two stars. |
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◊ 2015-11-16 15:19 |
Not much shown throughout the scene:![[Image: 1258.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10795/1258.jpg) ![[Image: 1303.1.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10795/1303.1.jpg) |
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◊ 2015-11-16 20:11 |
Quote "TG: The cars from the Berlin scenes aren’t quite so glamorous… AK: Trabants were pretty much all you had in East Berlin at that time. Trabants and Wartbergs. We didn’t know how many would be around today, but they all came out the woodwork. They were all barnyard farms, those things. Heaps of rust, falling apart, old smoky nasties. All the chrome and rubber was gone, handles were sent away to be rechromed. We had to source new motors for the windscreen wipers. Roof lining, new trim. Those cars were all put together again. TG: Did they need a bit of… updating? AK: The engines in the Trabants were awful, like sowing machines. So we replaced them with Polo engines, 1.4s. We put Volvo engines in the Wartbergs. We unbolted the body from the chassis, and built a row of new chassis. We put new suspension on. We had to put a tunnel through the centre of the car to make it rear-wheel drive. When we got them they were pieces of s***. After we’d done all our work, I looked at them and thought, ‘What a fantastic job I have.’ It was so great to see that transition. TG: So you’ve got a fleet of the best-driving Wartbergs in the world? AK: For sure. The Wartbergs did fly. And the Trabant. They both drove really well. Hydraulic handbrake? Rear-wheel drive? You could really get the back out round corners…" - Link to "www.topgear.com" And someone never learned how to spell Wartburg .... |
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◊ 2015-11-16 20:39 |
Curious if they also sound like Polo and Volvo in movie (read "do they sound completly different than Trabant and Wartburg"?)... |
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