Now that we have picked up more than a few Polish readers after CC was featured on their main automotive blog , maybe one of them can identify this very cute truck shot in Krakow by themactep. I don’t know where to start, and don’t have a lot of references materials for that part of the world. Of course, it may not be of Polish manufacture either. Here’s a not-so clear shot of the hood logo: (Update: It’s a V901/2 built in East Germany by Framo, which was a pioneer in two stroke engines before the war, and was absorbed by IFA after the war. The V901 was a new design that appeared in 1951. Thanks, Mark Hwast, for the quick identification)
I can’t make it out, but I bet someone out there will.
That was quicker than I expected: Max left a comment at facebook, identifying it: “hi, it is Framo Barkas (V901/2) of East Germany (DDR) origin, it is parked in front of restaurant in Kraków”
Paul, keep these articles up if you can. As a guy who spent a lot of time overseas I really enjoy seeing these things we didn’t get in the states. I can remember a lot of things I saw in south america, europe, and asia that just plain made good sense.
Interesting little beast what powers it?
It’s a good looking truck, and I like the suicide doors.
Hah, thanks for popping this up here Paul. As you can see on the Flickr, I was curious about it myself. Googled for a good half hour trying to figure it out.
Now that we know it’s a Framo, which I’ve certainly never heard of, Googling “framo truck” comes up with some nice stuff.
http://www.peterfrost.clara.net/framo.html says it used the DKW 3-cylinder two-stroke. Gosh, who didn’t? These little postwar creatures are all so fascinating.
Cute! Great to see stuff like this mixed in with the more familiar.
Looks as if the critter could haul a lot of watermelons.
“…built in East Germany by Framo, which was a pioneer in two stroke engines before the war…”
It is not easy to be in engines, yes and as if that wasn’t enough, even a pionieer in two stroke engines before the war, for a company, that never built an engine before the war.
Before the war, Framo installed DKW and Ford engines.
Follow the below shown links to get an overview of the Framo vehicles, which were built between 1927 and the begin of the war. The so-called pre-war engine pioneer used exclusively third-party engines.
http://www.f-r-a-m-o.de/2.1_typenuebersicht.htm
http://www.f-r-a-m-o.de/2.1_typenuebersicht_2.htm