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Tue Dec 02, 2025 10:09 am

RUNKLE wrote:

rear of an AWZ P70 Zwickau just in left of shot.

Wed Dec 03, 2025 10:09 pm

^ An ugly little bugger, but I'm sure that it was in high demand in its Communist countries at the time due to the many months or even years' waiting list.

Thu Dec 04, 2025 12:51 am

It was the first East German car made of Duroplast.

Thu Dec 04, 2025 1:57 am

RUNKLE wrote:

I recognize the van in the background, but I can't figure out what it is. Can anyone help?

Thu Dec 04, 2025 6:07 am

I've posted that question in the wtf is that? thread - https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=10459683#10459683

I was thinking framo but the front details are wrong...

Thu Dec 04, 2025 8:34 am

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finster, you’re a funny dude.

RUNKLE wrote: finster wrote: spotted in the background of a photo in the oval forum, 1950s germany - any ideas?

It looks like an early 1930s Framo V 501 Lieferwagen, with some strange covering over the grill, and for lack of a better term, wing/fender fillets/fairings.

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Thu Dec 04, 2025 2:50 pm

Talbot electric station wagon from the Berlin-based specialist electric vehicle factory Richard Talbot. Year of manufacture circa 1946.

Thu Dec 04, 2025 3:06 pm

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Randolph_Carter wrote: Talbot electric station wagon from the Berlin-based specialist electric vehicle factory Richard Talbot. Year of manufacture circa 1946.
Thank you for finding that info.

Based on my research using the information you provided, and considering that the vehicle looks too much like a Framo V 501 Lieferwagen, I’m going to say that it is a Framo Lieferwagen that has been converted to electric.

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Fri Dec 05, 2025 1:26 am

I was also thinking of a "standard delivery van" from Framo, Ostner or Manderbach.

Fri Dec 05, 2025 9:44 am

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Okay, that narrows it down—it's a Framo and a Manderbach. :lol:

Pre-WWII, there was a collaboration between the two companies; Manderbach produced the 'delivery van' for Framo. Post-WWII, Manderbach started producing the 'delivery van' again, using the Framo design."

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Fri Dec 05, 2025 12:58 pm

RUNKLE wrote: .

Post-WWII, Manderbach started producing the 'delivery van' again, using the Framo design."

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Postwar Manderbach was a Framo with Ford-engine!

Fri Dec 05, 2025 2:13 pm

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Randolph_Carter wrote: …with Ford-engine!
Yeah, it’s getin’ a little crowded. :D

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