The DKW Meisterklasse, also known as the DKW F89, was a compact front-wheel drive saloon manufactured by Auto Union GmbH between 1950 and 1954. It was the first passenger car to be manufactured by the new Auto Union company in West Germany following the re-establishment of the business in the west in 1949.
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Auto Union DKW F89 Meisterklasse factory in 1951 |
Apart from the former DKW factory at Berlin-Spandau, the Auto Union’s manufacturing plants had been located in Saxony at Zwickau, Chemnitz and Zschopau when war had put an end to passenger vehicle production in 1942. After the war the company was no longer able to access its production facilities in the Soviet occupation zone. The first post war DKWs were therefore built under contract in a refurbished plant by Rheinmetall-Borsig in Düsseldorf.
Here below is a set of vintage photos from
Carl Guderian that shows the Auto Union DKW F89 Meisterklasse in 1951.
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Engineering drafting office, 1951 |
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Factory canteen, 1951 |
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Assembly line rounding off wheel wells, 1951 |
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Finishing assembly line, 1951 |
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Fueling finished cars, 1951 |
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Line of car bodies painted with primer, 1951 |
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Machinist making bearing bushings, 1951 |
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New office building, 1951 |
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Outside of factory building, 1951 |
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Overhead view of crane, 1951 |
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Physical plant, 1951 |
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Side of factory building with sedans and cabriolets, 1951 |
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Side of factory building with sedans and cabriolets, 1951 |
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Side of factory building with sedans and cabriolets, 1951 |
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Side of factory building with sedans and estate conversions, 1951 |
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Spraypainting wheel hubs, 1951 |
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Tester checking box wrenches, 1951 |
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Welding a car body, 1951 |
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Worker adjusting motor speed, 1951 |
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Detailing on finished cars, 1951 |
"Tester checking box wrenches, 1951"
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