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Barkas was the name of an automaker in Saxonia. This VEB master enterprise of the collective combine passenger car was occasional.
The enterprise decreases/goes back on from the Skafte Rasmussen 1923 as supplier for to be DKW work in Franconia mountain/Saxonia of created metal works Franconia mountain. For the extension of production and for the production of small transporters (begun with the tricycle TV 300 developed in Zschopau), naturally with DKW engines, the enterprise moved 1933 after Hainichen and was called starting from 1934 FRAMO works Hainichen.
1957 called itself the enterprise VEB of Barkas works Hainichen and the only motor vehicle type manufactured by it became from the Framo V 901 the Barkas V 901.
1958 were shifted the operating seat after pool with further enterprises after Karl Marx city and thus the "VEB of Barkas works Karl Marx city" was created.
1961 began the quantity production of the completely again developed Barkas B1000 as high-speed transporter. It was propelled by the waiting castle three-cylinder two-stroke engine with originally 900 cm with an output of 43 HP. Later were then 1000 cm with an output of 46 HP. The engine of the Fronttrieblers was centrically between driver and passenger seat attached and from there over a removable internal hood and additionally a smaller service cover accessible. There were remarks as box, patient transport, plank bed car, minibuses the maximum speed amounted to 100 km/h among other things
In the autumn 1989 the first B1000-1 is introduced. It had like the waiting castle 1,3 58 HP a strong four-stroke engine with 1272 cm which was produced in Volkswagen license. Up to the attitude of production on 10 April 1991 still 1,961 of these vehicles was built. Because of frequent problems at nearly invariably the transmission taken over by the secondary act variant the four-cycle variant disappeared to a large extent promptly from the roads. In addition, also to it the off work contributed missing Unterboden and cavity preservation. After 1989 the Barkas had evenly strongly at value lost (NP around 6000 DM) and of many crafts enterprises as building site vehicle was used. That most B1000-1 is today strongly through-rusted accordingly and from the transmission worn. Exceptions are only certain authority vehicles such as B1000-1 KLF, which are quite rare however.
Numerous structure variants such as plank beds, suit-cases, tarpaulins, minibuses and tow trucks made the vehicle very flexibly usable. Thus there was the Barkas among other things as person transporter, Polizeifahrzeug, ambulance of the SMH, small delete vehicle (type KLF), plank bed transporters and military vehicle. During its first seeming it was noticeable by at that time unusually high of 1000 kg.
Because of its simple design it was relatively durable and reliable. It had from the beginning a front wheel drive. There was only one standard, which was continuously improved. Thus a LED display for level of fuel in the tank and coolant temperature and it were used the lateral folding door of the bus variant 1987 from a sliding door were replaced starting from 1984.
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