Harry Stoop was serving in the armed forces in 1957 in Nuremburg, Germany when he decided to purchase a 1934 DKW F4. For better or worse, this is a rare machine. DKW built only about 7,000 F4s over a two-year production run. It’s a two-cylinder, two-stroke machine that makes about 20 hp. While this may not seem like much even by 1934 standards, DKW was one of the first companies to offer front wheel drive. We encountered our first F4 at Auto Union's former East German factory in Zwickau during our hunt for Communist cars.

 

When Stoop was called back home in 1959, he took the roadster with him.  Since then its been kept it unrestored in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. After over 50 years with the car in the States, Stoop thinks it may be time for someone to enjoy this pre-WWII German roadster. We don’t have any current pics on the car yet, but interested parties can contact Stoop through e-mail.

 

(Note the Mercedes three-point star on Stoop's car.  Although Daimler-Benz bought a majority share of DKW's parent company Auto Union 1958, that still doesn't explain how the emblem got on the hood.)