German generator

**Walkwolf** · 11-12-2011, 02:08 AM

Tan with smaller parts accented in black will indeed look better.........

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 11-12-2011 02:08 AM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**davies435** · 11-12-2011, 10:38 PM

Steve, you may well be right! I KNOW this is what it looked like originally...........but I also KNOW it's going to annoy the crap out of me everytime I look at it.
Kicked the engine over tonight.......and it fired first time - truly amazing piece of engineering. A nice stedy "put-put-put" until you put more revs onto it.
The colour issue...........that'll be resolved soon.

**davies435** · 11-12-2011, 10:50 PM

**Walkwolf** · 11-13-2011, 08:12 AM

Glad to hear you got her going. Those two original colours
really don't go together !

All-over 'Luft blue' would be more appropriate.........!

**Datrus** · 11-14-2011, 12:55 PM

Keep it as it originally was. Looks a little strange but not too bad. Also it's a rare generator (as we know).

us6owner · 05-07-2015, 10:54 AM

Recently found identical Generator here in Australia, complete with spare parts kit but missing oil bottle. Any further info appreciated.

**Danmark** · 05-07-2015, 11:07 AM

An interesting old thread that stopped abruptly?
Wonder what the op did to get themselves banned. ...?

**BlackCat1982** · 05-07-2015, 01:58 PM

by Danmark

An interesting old thread that stopped abruptly?
Wonder what the op did to get themselves banned. ...?

Pity. He did a good job on the restoration. Seen a few of these DKW genies come out of old farm sales. It's worth a tidy sum now.

matt bristol · 06-20-2016, 08:36 PM

I recently bought similar looking generator, 1943 dated, the generator part is cast iron rather than aluminium - I am guessing due to wartime shortages