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1959 DKW Monza

The DKW Monza was produced from 1956 through 1958 and the exact number of examples produced is not known. Poor record keeping along with kit cars has figures ranging from seventy to two-hundred and forty. The DKW Monza Club believes that around 70 to 80 examples were built and fewer than 50 have survived.

The Monza was comprised of components from several manufacturers including DKW, Opel, Karman-Ghia, and Porsche. It had a conventional DKW 3=6 drivetrain, front turn signals from a Karman-Ghia, rear turn signals from the Porsche 356, and the headlight trim from Opel. It had a tube frame, lightweight fiberglass body, a 3-cylinder two-stroke engine, and a front-wheel drive configuration.


by Daniel Vaughan | Apr 2016

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