WWI alternative to rubber | Buttonhome Photo Gallery

bicycles could not get rubber during the war so switch to creative tire solutions.

Zwingenberg Castle

like some marijuana

Karl Marx street

Automobile Welt Eisenach

first car built here

representative WWII ruble

WWI alternative to rubber

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1966 Wartburg 1000

21,310 DDR DM for a new car

home car shop in DDR

in DDR motorcycles were common

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lunch in Wirtshaus Christoffel

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looks like beer, tastes like cola

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Wirtshaus Christoffel cellar

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along the river in old town

along the river church in the background

Stadtmuseum Erfurt "Haus zum Stockfisch"

Captain Bluebear and Crew

I found Bernd das Brot

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A shop full of Bernd das Brot

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Gera River in Erfurt

monument to Trabant workers

Trabant workers monument

WWI era vehicles

Horch WWI truck

fuel pumps and station

DKW motorcycle at pump

internals of 1920s car

4 rings of Auto Union

Wanderer in winter

engine added to bicycle

1930s auto shop

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touring bike 30s style

luxury car w hot and cold water sink

Trabant cut away

Trabants with campers

Trabant waiting period

Trabant home garage

custom military parade car

racing Trabants

Trabant Caro Up

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hybrid racer cut-away

classic cars outside the musuem

our Zwickau apartment

DKW in Castle Augustusburg

Auto Union story

MZ in the crate

Wankel engined MZ

MZ enduro racing

Sachsenring race bikes

fuel station 1930s

motorcycle brands

Indian and Harley Davidson

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engine in the front hub

4 cylinder inline

4 cylinder cut away

Benelli Sei and Suzuki Rotary

MZ exported to Chicago

"Amerika" market promotion

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views from the castle tower

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Deb climbed the tower!

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don't hit the bike ahead

disassembled Ural sidecar

getting fuel in Russia

create a boat from the bike

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camping and cooking on board

headed into the dungeon

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Suzuki Burgman 125 loaner

honoring US servicemen

border in the middle of the town

monument to the wall coming down

DDR marker post

wall guard tower

white square stones

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Trabant for the DDR military

vehicles in the museum

border patrol helo

motorcycle service spot

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ducks in the Regen river

Regen river valley

locks on the Regen bridge

Deb looking over the river

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