A few pictures from Audi International at Castle Combe today Firstly, the family tree. Amazing how much there is: I reckon daved might recognise these
We have one of these in bits in our garage in Padfield. Slowly getting its history and the missing parts together to restore it. Its a 1931 DKW F1. Supposedly one of less than 7 and very, very rare. My step-fathers 2nd wife was married first time round to a chap that restored classics (mainly making new chassis for Bugatti, Armstrong Siddeley and Bentley models) and raced and collected rare cars as a hobby. He ran an original ex-works Austin 7 supercharger as his main track tool. The F1 is a rare, oddball creation being pretty much the very first FWD production car. So why did he keep it? Much web research and phone calls revealed the F1 was a pioneer in both drivetrain design and aerodynamics because it was the car a certain Baron Reinhard von King Fachsenfeld who pretty much began the aero revolution with DKW motorcycles and the DKW 'Monoposto' - an F1 based single seater racecar. http://www.history-of-cars.com/php/autounion/1932-f1-monoposto-stromlinie.php These cars won many serious race records at tracks all over Europe including Chemnis and Avus. Most importantly it's the first link between 'normal' cars and more serious streamlined racers. Look at the car in the link and then look at the Audi 'Silver Arrow' sreamliners like the C and D type and you will understand. And yes, Von Fachsenfeld was instrumental in the aero design of those cars too.
