This road trip reminds me of my trip last summer to UK. The feeling of a once heroic past crumbling, neglected. I rescued a milling machine. Industrial archeology of a past civilization.

Excellent and entertaining video. I am near 80, and during the Cold War, I was in the air force on fighters. As a result, I have been fascinated by East Germany and the Warsaw Pact countries since my early teens in the 50s. I loved the filming you did on the drive through the villages and the Hartz mountains. The countryside was beautiful, and it was like travelling back in time. Watching you work on the old equipment was a real treat, particularly the 2 cycle engines, as I have worked on a lot of different brands of chainsaws and know how difficult the older engines can be to get running. My wife is really happy that I don't live near any of those scrapyards.

@samvalentine3206

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My wife is also glad I do not live near those scrapyards either! One reason why this channel is so attractive... we wish WE could do what Gerolf does!

@BorderKeeper

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It's interesting how some engines require surgeons touch, while some you can leave in the forest for 30 years, and then just replace oil, spray ether in and they start up. Makes me wonder what design differences are between this engine and a durable tractor engine from the 40s let's say.

@maxwang2537

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Alas, my wife is not so happy. Although I don’t have those fancy scrapyards nearly, my frequents to a less than ideal scrap metal business often send me her complaints.

Thank you for sharing. I found this totally fascinating. I live in Australia but both my parents are German and escaped from the Russians back in the day. I was lucky enough to visit relatives of ours still in the DDR back in the mid 80s. It was a total culture shock for me. Going to Neuruppin was like stepping into another world.

@ashleysmith3106

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I too live in Australia (South) and come from German stock on my Mother's side ( although my Prussian ancestors would now be Polish)

@Chr.U.Cas2216

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Dear Ron Honig. Yeah, it's quite understandable that you felt a culture shock. I guess mainly because Kangaroos were not allowed in Eastern Germany back then. Since the fall of the wall it's different of course. 😀 ;-) Best regards, luck and health in particular.

Gerolf, I have followed you for as long as I have been watching KZread videos. I am always impressed by your informative and useful topics, and I am always left a little "homesick" by the many local cultural trips you manage to include. I was stationed in Schweinfurt from 1986 to 1991, and I would have never left Germany had the Army not decided to ship me off to Korea from Bavaria. I grew up in deep south Texas on a farm. My hometown had a population of less than 1,500, and as is the case in all agrigarian communities, we learned to master many trades simply out of necessity. I absolutely love your penchant for working clean and the way you pay so much attention to the smallest details. I sincerely appreciate your electrical expertise and your wonderful explanations of all the relevant theories as well as practical knowledge. I have spent much of my life living and working overseas, and I have always appreciated the history and pragmatism I find working with heavy mining equipment in the remotest of places. Thank you for the effort you put into these videos in both the topics selected, the depth of knowledge shared, and the window into German industrial culture that you open up to the world and present with phenomenal skill. While societies are collapsing all around us, you are certainly a man of many talents and a credit to all who strive to make a positive impact in their corners of this world. God bless you and keep up the awesome work.

I hope you never think we don’t enjoy film from scrapyards. Like you we like to see and evaluate items for a fantasy build/restoration.

Loved it. Two days ago a friend dropped off 3 old lawnmowers to me because, as he said, "I know you'll get them back into shape and give them a second life". I'm sure there are tens of thousands of men and women out there that, like me, love seeing your work and enjoy diverting old things from the scrap pile. Keep up the good work.

Opening scene with truck-'That'l buff out!" 😆😁

As someone who remembers watching those videos from your original shop, nice to see the place again in this video! I could feel the smile on your face when that tractor jumped to life.

Whenever I go someplace new I ALWAYS take the longest most scenic route, not for the beauty of nature but for the junk I can find! people who live in farming and remote areas have so much cool stuff, and much of it can be bought for a case of beer.

Germany is a stunning country and is on my bucket list to visit love the videos

@ProSimex84

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It’s for sure one of the most beautiful and interesting countries in Europe.

@davidweatherby

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JNBc

@davidweatherby

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JNBc

Excellent informative episode as usual. Also so refreshing to see road side verges, streets and town squares devoid of litter unlike here in the majority of the UK.

@graemewhite5029

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We love touring Germany in our camper, but as you say, as soon as you hit the M20 on your way home, the roadside litter is shocking 😢

@cmotdibbler4454

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The England has almost double the population density that Germany does (434 people per square km vs 233) when people talk about the UK in this context it is almost always referring to England as Scotland and Wales have very little litter on verges (population density of 70 and 150 per km2 respectively)

@erik_dk842

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My bet is on the refreshing lack of "diversity" in the former DDR

@nickkerr-rm4so

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@@erik_dk842 gammon detected - free wifi in spoons was a mistake

@erik_dk842

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@@nickkerr-rm4so Sorry for bursting your bubble. Import the third world - become the third world

I loved seeing the back roads and small villages! The engine kickback is of course due to too far advanced spark timing. Be aware that the gap setting of the points can change the timing!

It’s great to see your subscriber count has finally broken HALF A MILLION! Congratulations on this achievement whether subscriber count is important to you personally, it speaks volumes to your capabilities. Among many of the machinist and restoration channels I rank yours toward the top in finish quality. I’ve commented before that your scrapyard series could literally be taken as is and pass for a profesional produced TV series. The theme of salvaging quality products abandoned as junk and bring life back to vintage products (restoration/modernization/modification) is very much one of current interest.

Greetings from Portugal! You may not believe it, but as soon as I saw the tunnel entrance I recognized it! I drove on the A38 in 2014 from Kassel to Duderstadt, where I stayed for 11 days. That part of Germany is really beautiful! Love to watch your videos!

What a great journey. Your country is very beautiful. Thanks for bringing us along.

i used to repair old stuff for a living and because i had to. you do it for youtube and entertainment. i like that you get dirty and scrape your nuckles so that i don't have to. i can't say that i miss those days long ago. i do enjoy the scenery also!

As a Wisconsinite, those brats looked pretty good!

Those old radios remind me growing up and seeing the local TV repairman coming to the house to fix our black and white TV. Now, even if you could find an electronic engineer capable of repairing a faulty circuit board, it would be crazy expensive and frustratingly hard to do. Thus anyone can "repair" new equipment. It takes a person of talent, patience and electrical and mechanical knowledge to repair older equipment! 👍

I'm Swedish and I just love Germany. Me and my girlfriend has been doing a lot of vacationing there. Tell the gps to avoid autobahn and set a destination. A lot of small, cute villages and very friendly people and some of the best pastries I've ever had. I've been recommended visiting Quedlinburg so it was fun seeing that pop up! Keep it up, love your channel.

The video was engrossing from a travelogue view, then for antique machines, just a bit of industrial history, then the teardown and cleaning and finally the fun tractor rodeo! Usually they are all interesting and hopeful, that a young German is so engaged in repairing fully good and in two cases almost unused antique engines. Makes me want to do the same. I rescued some old doors that needed sawing down and rebuilding, my old family trade. Surprising after being almost fully exposed to weather for decades, they were quite salvageable although still look rough. I wish I had traveled to a medieval village where the Ottonian royal line got its start where the founder had been bird hunting along the river. Thanks for the extra filming and editing, it really made this video a special treat!

I can’t help wanting, when I need to deep clean a piece of vintage gear like these, that it can be done as quickly and beautifully as I see here, that is just an instant from one frame of picture to the next.

I was stationed in Stuttgart from 1974 to 1981, so your videos make me nostalgic . I always enjoy your travelogues. Bis zum nächsten Mal!

As usual, I was glued to the screen watching your story unfold and loved your history tour around the not-so-popular areas of your country. Now 2 stroke engine designs found me thinking back to when I was 16 years old some 59 years ago, as I had 2 Durkkop Diana Sport scooters with their engine designs somewhat similar to your generator-designed engines. In the period I had the scooters everyone had Lambretta or Vespa scooters but not me, I HAD to be different. The Diana scooters were known as "older men" scooters until I made the Diana resemble other "MOD" scooters of the period.. Now the much sort after the Diana scooter is known now for how clever they were for their design period. - So, Thank you once again for a very watchable video. Ian- UK.

As a person who likes engineering, rebuilding and shop jobs. I also learn German language. You make me love Germany 🇩🇪 more and more. ❤

I feel that great thing about older equipment is in part the history. No matter the country. I like the history lessons you go into, as I was born in Berlin. My grandparents lived in east Berlin and we would go a visit them when we could. Thank you…

My favorite part of this video is where you are driving through all the small villages and country sides of Germany. Being a city/suburban boy I don't get to see much of those little villages in my country.

My Dad used to use an Emery board for filing fingernails to clean the points in our 1977 opel cadet station wagon after running her for hours on the Autobahn at 85mph! He also carried an extra set of points and condenser in the glove box!

From Wisconsin here yes we do enjoy a good brat here I always love see your repair video's.

Germany certainly has a gorgeous countryside. There is just something different about “old world” roads and hills

I love that tractor, adding an articulated trailer to turn it into a mechanical horse and buggy is a tremendously cool idea. It reminds me of a tricycle made in Britain featured on the yesterdays machinery channel. I would look into getting a more efficient muffler for it though, that seems LOUD

@lasskinn474

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mechanical bulls are quite popular still in asia. they race them in thailand still too. sometimes you see guys going to town with one with a cart. they got these like fairly long handlebars for the controls. turning circle isn't great if you don't get off whatever you're riding behind it. like they're long enough that you can have some ground turning or whatever tool hooked up to it behind it and walk behind the tool.

All of those motors and generators being made in the mid to late 1980s were very interesting. They have design features and colors more reminiscent of like items made in the U.S.A. during the 1950s and 60s.

Thank you for the interesting video. I think that the reason for the change from circular to rectangular tanks etc is that when circular components are blanked out from a sheet they leave a relatively high degree of waste material. Blanking out rectangular components leaves a smaller web of scrap material. I remember in the 1960s when a certain battery manufacturer changed from blanking out circular zinc callots to blanking out hexagonal callots, the saving was considerable. The callots were then converted to zinc cans, on an impact extrusion press, the cans were then assembled into dry Leclanche batteries.

All of these old East-German machines are neat, especially with how simple and serviceable they were designed to be. The walk-behind tractor is a good example of someone with the ability to create but not having the money for an actual tractor. So they made their own with what they had. We have similar machines here in the US that were manufactured, the more common brand being a Gravely. Like everything there are other makers of these machines but I'm only familiar with the Gravely since those are more common in my area. The Gravely Walk-Behind was a cost effective platform for anyone doing large gardens, small farming, yard maintenance or needing tractive power for pulling things. They could be equipped with a mower deck, sickle bar mower for heavy grass or brush, a tiller, chisel plow or even a sulky like you want to make. :)

You're not going to believe it. My family is from Quedlinburg. Way back then my great, great grand father sold pickles from his store there. The family name is Mettre. I think there are still those people there.

So much of the German countryside you drove through has a 'fairy tale' whimsy about it...happy to see so much was either spared war destruction or was re-built with the same old world charm.

Very cool to learn what's behind your channel name! Another great video! These have been my go-to relaxation videos recently. Always good and no controversy! Thanks for your work!

I love your videos. Germany is great. I lived there over 20 years ago for a year and loved it. I also love working on mechanical objects. Thanks keep up the good work 😊

That building at 9:18 is amazing.

Discovered your channel in 2019 while beeing on a worktrip in korea and been addicted to repairathons ever since just to discover you grew up 10 minutes from me in the town of my favorite icecafe molin and nevertheless had your workshop in the town next to mine... Our planet is hell of a town...

@14:14 It takes a generation (20-30 years) for a forest to start to recover in an area. But Mother Nature has more patience than mankind! 😂😂

If you build a sulky ( 2 wheel, 1 seat trailer ), consider adding a tow ball to the very rear. A single axle tractor was very useful at the airport for moving all of the glider and equipment trailers around. Especially the 2 axle trailer with the launching tow winch, transmission & V8 big block chevy motor.

Got to 4:01 and I’m two thumbs up on a couple of things; taking the back roads and slowing down…I drive an air cooled 1982 VW Transporter for exactly this reason…it’s so slow that I can’t help but enjoy the scenery, and secondly…Johnny Cash on the stereo! Great choice!!

Als Fahre tut mir das Herz weh beim Anblick der ausgebrannten Sattelzugmaschine. ich hoffe sehr, dass das fahrende personal dem Feuer rechtzeitig entkommen ist. As a driver, my heart aches when I see the burned-out tractor unit. I very much hope that the driving crew escaped the fire in time.

What a shame, seeing those beautiful old buildings falling into disrepair, wonderful trip, great scenery, excellent description, and most of all, some great treasures!

So interesting, i really love this episodes, such amazing history behind all those old machineries. The Subaru is behaving very well. Regarding the trees we had the same problem back home in Madeira Island, but now the indigen trees are coming back. Good to see your old shop in the end of the video, i bet good memories had come back

I watch a couple of other channels where they fix stuff up and I enjoy ‘em all but there’s one detail that kills me when I see it and that is when I see guys working on dirty stuff. You my friend always work on clean pieces. You take the appropriate time and measures to clean up your parts and working area before the work. I’m not saying it’s gotta be spic n span but you gotta clean up your parts before working on em. Thank you for your rigor… It does wonders for my OCD!!! 😂 Looking forward to the freak-tractor overhaul & repair. As usual… Thank you.

You have nothing to apologize for. I was born in California in 1975. I have been preparing for when the nuclear apocalypse or world ending earthquake or asteroid destroys reality my entire life. Turns out it's gonna be much slower and worse than that. Your branding is both creative and spot on. And thank you for your work. You educate and entertain with a healthy dose of natural philosophy. If I had offspring they would be watching you.

That’s the result of the spruce bark beetle. We have big problems with that beetle here in Sweden also. You have to remove all the infected trees as soon as possible to avoid it spreading.

Love the engine sound on your new tractor.

This is fascinating, thank you so much for sharing! The map and details about the area were a wonderful touch. I love the radios! I'm very much looking forward to what you do with them.

We visited former East Germany in 1991. The difference was shocking: directly after the ‘border’ there were practically no roads and the buildings were very different. My children asked why there were loudspeakers on poles in every village we came through. Perhaps propaganda or airraidalarm? In grossen ganzem: a very nice holliday .

I like the East German 2Stroke Generators & the Little Tractor. If I were You I would fabricate 2 Kettenkastens & the Chains run in Fett. No dry chains & well lubricated chains. Vielan Dank für Video 👌💪🏿

Those engines are elegant designs. Beautiful even.

Really impressed with the simplicity and small size of the tractors engine. Great video Sir.

I was 10 when the wall fell, I can still remember the breaking news on TV wand watching the wall come down.

Awesome video Gerolf. I really appreciated the countryside trip, there are so many things to see... And your repair skills are always at top.

German Autobahns, yes, they are something else indeed! Love the back roads, the Black forest is so beautiful as well as the Ellsas area.

There's a few German enclaves here in Indiana and after seeing those countryside vistas in this video, I can see why they settled here. Looks almost identical. Complete with similar architecture in the homes. We've got even a bunch of breweries, monasteries, and convents. The trifecta.

I've literally never seen the throw handle start and am sig. older than you. It's fabulous the architectural history that was Not destroyed, you have a literal work of art there. Our architecture is often recycled new garbage.

My daughter lived in Pankow east German side of Berlin for many years until covid when she returned to Australia. I have an 82 etz250 from MZ the excellent motor bike that has a similar cap to its fuel tank with a fabulous race history stamped on it. I really appreciate your channel as it brings to life so many of those extremely robust devices and machines made in the DDR. My etz is still running today testament to the manufacturing process. While in Pankow I use to stop by a motorcycle business who was a MZ specialist his son and I would have kaffee und kuchen talk about the golden era of east German motorcycle production, racing and defection that lead to the rise of the Japanese two stroke dominance. Thank you for the memories

I Love the build quality’s of the East German engines and can see what attracts you to them ,old is better looking but not always better running 😂👍.

There’s an amazing “DDR” museum in Chemnitz. I’m American but worked in Germany a lot, I spent most of my time in Köln and Chemnitz though. It’s beyond fascinating the amount of ingenuity that east Germany had to have. Everything from cars with hardened cardboard body panels to toothpaste. You should check it out the next time you’re in the area.

Another interesting video, the German countryside with the ancient villages are stunning.

A beautifull Roadtrip Through the Eichsfeld. I am from South Harz and i travelled in the 80ies often to the Town of Aachen by Altenbeeken ! Nice Things you get. So many where just thrown away after so many Companies shut down after the Union of Germany. Youre a good one ! Kind regards, Rudi !

This is one of the KZread channels that don’t miss watching . I love this stuff, I do fix most of our stuff by myself , but have no patience to video my work. I would rather watch these type of videos than a movie or news. A few British guys are also great to watch.I think , having knowledge is useless , when you don’t know how to use it. That’s my 2 cents.

You've shown some beautiful places in old east Germany. I've been a few times myself. All those derelict buildings and emty factories make me so sad and depressed!

Nice job Sir. I'm surprised that poor Forester could haul that much payload!

This video aroused my curiosity to see the former East Germany one day.😊 You are very persistent and skilled mechanic. Cheers from Finland!🎉

Beautiful 4k travelogue and tinkering, perfect morning video. Thanks.

I am loving the German pronunciation lessons throughout the videos.

I really felt you were going to wish you had an extra trailer even after the first day into your trip. Great score and wonderfully informative travel log. I love the look of those SACH and similar model engines, just beautiful.

I have a Piaggio Nsl Sferra 50 to work on and just realized why i procrastinate the project so much... I dont enjoy working on plastic! See you there having way more fun with the metal stuff that doesnt bend in the sun or breakes in little pieces or doesnt fit anymore after just laying around... Great Video, as always much to enjoy. Grüße aus Oldenburg

Appreciate the Wisconsin call out at 9:52, We do love our brats and that one looks great.

@fritzkuhne2055

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wild boar sausage is my favourite... mmmh

Gerolf, on your walking tractor, you could also make the front half like a standard tractor with the steering in the front, but shifting bit might be an issue. This could bolt on, or be made to slide onto tubular receivers, and secured with a locking pin. You might be able to find some parts in your visits to scrap yards. A front axle from a lawn tractor might be a good donor.

Thank you. Those dying forests are a sad sight.

Cleared my schedule as soon as I saw TPAI posted.

Sad to see all those trees dead or dying. Similar to here, as we have discussed. Always good to see you still going strong.

The tractor looks like it could be handywork of my granddad. He was an underground mining mechanic for K+S salt mines on the BRD side the border between Hessen and Thüringen. In his free time he used to repair bicicles, bikes, farming equipment and buid such handywork. Also he ran a small farm that he inherited from my great grandparents.

@GIJOEG36

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I'll respond with some more details that i try to articulate in germand and english, so ppl that are better in english than I could correct me. The village my grandparents live in is called Obersuhl and was actually cut in two pieces by the border as multiple villages in that area were. In one case the border was running through a house and the roomes were walled off. The trainstation in Obersuhl was the last or second to last trainstation before the border and sometimes pepole fell asleep in the train and in result got interrogated for hours by the Stasi, before they were dropped of in Obersuhl. Das Dorf von meinen Großeltern heißt Obersuhl und wurde von der Grenze geteilt. Die Grenze verlief genau durch ein Haus. Die räume wurden dann genau auf der grenze zugemauert und auf der anderen Seite hat sich die Stasi eingerichtet. Obersuhl war auch der letzte, oder vorletzte Bahnhof vor der grenze und meine Großeltern haben erzählt dass da häufiger arme schweine aufgeschlagen siend, die im zug richtung ddr eingeschlafen sind und da stundenlang von der Stasi verhört wurden.

That bunker lamp looks like the Most Important Device

@oldscratch3535

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Had to look that one up. It is very similar in design.

Those tractors was popular here in the states back in the day. Lots of different implements made for them.

I loved your dummy load, I have a single 100watt incandescent light globe in a framed display box on the top of our fridge at my beach shack, the shack is three bedrooms and off grid, we installed Led globes and if I turn all the lamps in the house on at once the whole shack uses 72 watts, the incandescent globe is there as a lesson to Progress.

Cool haul, and lovely generator restoration :). I absolutely LOVED Fallout! Without it, I wouldn't start tinkering with vacuum tube electronics. Still got the CDs from the late '90s, and I recently installed both classic parts (1&2) on an antique Thinkpad 380ED running Windows 98. A thing of beauty, a joy for ever.

Cool stuff, love the old tractor. We had a similar setup built here in the states called a Jari. Most of them had a sickle mower on the front, but had several other attachments for them. Thanks for sharing the road trip. I have never been to Germany but being of German descent I would love to visit there it looks beautiful.

wonderful and how fascinating to discover DDR equipment in the eastern regions. i am doing the same in France with Bernard engines... a pump, a generator and and an air compressor

@ThePostApocalypticInventor

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Hello! I'm honored to find your comment under my video.

Very nice video , I like how you present a good balance on technology history , geography , geo politics and ecology , for people that never visited Germany gives us a very good glimpse on how the east block had their own life with their own industries and products that were totally unrelated to the west ones, as always in the western controlled narrative we have been make believe that in the east were nothing but cold grey sad life with Russian soldiers everywhere asking for documents and watching with binoculars every move , there is no doubt that the east was a world of its own .. 👏👏

An amazing country. It is a pity to see such fantastic buildings empty. It also demonstrates how small the UK is in comparison.

WOW. Until you mentioned it at the end I didn't realise you had been making videos for nearly 10 years now. I think I started watching in 2014. I remember watching your video tutorials on power electronics - particularly switch mode power supplies. For some reason I also remember your video series of repairs by the number, troubles by the score which I think was 2015 which seems like an age ago now.

I particularly enjoyed the tear down of the 2cycle engines. I have repaired single cylinder engines as a hobby for over 50 years as a hobby. It was a special treat for me to see something new but in many respects familiar. My personal opinion is that there is no reason to criticize East German designs when compared to U.S. manufactured engines of similar size and purpose. Engines built in the 1920 -30 time frame were routinely kept in service and new models changed slowly. It would appear that the engines you have exhibit excellent aluminum castings and are far from obsolete at the time they were made. I still operate my 2cyle lawnmower made in 1970 as it is superior to current designs. (lighter, more powerful and more reliable) . The only advice for you is to de-carbon the exhaust posts, inspect the piston wall for scuffing through the exhaust port and check the operation of the reed intake valve and find new piston rings for the future. Also, don't take a hose to the engine as the points will get wet and you will have to dry them before getting it started. You probably have learned much of this but it seems worth mentioning. Finally a tour through the Hartz Mountains is always welcome.

KZread just recommended your chanel, it took me about 60 seconds to realize that it's just up my alley and subscribe, I look forward to seeing many more videos, PS: I'm in Tasmania Australia and we have Hartz mountains here too.

I grew up in Wernigerode and its crazy to see you driving through my old Neighbourhood Hasserode :)

Good job Gerolf. I am an industrial electrician here in Canada and really get a hoot out of your vids.

Dantronik...that company was based in Flensburg which is right on the Danish border. They made marine autopilot systems along with radios.

Die Waldbilder aus dem Harz sind erschreckend.

Thanks for all the work you did to release this video. I am so glad someone is capable saving these old machines (and make good videos as well). I did not expect these beautiful villages in that part of the world. Will need to follow you in your footsteps some time in the future. You certainly deserve some PayPal donations my friend.

Very interesting episode,thanks for giving us a look at all the great old GDR equipment!

I too am a big fan of taking the slow roads and now purposefully drive slow(er) pickup trucks just to see the world around me. I forced myself to do this after years a road racing cars and a couple bad wrecks so the benefit was two fold. I wish that I still trusted myself on a motorcycle lol.

Kleinfurra is really near of where I grew up! My school was in Sondershausen, and there in Direction to Großfurra. :D Oh, and the EL-xxx Engines were based on an engine designed in the 30s. It also possible that this engine was also the ancestor of the known Sachs engines. Such small tractors were really common here, almost all self-made and called "Mops". The better ones had Gearboxes, the cheaper ones Simson engines with build in gearbox ( Early Simson engines had a build in Air cooler). Our "Mops" Hat exactly the same Engine, a EL-150 and an old Opel P4 pre WW2 Gearbox. Tires were from a Multicar and to prevent that it was too heavy to the back end, a piece of railroad track was bolted on the frame under the engine. Oh, and btw: I have never seen anyone pushing the kick starter. Pulling was the usual method, with letting it go right afterwards. This kickback effect I have seen when someone got his nose broken by it.

Looking forward to upcoming restorations. Thanx.

I have long wanted to take a road tour of Germany so I love your scenery shots, thank you

I rebuild vintage magnetos here in the UK. If you ever need a coil rewinding, condenser rebuilt, or just some free advice, you’re welcome to get in touch. You would have to look me up, just search for Old Iron Engineers. Before I started doing this I used to restore vintage stationary engines. Somewhere I’ve still got a 1937 German airforce battery charging generator with the Auto Union badge on it (I think it’s a DKW).