Blimey that’s a rarity, for obvious reasons, the last one I saw was on a campsite in Potsdam 14 years ago, the engine note, ( I’m being kind as they sounded like they were just about to implode) was instantly recognisable, the look on my sons face as it rattled coughed and wheezed it’s way past was priceless, being LHD I wonder if it’s complete with a DDR sticker on the back
I had to laugh, as I saw "the first attachment" & then tried to envision the
Bentley "rattling coughing and wheezing"
Then I saw the 2nd-attachment & the Wartburg hove into view !
Back in the 1980's, my next-door neighbour, Charlie.B had a succession of "whacky vehicles".
Daf.33 Variomatic , FX4 Taxi (arguably among the 1st, it was a 'J'-Reg 1970), Moskvitch &
TWO Wartburgs !
I drove "the better one of the two" (& that's NOT saying much) - The 'driver' was a saloon & his 'spare-parts', an estate
The plain Gloss-paint (1976?), had long since faded & it had that "powdery patina" that sun-bleached cars always have.
As a result, it was like a medium darkish "Cobalt-Blue"
It sounded like a BAD Suzuki 'water-kettle' (GT.750), with the ignition-points all 'out of whack'
Really surprised me that it ran quite well, once above 15mph
Am told (at the time), that it WOULD run on both "peanut-oil" & "chip-shop-fat-oil" - No wonder it sounded SO BAD
A pack of dog$hit had a higher re-sale value (at the time), but nonetheless, it still got Charlie "from A to B"
His YELLOW
DAF.33 variomatic was an even worse car (in MY opinion) & it literally felt "like a rubber-band" = GHASTLY ☢️
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