1969 SACHSENRING

Make: SACHSENRING
Registration: UBD 172G
Engine Size (cc): 594
Current Speedometer Reading: 636
Year of Manufacture: 1969
Date First Registered: 16/05/2012
Current V5: YES
Location: PICKERING
You can view from: Wednesday 23 July 2025 - Tuesday 29 July 2025.

Current V5 present. Paperwork includes starting instructions, V11 tax reminders, a Number Plate Authorisation Certificate, promotional material, old tax discs, MOT certificates, some instruction booklets, and invoices.

The vendor has provided the model of the vehicle to be a Sachsenring Trabant 601S; please confirm upon your own inspection.

The vendor has provided the following:

• A 1969 Sachsenring Trabant 601 S Saloon
• Made in the DDR
• 600cc two-stroke engine
• All the duroplast bodywork is in the original “Himmel blau” factory paint
• The steel body sections and valances have been refinished in AW 2K paint
• It has never been welded
• It is fully cavity waxed from new and re-waxed to reinforce the protection
• Underside is black waxed
• The mileage reads 636. It is undocumented. I have owned it for approximately 15 years and have seldom used it. It read only 150ish when I bought it
• It was apparently brought to the UK in 1991 during the “Auf Wiedersehen Pet” era by an engineer working in the newly unified Germany
• It apparently came from Gorlitz on the Polish /German border. It was left in a lock-up garage until I bought it in 2011.
• It was given a light restoration, painted where the DDR paint materials had become time-compromised over ferrous materials
• The suspension was rebushed and the brakes uprated with a new master cylinder and front disc brake conversion from “Trabbi Welt” using VW discs and calipers
• The rear drums are 89/91 spec with a 100mm PCD to allow the fitment of the Midland Metallics period Supanova alloy wheels
• A new clutch and exhaust were fitted
• The points ignition was fully uprated to the later Hall effect electronic ignition
• An Oettinger 2-stroke catalyst was fitted to the exhaust to try and tame some of the pollution
• These are normal in Germany, where there are fines for not having one fitted
• All parts used were NOS DDR era parts, which were available at that time.
• Various DDR period accessories were fitted, including a genuine DDR LED period tachometer and clock. Also, the “mouse kino” digital fuel economy gauge. A DDR era rare pop-out rear windows, engine bay toolbox, rear sun blind, and spare wheel fuel can are fitted
• The car has the original fuel tank filler funnel and dip stick fuel gauge with it too
• It has a working Radiomobile radio / 8 track and a more contemporary CD changer hidden away, should you wish
• It has been an attempt to create a usable DDR-style and period vehicle with a few enhancements.
• The lack of engine braking in the freewheel top gear is a case in point!