Reverend Conehead
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I found this Youtube video interesting. Behind the iron curtain, they drove cars just like we do in the US and other western countries. However, they made a whole bunch of models that we never saw because they were made based on the completely different economic system of those countries and were never exported to us. I've even considered owning an East German car, the Trabant 601, which was pretty much the only car on the road in the DDR (East Germany). The only reason to own such a car would be as a curiosity. They're major clunkers with a two-stroke engine. A Trabant is even worse than a Yugo. However, their design is so simple that they're easy to repair, and you can still order the parts from Germany. It might be fun to own a car no one else has ever seen. Some of these Soviet-block cars look a little stylish, but must of them look hopelessly clunky. Most of them look like they have garbage-quality engines. I'm not sure which ones you could get parts for also like you can with the Trabant.
My dad owns two curiosity cars -- both of them Model Ts. I keep feeling tempted to buy my own curiosity car in the Trabant (or maybe one of these other east-block cars?).
Anyway, check out the commie cars. Leave whatever comments you would like about the cars (but please no political comments).
My dad owns two curiosity cars -- both of them Model Ts. I keep feeling tempted to buy my own curiosity car in the Trabant (or maybe one of these other east-block cars?).
Anyway, check out the commie cars. Leave whatever comments you would like about the cars (but please no political comments).
