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    Even More Old Cars Down On The Cuban Street

    ¡Más Abajo En La Calle De Cuba!

    ¡Abajo En La Calle De Cuba!

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    01/27/09

    In reply to Even More Old Cars Down On The Cuban Street
    Alameda, meet your rival!
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    01/27/09

    In reply to Even More Old Cars Down On The Cuban Street
    DOTSBE in Cuba is cheating.
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    Image of CopterBob CopterBob
    01/27/09

    In reply to Even More Old Cars Down On The Cuban Street
    Obviously no Juan Carlos Whitney parts distributors there.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    01/27/09

    @CopterBob: Good point; but then again, JCWhit did have some abominations for sale by mail order.
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    01/27/09

    In reply to Even More Old Cars Down On The Cuban Street
    What's that, 1955 DeSoto convertible?


    You want me to...steal you and smuggle you back to the US where you belong?

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/27/09

    In reply to Even More Old Cars Down On The Cuban Street
    I would rock the Hell out of any of those. '57 Buick's got to be my favorite, but the giant lime rolling on Forester/Legacy steelies is pretty humorous.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    01/27/09

    In reply to Even More Old Cars Down On The Cuban Street
    once Castro kicks the bucket everybody in Cuba will be driving brand new Chargers
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    01/27/09

    @Jo Schmo *now with Produkteinführungssteuerung: on a side note the 24 hours of LeMons; Cuba edition would be pretty friggin awesome!
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    01/27/09

    In reply to Even More Old Cars Down On The Cuban Street
    That's a '55 Belvedere, Murilee. The '56 had tack on tailfin extentions. And an even larger "RACING" decal.
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    01/27/09

    In reply to Even More Old Cars Down On The Cuban Street
    More fodder for my computer's background screen...
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    01/27/09

    In reply to Even More Old Cars Down On The Cuban Street
    Dunno if anybody linked to this previously, but this Jalop post was among the first that got me hooked..


    [jalopnik.com]

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    Image of the good dr zero the good dr zero
    01/27/09

    @beercheck: Ah. The good old days of Davey.
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    01/28/09

    @the good dr zero: Don't get me started. They don't like it when I get started.


    Bah....hellwiddit. Git me started. Those, goddamnit, those were the days.

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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    01/27/09

    In reply to Even More Old Cars Down On The Cuban Street
    Beautiful shots. I think he captured the world's only plate restrictor Lada.


    And someone please ID the blue car with the jet airline on the hood...it's nagging me.

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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    01/27/09

    @brandegee: You mean the green one in the top row? '55 Pontiac.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    01/27/09

    @brandegee: renault dauphine
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    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    01/27/09

    @brandegee: NASCAR's revolutionary Carro de Ayer, or CDA.
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    01/27/09

    @graverobber: Philip Landrigan Edition: Thank you! Never seen one in person so I was baffled by the French hood ornament. And who wouldn't be.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    01/27/09

    In reply to Even More Old Cars Down On The Cuban Street
    That Jeep makes me think that Terry Thomas and Ethel Merman escaped to Cuba after digging up the money under "a big dubya".
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    01/27/09

    In reply to Even More Old Cars Down On The Cuban Street
    Finned Mopars uber alles! Too bad about the paintjobs, though- who knew that Nick Hogan was Cuban?
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    01/27/09

    In reply to ¡Más Abajo En La Calle De Cuba!
    I looove the exhaust tip on the Moskvitch in pic #3. JC Whitney indeed...
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    Image of doodzed doodzed
    01/26/09

    In reply to ¡Más Abajo En La Calle De Cuba!
    A Polski Fiat 125P? We were on our second one when we left Poland. When I came back in the mid-90s with a license I got to drive it.


    Imagine an underpowered lawnmower with a box designed by mule and built by farmers. You yanked on a lever between the front seats to engage the starter and let it warm up. Then put it into gear, rev it sky high(no rev counter) and drop the clutch. To be able to not stall on takeoff was an art. It topped off at about 55 or 60 mph if you could stand the noise and didn't value your life. I don't believe the tiny wheels needed to be balanced.


    When my parents picked their up new at the factory they brought a few choice parts with them. You see, the car was very likely to break down, especially when new. You always had to have a spare fuel pump and some other choice parts in the trunk(front) because they could die at any time.


    On the good side of things a single person could pretty much fix anything and everything without many tools. The two cylinder air cooled engine was fairly light.


    Aah, POS commie cars. When driving was an adventure. And an accident was going to leave a mark.

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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    01/27/09

    @doodzed: I believe it was a 126p. The 125 was a largish sedan (pic #1, 21) whereas the 126 "Maluch" appears in #s 11 and 12.


    Growing up in Sweden I remember frequently encountering 126s loaded with five Polish students and all their luggage, especially during harvest season when one could earn hard currency.

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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    01/26/09

    In reply to ¡Más Abajo En La Calle De Cuba!
    Nice- tripping over finned Mopars every time you turn around, and a '56 Lincoln doing taxi duty. Bring on The Red Menace (no, I don't mean rust).
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