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Going to Cuba is on my bucket list.
There was a show, can't remember when, that did a segment
on all these cars in Cuba.......and how creative they are keeping them running as parts
are available to them.
Great photos.Thom
"The object is to keep your balls on the table and knock everybody else's off..."
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Originally posted by Monk View PostGoing to Cuba is on my bucket list.
There was a show, can't remember when, that did a segment
on all these cars in Cuba.......and how creative they are keeping them running as parts
are available to them.
Great photos.
I thought Americans are prohibited from traveling to Cuba?Charter member of the Turd Nuggets
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I'm thinkin' that as trade opens up a bit between the USA and Cuba (assuming that happens) that there will be a market in importing these old rides - maybe trade a new one for these old guys. At lest I hope so - love to see them back in the 'States.
Dan
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As I have read, most of these cars will be running on Russian and Polish diesel engines that had been removed from military vehicles. The bushings, seals, and such were unavailable for the american cars and the folks on the island substituted the drivetrains from the only stuff they could get parts for.... military vehicles.
But what a treasue trove of pristine body parts.... the land where rust never goes!Mike in Southwest Ohio
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But what a treasue trove of pristine body parts.... the land where rust never goes!
Getting stuff out of Cuba is harder than you want to guess. Even though we trade with them getting cars out is virtually impossible, many guys have tried here to no avail. If cars could get out eventually there is definately some late fifties iron I would like to get
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Originally posted by starterguy View PostThere is far more rust there than you think. I spent my honeymoon in Cuba, as a Canadian we always had good relations with Cuba so travel is not restricted. I saw way too much cool stuff as well as stuff I never knew existed
Getting stuff out of Cuba is harder than you want to guess. Even though we trade with them getting cars out is virtually impossible, many guys have tried here to no avail. If cars could get out eventually there is definately some late fifties iron I would like to getBS'er formally known as Rebeldryver
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Originally posted by Monk View PostGoing to Cuba is on my bucket list.
There was a show, can't remember when, that did a segment
on all these cars in Cuba.......and how creative they are keeping them running as parts
are available to them.
Great photos.Last edited by groucho; November 26, 2012, 11:57 AM.STUGOTS
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Man, I'm going to have to look up my relatives there that we haven't been in contact the last 100+ years. My family fled the French revolution and some of them ended up in Cuba. My grandfather left Cardanas in the late 1800's to early 1900's.
Wanna buy a French miltary rifle? Only dropped once *G*Last edited by Huskinhano; November 26, 2012, 08:03 PM.TomOverdrive is overrated
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People forget that without LaFayette and other French support we would be speaking English today. Oh wait...... I mean ENGLISH, not American. We eternally owe them a debt - and it was their skill on the battlefield that got us here.
But in modern times the French are more interested in loving than in fighting and I can't say as I blame them. It's a LOT more fun!
Dan
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