Eastern Europe Hot Rod

[RonMcGr]

Thia is quite interesting.
I have never heard of anyone sticking a rover V8 in a Trabant before :D

It even sounds good :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMfD3WKr6BI

A lot better than the original 2 cylinder two stroke :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR62w2b1OZM

[Quiggers]

Crikey!

Aren't those things made of used banana peels?:D:D:D

GQ

[RonMcGr]

Crikey!

Aren't those things made of used banana peels?:D:D:D

GQ

Close :D

From the web:
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The Trabant was a steel monocoque design with roof, bootlid, bonnet and doors in Duroplast, a form of plastic containing resin strengthened by wool or cotton.
It did not provide much crash protection. The Trabant was the second car to use Duroplast, after the "pre-Trabant" P70 (Zwickau) model (1954-1959). The duroplast was made of recycled material, cotton waste from Russia and phenol resins from the East German dye industry making the Trabant the first car with a body made of recycled material.

The engine for both the Trabant 500 and 601 was a small two-stroke engine with two cylinders, giving the vehicle modest performance. At the end of production it delivered 25 horsepower (19 kW) from a 600 cc displacement. The car took 21 seconds from 0 to 100 km/h (62.5 mph) and the top speed was 112 km/h (70 mph). There were two main problems with the engine: the smoky exhaust and the pollution it produced. They produce nine times the amount of hydrocarbons and five times the carbon monoxides of the average European car of 2007. The fuel consumption was a modest 7 liters/100km.

More than three million Trabants were made by Sachsenring in East Germany over the period, 1957 to 1991.

[Quiggers]

I was close, RonMc:D:D:D

GQ

[VladTepes]

I wonder if you rang Shannons and asked for a quote on a T R A B AAAAA.... no , no the Triumph, not the Triumph, I said Trabant !

[Quiggers]

Listening to ABC National yesterday, they ran a program about the Trabant. Turns out, the little jigger just had its 50th birthday. The Trabi jokes were great:

1). How do you double the value of a Trabi? Fill up the petrol tank.

2). Why do Trabis have heated rear windows? To keep you hands warm while you're pushing it.

3). A guy in California has heard about the Trabi and that the people of East Germany have to wait up to 11 years to get one. He figures it must be some really good supercar to have such a long queue of people wanting one.
He orders one and it turns up in a few months.
Says to his missus, "those Trabi people are real serious about customer service, they've aready sent me a half scale cardboard replica"...:D

Several million made, from 1957 to 1993. The heater (in later models) worked better the faster you went; direct airflow from the engine bay, apparently, cough cough:D:D:D


Cheers, GQ

[RonMcGr]

3). A guy in California has heard about the Trabi and that the people of East Germany have to wait up to 11 years to get one. He figures it must be some really good supercar to have such a long queue of people wanting one.
He orders one and it turns up in a few months.
Says to his missus, "those Trabi people are real serious about customer service, they've aready sent me a half scale cardboard replica"...:D

Cheers, GQ

I love it :D

[RonMcGr]

There are some strange Trabants out there :eek:

[Quiggers]

Thanks Ron, I've gotta have that Rolls Corniche version! (With a Rover V8!!!)

GQ

[RonMcGr]

And a gold one
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/11/198.jpg

[Quiggers]

Well, I suppose if you only have to pay about $50 for a Trabi, you've got plenty of $$$ to give it the once over:D:D:D

Should've been brought to Australia, would've given the Lightburn Zeta and the Goggo some serious competition:twisted::twisted::twisted:

Cheers, GQ

[VladTepes]

And a gold one
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/11/198.jpg

It leaks more lifeblood than a British car.....
just look at all that golden fluid it's wee'd over the roadway.

[Quiggers]

More microcars!

Have a laugh, err, look.

Gotta love the Zeta! Should've been called the warthog, geez that's ugly...

http://www.microcarmuseum.com/virtualtour.html

Cheers, GQ