I half expected to get some serious hate mail from a Trabant fan. I
understand that they actually have a cult following in Europe. The only
one I ever saw was parked outside the Collier Car Museum in Naples,
Florida. Sadly, the museum itself is now closed. Too bad, because I
recall a fabulous MG racing special, along with a number of very special
race and road cars.
David Littlefield
Houston, TX
On Tue, 28 Jan 1997 18:15:55 -0500 (EST) "Richard Fontaine (ENG)"
<fontaine@scooby.lklnd.usf.edu> writes:
>now wait a minute. i like my trabant, it is a fine commisar-mobile for
>we
>of the former soviet air army..hail to the late sovietski!
>dick fontaine
>48mgtc
>62tr3b
>"he who dies with the most toys, wins!"
>
>On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, Ross Overcash wrote:
>
>> At 10:09 PM 1/27/97 EST, David C Littlefield wrote:
>> >That's it! I give up!! I can't even mention a Chrysler LeBaron on
>this
>> >list without it having a defender! From now on, I'm only going to
>say
>> >bad things about cars that surely can offend no one! Things like:
>> >"Damn, those Yugos stunk," and "gee, that Trabant was a piece of
>> >garbage!" Oh, great, now I'm going to get hate mail from the Yugo
>> >Owner's Club and the International Trabant Register. ;-)
>> >
>> >David Littlefield
>> >Houston, TX
>> >
>> >
>> >On Mon, 27 Jan 1997 20:53:23 EST damitdick@juno.com (W. J. Richard
>> >Criswell) writes:
>> >>On Mon, 27 Jan 1997 18:47:35 EST dmeadow@juno.com (David C
>> >>Littlefield) writes:
>> >>>
>> >>>Excellent insight! This was one of the reasons I bought my MGA
>in
>> >>>1986. Just about the only convertible you could buy at the time
>was
>> >>a
>> >>>Chrysler LeBaron, and lord knows I didn't want to do that! Now,
>this
>> >>
>> >>>is not the only reason I keep it, obviously, but I might have
>gone
>> >>>down a completely different path if a used Miata had been
>available
>> >>at
>> >>>the time.
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>David...
>> >>
>> >>I just gotta object! I love my 5 speed Chrysler LeBaron Turbo
>> >>Convertable just as much if not more than I love my 7 MGs!
>> >>
>> >>Dick 8>)
>> >>Vintage Parts & Products
>> >>Camarillo, CA
>> >>Have MG will travel
>> >
>> >Comarde why must you knock Trabant. I waited 20 years for mine and
>it only
>> came in Chartreuse but it was mine.
>>
>> Only kidding!! They really were/are awful little cars, talk about
>> polution.....I saw many of them while stationed in Berlin in the
>early 80's
>> and then after the inter German border opened up and we could travel
>in to
>> East Germany. Yes I'm in the service (Army to be exact) The west
>Germans
>> hated it when they were driven into the west.
>>
>> Ross Overcash, 74B, NAMGBR 2-1172, Ayer, MA.
>> http://www.tiac.com/users/jroverca
>>
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