I have a friend in MN with a Citroen 2CV. Also an interesting car.
BillG
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From: spitfires-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:spitfires-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Kevin Rhodes
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 9:21 AM
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Subject: Re: [Spits] OT: Trabant
I owned one for a summer in Budapest, summer of '91. I was spending
the summer with a college friend from there, we bought it together
for ~$1000, and sold it for the same at the end of the summer. 2 cyl,
2-stroke, about 2 mouse-power. It would wind up to ~110km/hr
eventually. The body is made of some sort of wood pulp and resin -
you could easily kick a hole in it. A complete and utter deathtrap of
a car, but we had a ball with it. Reliable too. Not much to break.
:-) Wartburgs are far better, those had three cylinders and a METAL
body! But more expensive.
Kevin Rhodes
Westbrook, Maine
At 10:10 AM 12/31/2008, you wrote:
>I went to Krakow, Poland at the beginning of December, and took the
>"Crazy tours" communism tour. I got to ride in a Trabant car. I must
>say, the Trabant makes my Spit looks like some sort of high-tech
>supercar. 2-cycle engine, goofy shifter layout & really rough
>running condition makes for a weird ride. Our tour guide/driver ran
>out of gas & switched gas tanks(with a switch) as we were doing
>down a busy street.
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