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Date:         Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:18:31 -0400
Reply-To:     Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Cool Vanagon Paint Job
Comments: To: Zoltan <thewestyman@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <4B7B4B2B7CA348F28CDC7E8F2931A3B8@ZoltanPC>
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My dad bought a Wartburg 311 when I was 11. It is based on an old DKW/Audi design with a 3 cylinder 1l two stroke engine. It was a pretty car, hence no Trabant in our family.

Gee, that gives me a Vanagon engine conversion idea. ;-)

On 4/22/09, Zoltan <thewestyman@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, I'm not an East German or a one time owner of a Trabant. It is a car > with two two-stroke cylinders, sounding like a lawn mower, the frame is > steel the body is some pressed syntetic material or fibre glass, so you did > not see one with a rusted out door. Not a heavy car, four seater, made in > the DDR. Ended production after the take over, even had to replace the > engine with a four stroke one. It smoked and smelled but those who had one > loved it for being trouble free and running forever. Front wheel drive. > Sputtering. Four seater, two door. > The word Trabant means "travelling mate" or something to that effect. A > real simbol of the 'good old times' of the communist era. It was to them as > the VW Beatle to us. > The East Germans also had a three cylinder car that was bigger and faster > and nicer, kind of like a 'communist Mercedes', called Wartburg. > Now, you don't see any of them in Europe. They are gone just as the Citroen > DS or the Citroen 2CV. > > But the communists had a few other cars people here in the US would never > recognize. One of them was a rear flat engined air-cooled car with four > seats and two doors, made in the Soviet Unio, bearing the name of the town > is made in, Zaporozetz. > > Those of us who grew up in those times, remember the times in good spirit > for we were young and playful and healthy and in love, etc. Otherwise it > was shit. > Zoltan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tom Buese > To: Zoltan > Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 8:11 PM > Subject: Re: Cool Vanagon Paint Job > > > > > On Apr 21, 2009, at 6:58 PM, Zoltan wrote: > > > It would impossible for an American to even guess this car painted on. > It > is a Trabant 601, if I'm not mistaken. And I bet, I'm not. > One of the nicest and most fun paint job. > > > OK, I'll show my ignorance, what is a Trabant-French? > > > YMMV, > > > Mr. BZ > > > Zoltan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mister Tom" <TomsGroups@SALICOS.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:50 PM > Subject: Cool Vanagon Paint Job > > > > > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3384/3334006588_3092a1321d.jpg?v=0 > > > Tom Buese > tombuese@comcast.net >

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