> Well West German parts may have had a good reputation, but anything > coming out of East Germany was pure junk. Who knows where "German" parts > now come from? I respectfully disagree. Perhaps this was the case for Trabis, which I believe was a stolen Fiat design (think about that!), but not everything. My counterexample, while not automotive, is an East German Makarov pistol. Excellent machining, fit, finish and reliability. A design improvement over the West German Walther; they make look similar, but the internals are all ComBloc design. I imagine that a number of German craftsmen were trapped behind the line, as were some of my relatives. Many continued to do what they had always done. Flames cheerfully deleted. -Karl __________________________________ Karl & Kristina Bloss - bloss@enter.net Trexlertown, PA - '87 Vanagon Weekender "Beverley" http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw |
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