Trabbi with BMW kidneys

[shogun]

You certainly remember the East German car "Trabant" with 2 stroke engine, 594 cc and 19 kw. Also called 'the plastic bomb', as it was made of good old East German plastic.
Here the racing version :D
http://i2.ebayimg.com/03/i/04/e7/77/58_1_b.JPG

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4573866653&indexURL=2#ebayphotohosting

Prices are going up for good serviced cars now. For sure will become a collector item. People had to wait up to 15 years for delivery after order in East Germany.

[632 Regal]

that thing actually looks kinda cool!

[shogun]

if you want to buy one, here the online ETK :D
http://www.trabiteile.de/Zeichnungen/

Here someone made a cabriolet out of it. Click on the right on Bilder, next under home
http://www.trabantpage.de/

and much more Trabbi pics here
http://www.trabi.de/termine/zwick01/alle_bilder/

I am searching for a good one in Germany.

[uscharalph]

if you want to buy one, here the online ETK :D
http://www.trabiteile.de/Zeichnungen/

Here someone made a cabriolet out of it. Click on the right on Bilder, next under home
http://www.trabantpage.de/

and much more Trabbi pics here
http://www.trabi.de/termine/zwick01/alle_bilder/

I am searching for a good one in Germany.
That cabriolet's kind of cool!

[skr]

where i live i can buy one for 50 bucks. for real. i had one for about 2 weeks. some friends bought it for my birthday. the shift knob is caddy style, has 3 gears, and the "plastic" it's made of is thick cardboard. i mean before being a car, it was a tree :)
i pushed it to allmost 85 km/h. funny car.

[zygoteer]

I read a few years back that the Trabant 'plastic' is of a type that will not natuarally degrade and powder for over 400 years - thank goodness that such materials aren't legal nowadays.

[Johntee540]

but not by West Coast Customs - but more like East German Whips! = JT