Old Cars of Cuba

bjburnout · Uber Guru

Old Cars of Cuba

Magician40 · Poncho Master!

Great pictures. We are going in April so I'll get a few more examples.
Brian

cdnpont · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Great shots.

I think the must be getting parts now, judging by the condition of some of them.

Magician40 · Poncho Master!

Because they are owned by the government and then leased out to the Taxi drivers most have been set-up with diesel engines. You can see this in a lot of examples cause the wheels don't fit properly around the body openings. Some hardtops have had the roof cut off and made into convertibles. A lot of the classics hang around Havana.
Brian

long stroke · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Bernie, real neat stuff there. Thanks for sharing.

dualquadpete · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

When I was there with the "EX" a few yrs. ago, saw a 56 Chevy in hotel P/lot, had a Kubota 3 cyl. diesel hooked to a Honda 5spd. trans. Weird but worked!!!!

67curves · Addicted!

Magician40 wrote:
Because they are owned by the government and then leased out to the Taxi drivers most have been set-up with diesel engines. You can see this in a lot of examples cause the wheels don't fit properly around the body openings. Some hardtops have had the roof cut off and made into convertibles. A lot of the classics hang around Havana.
Brian

There is getting to be alot of 4 door convertibles in Varadero.

bjburnout · Uber Guru

67curves wrote:
Magician40 wrote:
Because they are owned by the government and then leased out to the Taxi drivers most have been set-up with diesel engines. You can see this in a lot of examples cause the wheels don't fit properly around the body openings. Some hardtops have had the roof cut off and made into convertibles. A lot of the classics hang around Havana.
Brian
There is getting to be alot of 4 door convertibles in Varadero.

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Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

Now that the U.S. and Cuba have shook hands, I would expect that a lot (including these old cars) is going to change.

JetFan · Guru

Pontiacanada wrote:
Now that the U.S. and Cuba have shook hands, I would expect that a lot (including these old cars) is going to change.

You can count on that.

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

I heard Cuba is sending buyer(s) to the Canadian West to clean up all the hoards of old card for parts in Cuba

JetFan · Guru

427carl wrote:
I heard Cuba is sending buyer(s) to the Canadian West to clean up all the hoards of old card for parts in Cuba

Hands off my damn parts, for cryin`out loud.