Re: Trading my UrQ for .... a Trabant

[Jeremiah Kristal <jeremiah@wbsnyc6.wbs.com>]

On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, P-O Selander (EUS) wrote:

> Bill (sorry for the bandwidth waste),
> Saw a bunch of Trabis in Poland spring of 1991. Many in immaculate shape
> and they look "neat" once restored or "souped up" with larger wheels,
> bigger engine etc...
> 
> Good luck with your project. Car i supposedly indestructable since it is
> made out of some type of laminated cellulosa fibers. Don't deteriorate,
> don't burn, can't be chemically dissolved. At least what I remember from
> information given when I was back in Sweden (prior to 1993).

Well, they don't seem to stand up to high winds very well.  While living
in Iceland I saw one the day after a big windstorm.  (Really big, 90 knots
sustained, 120 knot gusts)  Both the hood and the trunk-lid were nowhere
to be found.  Probably somewhere in the Atlantic.

Jeremiah