Guest South_paw Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Hi All,Check this out. 397 photos of cars from Cuba. The pictures are from this March.Cuba cars Picasa link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthbob Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Great Pics!!!Thanks for sharing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Yaros Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 The ones I really like are the ones that float! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 I wonder how many miles are on some of those cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kingoftheroad Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Great collection of pics !! Looks like there are a wide variety of old cars & trucks on the road out there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 WOW! It's like a train wreck...I could not stop looking (as much as I wanted to). Talk about making the most with what you have to work with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1957Birdman Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 There is a wide variety of cars there. Given the embargo, there is little chance that they are as delivered from the factory, at least under the hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 That's emough to wear out your click finger. Good thing you didn't have to buy film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amphicar BUYER Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I noticed that many of them appear to be on a different chassis. There are a lot of them that sit higher than normal and you can see components under them that just don't look correct. Almost none of them have any sort of original type wheels. Lots of really nice looking cars and some that could use some TLC. Without a lot of $, I can see they make due with what's available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobravii Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 LOL.... you Americans are tooooo funny!! You think the US is the centre of the universe and that the embargo is why they don't have parts for their cars!!!Not true, it is CASTRO that is keeping them from getting parts. The population of Cuba lives on a completely different monetary system than the rest of this part of the world making it hard (if not impossible) for them to afford the parts. There are LOT'S of other countries that also had those cars including Canada, Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua etc etc.Just because the cars came from the US doesn't mean the parts had to.Remember..... Cuba was NOT cut off from the world, Just the US (and vice versa) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthbob Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 LOL.... you Americans are tooooo funny!! You think the US is the centre of the universe and that the embargo is why they don't have parts for their cars!!!Just because the cars came from the US doesn't mean the parts had to.Remember..... Cuba was NOT cut off from the world, Just the US (and vice versa)Me thinks the US has the Toronto syndrome....or is that the other way Good point....its the economy coupled with the insane metal friendly climate that has made this situation happen. Also notice that the predominant pictures of cars are Taxis...they know where their bread is buttered and its from nostalgic Americans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkV Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Great! Flash from the past! But, I noticed fewer and fewer older cars, and a lot of newer stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOPcollector Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 An old dear friend that passed on a few years ago was awell connected used car dealer in Hialeah,Fla by the name of Vernon Hinton. He was in business at the same location all through the 1950's until 1980. He literally shipped thousands of cars to Cuba until 1959. He was on a first name basis with Bautista and had until his death, a ruby and diamond encrusted gold Virgin Mary necklace that was a gift from Bautista in favor of Hinton getting Bautista a new '56 Lincoln Premiere convertible which ended up in the Tampa Bay area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarageStudios Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Holguín? I was there last year, saw some amazing pics, and spoke with alot of the owners... GREAT PICS, looks like the same square I went to...Hi All,Check this out. 397 photos of cars from Cuba. The pictures are from this March.Cuba cars Picasa link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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